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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional

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1. 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






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. Period when the demand for a supplier's product or service is highest. Prices general increase in high season.






4. Continuning education requirements for legal professionals are adminstered by the American Bar Association (ABA).






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






6. 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






7. Certification of measurements of meeting space through the Function Space Verification Program offered by the Professional Convention Management Association or through graphics layout software companies - e.g. MeetingMatrix.






8. The type of platform that multi-purpose technology solutions designed to handle many event planning and management tasks are built on. They range in price from a few hundred dollars for a basic single-user program to hundreds of thousands of dollars






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






10. Magnetic Stripe. A lead retrieval system using a magnetic strip on either the back of a paper badge (similar to some airline tickets) or on plastic badges similar to credit cards.






11. Requirement of many professional groups by which members must certify participation in formal educational programs designed to maintain their level of ability beyond their original certification date. CEUs are non-academic credit. One CEU is awarded






12. The newest development in audio systems that can take traditional distributed systems - which require delay speakers to be hung throughout the room - to a new level. The advantage is that you can cover a room from a single line of speakers over the r






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






14. 1) Free-standing pavilion or light structure - often inside a facility - where printed or electronic information is available. 2) A small enclosure for ticket sales - information - etc.






15. Web based conferencing - a vital component of the modern event professional's toolbox.






16. Designated day when the facility will release a block of sleeping rooms to the general public.






17. 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.






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






19. The opposite of an opt-in email marketing campaign






20. An electronic form of marketing communication that can be used as an element of an integrated marketing effort. Methods may include emailing digital brochures - delivering voice mail marketing - or sending video emails to the target audience.






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






22. 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.






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






24. Preferred term for the specific person responsible for all aspects of planning - promoting - and producing an exhibition. Also Called SHOW MANAGER - SHOW ORGANIZER.






25. Absence of obstacles preventing handicapped persons from moving freely to all public areas within a building.






26. 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






27. Company that fabricates displays.






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






29. AKA Pre-con meeting. A meeting at the primary facility at which an event will take place just prior to the event beginning. Attendees generally include the primary event organizer - representatives of the event organizer/host organization - departmen






30. Truckload rates apply where the tariff shows a truckload minimum weight. Charges will be at the truckload minimum weight unless weight is higher.






31. 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






32. Organizations offering this type of continuing education credits are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).






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






34. Method to increase audience participation by dividing all participants in discussion groups each of which reports the group's findings and opinions during a following plenary session.






35. Person or firm which is licensed and specializes in travel related arrangements - such booking hotel rooms - meals - transportation - cruises - tours - vacation packages and other travel elements.






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






37. 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






38. AKA Group Specification Guide or Resume. Spec Guide. The industry preferred term for a comprehensive document that outlines the complete requirements and instructions for an event. This document is typically authored by the event planner and is share






39. An event that requires the use of a convention center or event complex - as well as multiple hotels in the host city.






40. An additional clause in artist's contract stipulating special requirements such as travel - dressing rooms - technical equipment - etc.






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






42. Digital light processor data/video projectors were developed with an entirely new processor using microscopic mirrors to recreate video images and display them in a number of settings. These projectors picked up where LCD left off by reproducing vide






43. 1) Merchandise or refreshments sold on site - to individuals - in conjunction with an event. 2) Contractual agreement where one party provides something of value to the other party in exchange for something else - pending certain conditions.






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






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






46. 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






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






48. 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






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






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