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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional

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1. 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.






2. A contract clause in which one party agrees to pay damages or claims that the other party may be required to pay to another. For example - if a hotel is sued by an attendee that is injured at an event due to the fault of the group - an indemnificatio






3. 1) The jobs that may be performed by a specific labor union. 2) The locality where a contractual dispute is decided. 3) In law - the ability of a court to hear and decide a matter brought before it.






4. A type of indemnity clause that requires one party to fully protect the other from a claim asserted. This would include the payment of costs or attorney fees.






5. A statement that indicates overall financial status by subtracting expenses from income.






6. A single source provider of goods or services.






7. When online activities take place at a designated time - they are referred to as real-time events. A Webcast of a keynote presenter that can be watched live over the Internet is an example of a real-time event.






8. Affordable videoconferencing equipment that is available and allows participants to use their computers indead of proprietary hardware for virtual meetings. They provide real-time interaction using a personal computer.






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






10. 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






11. Two or more computers or peripherals that are linked together for the purpose of sharing data.






12. 1) Process of moving equipment and/or people from one point to another. 2) Transportation between terminals and hotels. 3) To copy a picture or sound that is transmitted by one recorder to another - or to make a tape copy from film.






13. In the United States - a legal term for laws covering the liability of people serving alcoholic beverages. Under dram shop laws - a party injured by an intoxicated person can sue establishments contributing to that person's intoxication. Many dram sh






14. DMC. A professional services company possessing extensive local knowledge - expertise and resources - specializing in the design and implementation of events - activities - tours - transportation and program logistics. Depending on the company and th






15. 1) A mandatory and automatic amount added to standard food and beverage charges - usually used to defray the cost of labor - such as housemen - servers - technicians - etc. and which the facility receives a portion of the charge. In return - the gues






16. Business-to-Business.






17. 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.






18. 1) Critiquing and rating the overall success of an event. 2) Developing an event profile from accurate event statistics.






19. A return of part of a payment.






20. 1) The governmental authorities designated to collect duties levied by a country on imports and exports. The term also applies to the procedures involved in such collection. 2) Practices common to many of a particular group.






21. 1) Regeneration of sound from audio speakers back through a microphone causing a squealing sound. 2) Response about an activity - policy - or idea.






22. Period when the demand for a supplier's product or service is neither high nor low.






23. Association of Destination Management Executives. A member of the Convention Industry Council.






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






25. Movie - slide - or computer image presentation where the screen is between the viewer and the projector. Often used in terms of a FRONT PROJECTION SCREEN which is translucent to images being projected from the rear and can be viewed from the front.






26. A commission over and above the normal base commission percentage.






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






28. An interchange between an inner circle debating an issue and an outer circle of observers. Individuals occasionally move from one circle to the other.






29. Part of a cancellation clause that outlines the amount of damages to be paid to the noncelling party in the event of a cancellation.






30. Marketing tools or programs used to influence buying patterns and build customer loyalty.






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






32. A solid-state diode rectifier whose atomic properties cause it to emit light when electric current is passed through it. Current LED technology allows the emission of light from infrared through green frequencies - and visible light LEDs are availabl






33. When a company tries to sell its product or service on the show floor without the permission or consent of the event's management.






34. 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.






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






36. Contractor appointed by event or building management as the sole agent to provide specific services or products.






37. A person who is authorized to legally bind an individual or organization to a contract - to sign checks on behalf of an organization - or charge to an organization's master account.






38. The rooms that are contracted for by an event organizer with a hotel(s) or housing facility(s) for a particular event.






39. Lighting instruments that can be computer controlled to move light around the room - and project color and patterns on screens - scenery - walls or floor.






40. AKA Brainstorming. Group decision-making software and services use technology on-site to maximize the group decision and brainstorming process. Often the set-up involves a network of computers that event participants use to respond to questions - pll






41. Raised platform.






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






43. 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.






44. AKA Housing Bureau. Organization that provides reservation services for a group and its attendees.






45. System of assigning points to exhibiting companies to determine which firms will be allowed to select booth/stand space for the next event first. Also Called PRIORITY RATING SYSTEM.






46. Pre-program information distributed to tour guides - field representatives - venues or vendors - regarding the details of their program assignment for a given event or program.






47. Building an event budet by analyzing both the projected and actual figures from the previous year's budget.






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






49. Web sites that give visitors a reason to return to the site and be exposed to new offers.






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