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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional

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1. Service for meeting and greeting a person upon arrival in a city - usually at the airport - pier or rail station and assisting him or her with entrance formalities - collecting baggage and obtaining transportation.






2. An event (e.g. war - labor strike - extreme weather - or other disruptive circumstances) or effect that cannot be reasonably anticipated or controlled: a "fortuitous event."






3. 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.






4. An individual or company providing installation & dismantle and booth/stand and hall dressing services for a trade show and/or its exhibitors. Decorator services may be provided by carpenters - sign painters or others depending upon union jurisdictio






5. Categorization of people - organizations or businesses by professional discipline or primary areas of interest for the purposes of sales analysis or assignment.






6. Unpublished rates offered from the areas of the U.S. and Canada to specified event destinations; they do not require Saturday night stay over.






7. An apparatus for projecting a picture on a screen. Whether the device is an overhead projector - data (LCD) projector - slide projector - or a film projector - it is usually referred to as simply a projector.






8. The complete package of marketing materials used to promote an event such as brochures - emails - direct mail - etc. Organizations should consider developing a style sheet to ensure consistency across all marketing collateral.






9. Long range plan of action for a company or organization.






10. A needs assessment is an essential setp in ensuring that educational offerings are relevant to attendees. The results of post-event evaluations can be as valuable as a needs assessment.






11. Program and process by which a participant completes proscribed training and passes an assessment.






12. Legal responsibility. An obligation to pay an amount in damages. In a non-legal context - something that is a negative factor.






13. A group of voluntary committee members with vested interests in program content who are commonly used to establish direction for educational programs offered at association meetings.






14. All individuals who are invested in a project or event such as the sponsors - attendees - vendors - media and others.






15. A company that offers complete turnkey organization support for an event - including administrative and event management services.






16. Marketing activities with a common focus on the marketplace or a customer segment. The execution of each individual piece of the integrated marketing plan is consistent with - and supportive of - each of the other pieces of the plan.






17. 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 %.






18. 1) Customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality - precedence - and etiquette. 2) A formal description of message formats and the rules two computers must follow to exchange messages.






19. Contractor retained by a facility to be on-site and provide services as needed. In some cases - Planners are not required to use their services - but may be charged a surcharge or facility fee for bringing in an outside contractor for the same servic






20. The process whereby exhibitors receive a potential customer's contact information in a standardized manner. A system for capturing and following-up on leads generated at an exhibition.






21. Hiring an outside firm or individual to perform the task instead of using in-house staff; to subcontract a task or responsibility to a third party.






22. Light-weight aluminum tubing and drapery used to separate exhibit booths/stands - staging areas - and other similar locations.






23. Method of doing research using a small group led by a facilitator.






24. The style of a document refers to choices writers make that create the tone to readers. A writing style could be either formal or informal.






25. A document provided by an insurance company as proof that a policy has been issued and coverage is in effect.






26. 1) Publicizing an event. See PUBLICITY. 2) An advancement in rank or position.






27. MICROPHONE attached to a lectern. See LECTERN.






28. EAC. Any company other than the designated "official" contractor providing a service to an exhibitor. Can refer to an Install & Dismantle Company (I&D House) - photographer - florist or any other type of contractor.






29. AKA Post Conference.Any event which is arranged for the period immediately following the conference proper.






30. A group of rooms that is reserved by a party outside of the ECB but is present in the city as a result of the Main Event (for example - some exhibitors - some international tour groups). A Peripheral Block's consumed room nights should be credited to






31. A service provider of videoconferencing which allows multiple sites to connect simultaneously. A bridge connects three or more tele- or videoconference sites for simultaneous communication.






32. 1) Exclusive use of all or some space on an airplane - bus - ship - or other vehicle for a special period of time and for a specific itinerary. 2) To create a new association - organization or chapter of an association or organization.






33. 1) Pallet. 2) Wooden platform used to support machinery or a collection of objects for easier handling. 3) Thick wood blocks attached to crates which allow forklift access for easier handling. 4) Wood runners protecting the exterior of a shipping cas






34. MICROPHONE that picks up sound from all directions.






35. A statement of revenues and expenses. Also known as a profit & loss statement.






36. 1) A food service vendor - often used to describe a vendor who specializes in banquets and theme parties. 2) An exclusive food & beverage contractor within a facility.






37. A plastic credit card with an embedded integrated circuit chip that can store up to 16 -000 bits of data for lead retrieval and other functions.






38. Any meeting where people at two or more distant locations are linked using video - audio and data for two-way communication via satellite communications or the Internet. Each party sees and hears the other through a TV screen or computer monitor and






39. Convention and visitor bureaus are not-for-profit organizations charged with representing a specific destination and helping the long-term development of communities through a travel and tourism strategy. Convention and visitor bureaus are usually me






40. Donated financial or material support - usually in exchange for recognition; Paid opportunity for entity or an exhibitor to increase its visibility at the event.






41. A document - required by some countries - describing a shipment of goods and showing information such as the consignor - consignee - and value of the shipment. Certified by a consular official of the foreign country - it is used by that country's cus






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






43. Educational and/or social events planned for spouses and guests of event participants.






44. A self-contained unit with a LCD (liquid crystal display) panel - light source and lens that works with both PC and Mac computers and duplicates the image being shown on the monitor without any need for special software or complex setting up.






45. 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.






46. An alternative procedure that can be specified in contracts instead of going through the process of filing a complaint and pursuing the claim in court.






47. AKA Group Travel Agency. Company specializing in planning and handling group travel.






48. Small group sessions - panels - workshops or presentations - offered concurrently within the event - formed to focus on specific subjects. The event is apart from the general session - but within the event format - formed to focus on specific subject






49. Procurement - maintenance and transportation of materials. Involves all related functions and services.






50. The industry preferred term for a report of the details and activities of an event. A collection of post event reports over time will provide the complete History for an event. The industry accepted practice is to use the APEX POST EVENT REPORT - whi