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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional

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1. An advanced partial payment to secure product or service.






2. When a company contracts space at a hotel or other adjacent venue to display their products and meet with exhibition attendees without paying show management for booth space or sponsorship fees.






3. 1) The back wall (either hardwall or draped) of a perimeter - booth/stand/exhibit - or inline. 2) Panel arrangement at rear of booth/stand area.






4. 1) Certified Meeting Professional. 2) Complete Meeting Package at conference centers; includes lodging - all food and beverage - support services - including audio visual equipment - room rental - etc.






5. 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.






6. A type of audio system for meetings and concerts. The speakers sit on the floor and project from each side of the room. The sound may be louder in the front than the back.






7. Assortment of foods - offered on a table - self-served.






8. 1) Enclosed lights used to illuminate the top of film and stage sets. 2) Group of speakers mounted in auditoriums - arenas - and theaters.






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






10. 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






11. 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.






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






13. A labor organization - typically made up of workers from the same trade formed for the purpose of advancing its members' interests such as dealing collectively with their employer on issues of wages - hours - working conditions and other matters pert






14. A seating arrangement with a row of seats on low risers around a BOARDROOM SET-UP. A very space-intensive set-up.






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






16. 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






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






18. Efforts of a dissident group to obstruct the conduct of an event.






19. 1) Schematic drawing of an exhibit hall including dimensions - design - shape - entrances - aisles - numbered exhibit booth/stands - lounges - concession areas - restrooms - electrical/plumbing accessibility - etc. 2) Scale plan of the floor area of






20. 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






21. 1) An accounting method that enters income and expenses into the books at the time of contract versus when payment is received or expenses incurred (cash accounting). 2) A system in which revenue and expenses are accounted for as soon as they are com






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






23. A sleeping room or function room provided to an individual or organization at no cost. See COMPLIMENTARY RATIO.






24. Light morning meal consisting of pastries - juices - and hot beverages. Usually served buffet style.






25. 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.






26. MAP. A type of room rate that includes breakfast and one other meal (usually dinner).






27. Structure of event program elements to achieve specific goals and objectives.






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






29. Number of facility guest rooms actually used out of a room block.






30. A larger-than-average bar code that uses the PDF417 standard (the same used for e-stamps). Stores up to 1 -800 characters in bar code on standard paper badge - which can then be used by exhibitors to get contact information from registrants.






31. An event that broadcasts the audio and/or video portion of a keynote presentation or other educational sessions over the Web in real-time or on-demand.






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






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






34. The organization providing alcohol to guests.






35. A cable that is made up of tiny glass strands that are wrapped and bundled together to make up a cable. Fiber can transmit voice - data and video at gigabyte speed - or 1 billion bytes per second - with less signal loss than copper wire because the s






36. A type of barter. The exchange of goods and services instead of using money.






37. 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.






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






39. Proof of Registration - i.e. - a reservation number that will be accepted by the hotel holding the room.






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






41. 1) A statement of what one will give or take in return for something else (a price); proposal. 2) Proposal submitted by a convention & visitors bureau and/or hotel(s) to an event organizer that includes defined dates and room blocks.






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






43. Final official listing of all passengers and/or cargo aboard a transportation vehicle or vessel.






44. An email - bulk fax - or bulk mail broadcast that provides attendees and prospects with the latest news and information about an upcoming event. Such reminders are usually distributed on an opt-in basis. See EMAIL ALERT.






45. A document - required by certain countries for tariff purposes - certifying as to the country of origin of specified goods.






46. Record of an event over time.






47. 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






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






49. Contract wording that outlines potential damages or fees that a party may be required to pay in the event that it does not fulfill minimum commitments in the contract.






50. Private room bar set up where guests pay for drinks individually.