Convention South magazine has recognized Religious Conference Management Association Executive Director Dr. DeWayne Woodring for his contributions to the meetings industry. The magazine named Woodring as one of 25 “Leaders Who Shaped Our Industry...
IT'S DEFINITELY AFFECTING OUR MEETINGS. Although most of our delegates drive in, our staff flies in, and costs have gone up. It used to cost us less than $200 to fly to Newark, and this April it was more than $300. Not to mention the bag...
Editor's Note: Welcome to Association Meeting's newest column, appropriately named “Cool Tools.” We asked James Spellos, CMP, founder and president of New York-based meeting professional training and consulting company Meeting U., to use the...
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 hunger among children. RCMA now has given $400,000 for this most-worthy purpose, and its $100...
When considering destinations for her 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, it has...
