Road Race Management Race Directors' Meeting and Trade Exhibit Scheduled For November

Hollywood, Florida will again play host to the Road Race Management Race Directors' Meeting and Trade Show, November 5 - 7. The three-day meeting offers formal sessions on critical topics for running event directors and officials, informal networking opportunities, and a chance for event directors to shop for equipment and service needs at the Trade Show.

Highlights of this year's sessions include Adapting to Troubled Economic Times; Greening Your Event; Maximizing Race Merchandise Sales; Building, Revitalizing and Restructuring Race Committees; Contingency Planning and Maintaining Good Sponsor Relations. The keynote speaker will be Bart Yasso, Chief Running Officer of Runner's World, who will impart his candid reviews and impressions about the organization of races he has experienced over several decades. The full program is detailed at http://www.rrm.com/rdm/rdm.htm.

Exhibitors will include vendors offering awards, competitor numbers; banners; fencing; finish-line timing services; computer products and web services; t-shirts, jackets and other apparel; magazines and photographic services.

Thousands of race officials, corporate sponsors, advertising and public relations executives, sports organization representatives, (RRCA, USATF, RUSA, PRRO) and others interested in organized running events have attended this annual fall gathering since it started in 1983.

"Advance interest is high, coming off of last year when we had a significant jump in attendance for the meeting and trade show. Road Race Management has recruited some of the sport's most experienced and articulate leaders to share their wealth of knowledge," said meeting coordinator Jeff Darman.
Phil Stewart, Road Race Management president, added, "Our site at the Marriott Hollywood Beach Resort is right on the beach and offers a great environment for event directors not only to obtain valuable information, but also to unwind and network in a relaxed atmosphere. Many race committees reward committee members with a trip to this meeting, finding it a great way to give key committee members a special thank you and educational opportunity while rejuvenating them for next year's race."
The Road Race Management meeting is sponsored by Ashworth Awards, Atlanta Track Club, Britten, Inc., ChronoTrack, Electric City Printing, Gatorade, Leslie Jordan, Inc., MarathonFoto, MarathonGuide.com, Publix, Gasparilla Distance Classic Running Network, and the World's Best 10K.
Road Race Management is a member-based organization that publishes a trade newsletter and several other publications in print and on the web for race and industry officials.