RCMA's Emerge 2013 will offer educational sessions tracked for the beginner, intermediate, and veteran meeting planner, as well as sessions that are specifically for suppliers....More
Religious Conference Management Association’s 2013 annual conference, Emerge, is less than four months away! Online registration for the conference, which will be held in Minneapolis January 29-February 1 is now open....More
Ensure that any stored data is encrypted, and consider adopting a specific privacy policy that you can make readily available to meeting attendees....More
As part of a sweeping rebranding effort conducted over the last year, the Religious Conference Management Association has unveiled a new name for its annual conference. Formerly known as the World Conference & Expo, the annual meeting has been renamed Emerge....More
After months of collaborative work, RCMA leadership last week officially launched the association’s new logo, as well as the positioning statement that inspired it....More
Under RCMA's new leadership, and with lots of feedback from the faith-based meetings community, RCMA’s 41st annual conference is being reshaped to deliver a fresh, exciting, and productive experience for attendees and exhibitors....More
A former destination management company executive has launched a new, private convention and visitors bureau in San Diego with the aim of connecting planners of smaller meetings to a variety of supplier...More
Summer is prime time for religious conventions, and already quite a few faith-based groups have been in the national spotlight as they debate and pass resolutions at their major conferences on some controversial social and political issues. Here’s a look at some of the newsmakers....More
Dean Jones in his column talks about people in the business of hospitality for whom “business” gets in the way of “hospitality.” Kindness is common sense, Dean argues, but too often it becomes a commodity, something that costs “extra” to deliver. How ......More
Dateline: 12th-century Europe. That’s the likely origin of the word hospitality, defined as “the friendly reception and treatment of guests or strangers; the quality of receiving and treating guests and strangers in a warm, friendly, generous way." The ......More
Like many organizations, Lifeway Christian Resources, Nashville, Tenn., recently experienced layoffs. We asked Tommy Keown, lead event coordinator at Lifeway, how the organization handled the downsizing....More
As the event and meeting planner for the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Livonia, Mich., Sandy Milis has a welcome challenge—dealing with the denomination’s incredible growth....More
Religious Conference Manager has announced the formation of an editorial advisory board, which will help the magazine focus on the information needs of RCMA members....More
A new online service wants to become event organizers' No. 1 source for finding experts paid and unpaid to deliver keynotes, fill panels, and lead breakout...More
Twelve meeting planners from a cross-section of faith-based groups participated in RCMA's first advisory council, April 30-May 2, at the Jacksonville...More
The final sections of the U.S. Department of Transportation's Enhancing Airline Passenger Protections II consumer rules are now in effect, with strict...More
In Kissimmee, Fla., Gaylord Palms is putting the finishing touches on a $50 million renovation. The new 10,000-square-foot Coquina Lawn features lush...More
At the invitation of the Bahamas Tourist Office, RCMA Executive Director Dr. Harry Schmidt and Director of Conferences and Events Dean Jones, CMP, in...More
Kudos to all the winners in our very first annual Praise Award program. This tribute is paid by RCM readers who voted for these top hotels, resorts, conference...More
It was a paradox when, during the depths of the economic downturn in 2009 as meetings business was dropping off rapidly, the number of requests for proposal...More
