August 1, 2008
Prelude
RCMA Gives $100,000 to Fight Hunger
For the fourth year in a row, the Religious Conference Management Association has donated $100,000 to the United Nations' World Food Programme to fight...
Connections
The Summer of 2008
At the moment of this writing, we are awaiting the cresting of the rivers in and around St. Louis. With anxious moments that are influenced by memories...
How are gas and travel costs affecting attendance at your meetings?
This summer’s slate of religious meetings is coinciding with the steep rise in gas prices. So how are gas and travel costs affecting religious meetings around the country? Attendance definitely is being affected, meeting planners say, and it’s forcing them and their attendees to make changes…...
Award Given to RCMA Board Member
Joseph Floreano, executive director of the Rochester (N.Y.) Riverside Convention Center and a member of the RCMA Board of Directors, received the prestigious...
Publication Honors RCMA Director
Convention South magazine has recognized Religious Conference Management Association Executive Director Dr. DeWayne Woodring for his contributions to...
Features
City Walkability
Religious meeting planners say walkability is an important factor in site selection. When considering destinations for religious meetings, Dallas-based Patti Kriss, meeting manager, Baptist General Conference of Texas, looks at a variety of criteria, including whether the convention center is downtown. In other words, the city has to be walkable....
Come Together, Right Now, Over Tweet
With tens of millions of active, loyal users and an unprecedented ability to differentiate users based on their interests and affiliations, social networking...
Lessons
Patti Shock: The Fun and Fundamentals of Barbecue
Whether you spell it barbeque, barbecue, Bar-B-Q, or just BBQ, it is a popular item for outdoor events. Barbecue can be loosely defined as meat plus fire...
Bringing Ethics to the Table
Cabrin Kelly-Hale, a 28-year hotel catering veteran, joined the JW Marriott Starr Pass in Tucson as director of event planning during the resort's pre-opening...
What to Ask to Ensure Good Service
Service is often among planners' top site-selection criteria, yet it can be difficult to quantify. To help, I've created a list of typical banquet server...
Connected at the Hip
The look of distress on my 26-year-old friend's face said that something was terribly wrong. And it was: My cellphone is broken, he said. I've lost all...
Paperless
CIC Says The Convention Industry Council's Green Meetings Report records best practices for environmentally friendly meetings, several of which relate...
Sites
Want to Attract More Attendees? Just Add Water
If you need a venue for your family meetings and youth meetings that will boost attendance, religious meetings planners are finding that it works to hold meetings near waterparks and theme parks. Parks nationwide are in a period of expansion and innovation. Find out what’s new....
Meetings at Sea
Meetings at sea continue to gain in popularity with religious meeting planners, and if you are considering bringing a meeting to the water, it's important...
Texas Site File
The old joke about the state bird being the building crane must have been born in Texas. When one landmark project breaks ground, you can be sure that...
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CVB Supplement 2008
The Changing Face of CVBs
Featuring:*Changing Face of CVB's
*CVB's Go Green
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