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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional

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1. Staff person responsible for selling and servicing group and local food and beverage functions.






2. 1) Display of reports and papers - usually scientific - accompanied by authors or researchers. 2) A session dedicated to the discussion of the posters shown inside the meeting area. When this discussion is not held in a special session - it can take






3. A music licensing organization that represents individuals who hold the copyrights to music written in the United States. It grants licensing agreements for the performance of music.






4. Audio unit by which sound signals from all sources feed into one system; allows for dissimilar inputs (microphone and line) to be combined and controlled into one output.






5. 1) The act of showing how to do something. 2) A group of individuals organized to picket or protest against a group using placards - literature - songs - shouts and - sometimes - marches or sit-ins.






6. Video tape recorder and player utilizing ½-inch (1.27 centimeter) tape. Not compatible with beta format.






7. An exhibit with aisles on three sides.






8. AP. A type of hotel rate that includes the price of the room and all meals. Also Called FULL AMERICAN PLAN (FAP).






9. Computer application that enables voting and then collects and displays the results - simplifying decision-making among event participants.






10. Accepted Practices Exchange. An initiative of the meetings - conventions & exhibitions industry managed by the Convention Industry Council (CIC). APEX develops and manages the implementation of accepted practices (voluntary standards) for the industr






11. Net Profit divided by Net Worth. A financial ratio indicating the degree of profitability. To calculate - use event revenues minus program expenses divided by program expenses - multiplied by 100 to get the ROI %.






12. Weblogs or online journals. An application that may change the face of event marketing.






13. Booth/stand space assigned to exhibiting companies or meeting rooms assigned to event groups.






14. Process of translating one language into another while the speaker is speaking.






15. In-person on-site review and evaluation of a venue or location for an event.






16. Insurance that protects a event organizer against financial loss or expenses incurred when contractually specified perils necessitate canceling or relocating a event - or cause a reduction in attendance.






17. Platters of food are composed in the kitchen. Each food item is then served from the guest's left by the server from platters to individual plates. Any course can be 'Frenched' by having the dressing put on the salad or having sauce added to a entrée






18. Company which designs and handles some or all elements of incentive travel programs.






19. AP. A type of hotel rate that includes the price of the room and all meals. Also Called FULL AMERICAN PLAN (FAP).






20. AKA CSEP or Certified Special Event Professional - a designation offered by the International Special Events Society (ISES) earned through education - perofrmance - experience - and service to the industry.






21. Also called overhead or administrative costs - these are expenses not directly related to the event. They can include salaries - rent - and building and equipment maintenance.






22. The tone of a document refers to the feeling or impression a document conveys. Formal writing style tends to convey an objective tone that is deliberate and factual. The toneo f an informal document typically is relaxed - informative - helpful - casu






23. See BLANKET WRAP. Non-crated freight shipped via van line covered with protective blankets or padding.






24. Official authorization or approval; to provide with credentials; to send (an envoy) with letters of authorization; to recognize or vouch for as conforming with a standard; to recognize a college as maintaining academic standards; to consider or recog






25. Guest holding confirmed sleeping room reservation is denied accommodations at the hotel where to reservation is held upon their arrival and is relocated to another hotel.






26. An agreement between two or more parties that creates in each party a duty to do or not do something and a right to performance of the other's duty or a remedy for the breach of the other's duty.






27. Ability to transmit huge volumes of voice and video over a network or the internet - without jumpy images.






28. One of the advantages of a web-based event planning software solution or ASP is that clients already have the necessary tools available: a computer and a web browser. This familiar interface is cross-platforming - meaning that PCs - MACs - and large






29. The projection of a computer signal from a personal computer - laptop or other computer device onto a screen from a LCD or equivalent projector for viewing by audience.






30. A type of exhibit construction in which the walls are of solid material - rather than fabric.






31. Using hypertext - a link is a selectable connection from one word - picture or information object to another. From a Web site - a link points to content.






32. 1) Ability of a projection system to distinguish and reproduce fine detail. 2) Motion put forward for a joint decision; usually has the force of a legislative decision.






33. A nonprofit organization representing specific destinations formerly known as the International Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus. Members have expert knowledge of their city and its surrounding areas; typically they represent local hotels






34. A type of education where students work on their own at home or from an office - and communicate with faculty and other students via email - electronic forums - chat - webconferencing and other forms of online communication. Includes correspondence c






35. The standard seating supplied by most facilities. This kind of seating in wide rooms has the disadvantage of restricting the view of attendees sitting at the row ends. Best for presentations in which audience interaction is not required.






36. Anticipated dates and times of arrival of group members.






37. 1) Registering in advance to attend an event. See ADVANCE REGISTRATION. 2) At a facility - pre-assigned sleeping rooms available for occupancy.






38. Labor performed and paid at standard rate for work during normal business hours as established by unions.






39. A bill of lading issued by the airline that covers both domestic and international flights transporting goods to a specified destination. Technically - it is a non-negotiable instrument of air transport that serves as a receipt for the shipper - indi






40. BEO. A form most often used by hotels to provide details to personnel concerned with a specific food and beverage function or event room set-up.






41. Raising and supporting sound - lighting or other equipment or décor from the ceiling.






42. A feature of many videoconference systems that allows participants at each conference site to view and edit the same document.






43. A third party vendor or company that offers complete turnkey organization support for an event - including administrative and event management services.






44. Transportation company which handles crated materials; an agency or business that is available to the public for transportation of persons - goods - or messages; usually referring to freight transportation on regularly scheduled trucks or airplanes.






45. Food is plated in the kitchen and placed before the guest. Side dishes are used for bread and butter and salad. Food is served from the left - beverages from the right - and all items are removed from the right. This is generally the service used for






46. An ongoing process in which an individual actively seeks to understand and contribute to change.






47. Business-to-Business.






48. Executive responsible for financial affairs of an organization.






49. Raised platform.






50. Seating arrangement in which seats are in rows facing the stage area - no tables. See AUDITORIUM SET-UP.