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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional

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1. An account (usually a number) to which expenses for a function or activity are charged.






2. Devices that help people who are hard of hearing connect to the speaker system and use their hearing aids to hear the speaker more clearly.






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






4. 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






5. Certified Special Event Professional; an earned designation from the International Special Events Society (ISES).






6. Designated date when the facility will release a block of sleeping rooms to the general public. The date is typically three to four weeks before the event.






7. A Web-based form that can be designed to guide the user through the process of completing the form and can alert the user to errors.






8. 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.






9. A discussion which takes place within a meeting - a public or private sitting or in one of the various types of assembly or meeting.






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






11. A permanently installed series of cable comprised of copper wire cable and/or fiber optic cable - utilized as the main thoroughfare in a building to transmit voice and data signals in or out of the facility.






12. Series of tables set up in the shape of the letter U with chairs set all around on one or both sides.






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






14. This beverage service includes both cash-bar and open-bar concepts. Guests are issued a certain number of tickets for free drinks and are then required to purchase additional drinks if desired.






15. Period when the demand for a supplier's product or service is lowest. Prices general decrease in low season.






16. Date beyond which a facility is free to rent the unused sleeping rooms or function space to other groups.






17. Land-based system for videoconferencing designed to manage communication between one group of people - usually in a conference room setting - with another group or groups in similar settings elsewhere.






18. Linear exhibits are generally 10' deep. They are offered in 10' or 15' widths and can be combined to create an exhibit of almost any length.






19. A list of special spellings - terms and style points to be used consistently in publications related to an event.






20. Private dispute resolution process - Often referred to as alternate dispute resolution - in which the parties agree to submit their dispute to an impartial third party for a decision. Depending on the type of arbitration - the arbitrator's decision m






21. A payment to a sales representative for meeting or exceeding a sales revenue goal. Or a payment made to an individual or organization for bringing business to another individual or organization.






22. Large theatrical floodlight usually used for work lights or occasionally in place of strip lights to light a cyclorama or sky drop.






23. Used to sell products through a Web site. An online shopping cart application allows customers to select and then purchase books - tapes and other items.






24. An event that draws a national and international audience. Typically 15% or more of attendees reside outside of the host country.






25. Notice as to how charges for an event should be handled and to whom invoices should be addressed.






26. Complimentary tickets awarded by the official airline after the event according to the number of attendees who used the airline.






27. LTL. Rates applicable when the quantity of freight is less than the volume of truckload minimum weight.






28. Foods are cooked tableside. Servers put the food on platters and present themt ot he seated guests who serve themselves. Russian service requires sufficient space between tables for the servers to move about freely.






29. A food service operation in which customers carry their own trays and select food from a display counter or counters. It is similar to a buffet - but food is served by attendants.






30. A promise - proposal or other expression of willingness to make and carry out a contract under proposed terms with another party which has the ability to accept it upon receiving it. Space and rent proposal from a facility. It may be in the form of a






31. One or more standard units of exhibit space. In the US - a standard unit is generally known to be a 10' x 10' space (one standard booth/stand unit - equaling 100 nsf). However - if an exhibitor purchases multiple units side-by-side or back-to-back -






32. A return of part of a payment.






33. Items that an exhibitor is allowed to carry unaided into a event facility without being charged.






34. Private room bar set up where guests do not pay for drinks.






35. Wooden platform used to carry goods. See SKID.






36. Risk that an organization takes when dealing with foreign currency due to exchange rates fluctuating over time.






37. Raised platform.






38. Sports shirt (possibly with jacket) for men; resort wear for women.






39. A release of rights to substitute one party for another party. The release of an insurance company right to succeed to the insured's rights to sue for damages against the tortfeasor - after the insurance company pays an insured's claim of loss due to






40. The transfer of monies into and out of an enterprise.






41. Facility form to advise departments of changes in reservations or functions.






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






43. 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






44. 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






45. Integrated services digital network. A single ISDN line carries data at 128 Kbps. Although video conferences are possible at slower speeds - ISDN is considered to be the minimum for acceptable-quality video transmission.






46. 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.






47. 1) A research method based upon selecting a portion of a population for study. 2) Paperwork and fees paid to a building by exhibitors for the right to serve food product.






48. Executive responsible for financial affairs of an organization.






49. 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






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