Specializing in non-profit scientific & medical society management since 1992

Rhema Association Management is dedicated to empowering scientists, clinicians, and especially trainees by lifting logistical and administrative burdens to advance our client scientific & medical societies’ missions, so they can focus entirely on advancing human health.

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We provide:

• Continuity & expertise to support your organization every day;
• Cost efficiency: Lower overhead means more resources go directly toward advancing your mission;
• Responsiveness: A streamlined, knowledgeable team, so the needs of your society are addressed quickly and proactively.

Our Services

• Membership Services, Retention and Growth.

  • We have been using internet4associations.com exclusively for the past nine years, internet4associations.com is a powerful database solution for online membership, integrated meeting registration, online payments & email campaigns. Total cost is $99 per month for membership integrated with unlimited event registrations. Member dues and registration can be paid together, but will be reported separately as dues or meeting revenue, making the most of meeting engagement to drive member retention and growth. Alternatively, we will work with a society’s current Association Management System.

• Organizing International Scientific & Medical Meetings

  • Full-service management of academic conferences
  • Proactive, highly experienced fundraising and grant writing support to raise sponsorship support from industry, institutions, NIH, FDA, foundations, and individuals
  • Budgeting and transparent, real-time financial analysis and reporting
  • Abstract Submission management, review, working with the program committee to accept and send notifications to authors, and slot accepted abstracts into the program. We use Oxford Abstracts, event cost is $3,190, which includes:
    • abstracts submission & peer review
    • online program
    • ePoster gallery including poster video presentations
    • attendee networking and chat
    • certificates of attendance and participation (including title of abstract)
  • Negotiations and full service management & contracting for hotels, convention centers, A/V technology and services, poster boards, outside social events & galas, transportation, entertainment, etc.
  • Working closely with local organizing and scientific program committees
  • Joint meetings

• Society Awards Programs

  • Set up nomination forms (using the internet4associations.com), adhere to deadlines, and advertise the awards
  • Compile a summary ranking report of the nominations for the Awards Committee and facilitate a Zoom so they can make their decisions
  • Notifications to all those who participated in the nomination process
  • Advertise the winners, distribute press releases, set up webpages for each awardee, create graphics, and spread the word via social media, newsletters, and website posts
  • Order plaques, crystals, or certificates and organize the awards ceremony for optimal promotion of the awards and the award winners
  • Work with Society leadership to secure funding for existing and new awards

• Setting up, designing and maintaining responsive websites for non-profit scientific & medical societies & conferences

Please browse the following examples of websites we have designed in WordPress:

• • www.cytokiensociety.org
  • www.signals.cytokinesociety.org
  • www.hawaii.cytokinesociety.org
  • www.isdp.org
  • www.ksvirus.org
  • www.ebv.ksvirus.org
  • www.tularemia.org
  • www.down-syndrom-regensburg.org

• Bookkeeping, Financial Planning & Budgeting

  • Over 30 years of bookkeeping experience with non-profit societies utilizing  QuickBooks Online QBO
    • QBO with direct Accountant’s Access is synced with the Society’s credit card processor and bank accounts, offering the Treasurer the ultimate in financial transparency and efficiency.

• Helping to register newly formed non-profit organizations

  • Working with the Foundation Group to form 501 c 3 non-profit organizations registered in the US, preferably international organizations.

• Other Services:

  • Online Communications, Social Networking Platforms including Twitter, Bluesky, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, E-mail Marketing, Bi-monthly e-Newsletters

  • Nurturing the Development of Special Interest Groups (SGI’s) within an Organization

  • International Relations and Globalization, Providing both a US and European Office. 

  • Executive Committee & Board of Directors Administrative Support and Liaison