August 1, 2004
President's Message
Message From the President
The choices that we make every day define us. They also define other important parameters: the food we eat, the lifestyle we choose, the causes we promote,...
Update
Improvement on the Way? Here Comes CAPPS
The Department of Homeland Security is working on a screening system called the Computer-Assisted Passenger Prescreening System, or CAPPS II. It is designed...
HOW DO HOTELS EVALUATE YOUR BUSINESS?
Ever wondered how a hotel evaluates your meeting business? Here's a look at the approach many hotels take. It's called revenue management. Revenue management...
Clause and Effect: On the Street
CLAUSE: No Room at the Inn You have a contract with XYZ Hotel for rooms during your meeting. An attendee has a reservation made before the cutoff date...
Are You Weary of PowerPoint? Try Graphic Recording
A picture tells a thousand words, especially if it's not on PowerPoint. Enter graphic recording, the art of visually capturing the information conveyed...
Recognition: It Can Work for Religious Groups, Too
Recognizing your employees increases the likelihood that they will do good work and will want to continue to work for you. For these reasons alone, you'd...
RCMA Members Participate in Membership Campaign
The following individuals have sponsored one or more members into RCMA between February 2 and July 10. For details on the 2004 RCMA Member-Get-A-Member...
Profile
Long-Distance Meeting Planning
Six years ago, newly married, Charles Melear and his wife had a choice: follow his church headquarters from Los Angeles to Cincinnati or move to Fort...
Voices
What would you change about the meeting-planning process?
Larry Dempsey Church Program Coordinator Greater Bethlehem Temple Church Mason, Ohio I would probably change the negotiation process on pricing for rooms....
Features
How Your Meetings Can Go Green
Waste? At my meeting? It's not even on my radar screen! Those words from an experienced meeting planner underline just how tough it is to raise awareness...
The Kids Are Alright
Like a nervous parent, when Cheryl Frazier handed over the childcare responsibilities for the event that she had planned to a new provider, she was engaging...
How to Map Meeting Outcomes
We've all been in strategic meeting sessions that spend seemingly endless hours fish boning and analyzing, without ever developing action steps or achieving...
Bid Adieu to Attrition
Christy Richards is a rare breed in the meeting planning business. She doesn't attrition. Never has and, she hopes, never will. The meeting planner for...
Tech
Have Your RFID Tag Yet?
Keep an eye on the nascent radio frequency identification industry. It will have a significant effect on society in general and on the meeting industry...
Site Files
Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Fla.
The resurgence of one of the most famous strands of sand in the country Daytona Beach doesn't affect just leisure travelers by any stretch of the imagination....
Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center
Sprawled on a bluff overlooking Lake Grapevine, the newest addition to the Gaylord Hotels portfolio, a 150-acre oasis of Texas charm, hospitality, and...
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