October 1, 2004
President's Message
Message From the President
Have you ever tried to sweep water uphill? The moment you let up, you lose control. Court depositions, technology challenges, travel, meetings, surgeries,...
Update
Survey Says: MOST ATTENDEES UNAWARE OF HOTEL ATTRITION
About one in five meeting attendees is aware of the potential for attrition fees when booking outside the room block, according to the second phase of...
Open-Space Meetings Tear Down Barriers
Picture a meeting with no keynote speakers, no pre-announced workshop schedules, and no panel discussions. Instead, the participants organize themselves...
Outside Contractor Clauses
CLAUSE: Group will not be required to use Facility's in-house, exclusive, or preferred contractors or vendors for services such as audiovisual, security,...
PlanSoft and seeUthere Merge
PlanSoft Corp. and seeUthereTechnologies have announced the merger of the two companies to create OnVantage Inc. The new company combines PlanSoft's searchable...
Networking Tool Makes It Easier to Connect at Meetings
If you run large meetings at which networking is a priority and you make that networking a budget priority read on. A tech tool called Rio, created by...
Profile
Thriving Amid the Unexpected
Be careful in election years, Lerry Fogle cautions other meeting planners. Plans can change at the last moment. He learned that lesson this summer when...
Voices
Does outsourcing make sense for any aspect of your planning?
Rebecca MerwinConference Coordinator Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles Los Angeles About the only thing that we out-source is child care. We do a conference...
Special Section
RCMA's 33rd World Conference and Exposition
In our personal and professional lives, we seek and strive for excellence. Part of that quest is learning from and being inspired by professional colleagues...
Gateway to Excellence
MONDAY, JANUARY 24 Arrival day for personal activities in St. Louis, a cosmopolitan Mississippi River destination where visitors quickly learn there's...
The Gateway City: St. Louis
Meet me in St. Louis, was the refrain at the close of 2004's RCMA conference, and for good reason: In 2005, RCMA's World Conference and Exposition will...
Features
Hotel Menus Adjust to Changing Palates
Americans eat to live, Europeans live to eat. Until recently, this snipe at our fast-food culture was pretty accurate. But today growing ranks of ordinary...
Update on City Facilities
The $211 million DeVos Place convention center opened its doors in December, encompassing a total area of 1 million square feet in the heart of Grand...
7 Deadly Sins of Small Meetings
Solutions for facilitating productive and energizing meetings...
Site Files
Mobile, Ala., Convention Center
Wireless Internet access is the latest addition to the Mobile Convention Center. Access is available throughout the facility and on the terraces. Located...
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