TETA has just made the decision to go green for the 2015 TheatreFest Convention!! For years, TETA has printed a program for their Convention. This presented several problems:
· As soon as it was printed in early January, it was already outdated. A Convention of this size always has changes. The workshops and events are fluid and will change. By printing the program, before the ink was dry, the workshop information had already changed.
· The cost of the program exceeded over $15,000. A great cost for an instrument that had outdated information.
· Some years, there were thousands of leftover programs, and some years the programs were short…leaving participants in the dark without a program.
· Environmentally wasteful, most programs were just thrown away after the Convention.
For the reasons above, TETA started using the electronic program called Guidebook to supplement the program at recent Conventions. Now, most conventions use Guidebook exclusively. TETA is moving into the technology age and will be utilizing Guidebook to its fullest extent. Consider:
· No more outdated information. Changes to the schedule will be pushed out to all participants’ smart phones on a daily basis!
· Guidebook will save TETA money by eliminating printing costs.
· No more waste. A PDF of the schedule will be posted on the TETA website for those who want to print a schedule.
Batts Audio, Video and Lighting, Inc. has graciously funded our use of Guidebook, and will be featured upon opening the application. We thank them for their support!
We look forward to this new change!
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