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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional

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






2. 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.






3. Structured educational and training experiences for personal or professional development.






4. Carrier that specializes in shipping uncrated exhibits - high-tech equipment and delicate materials that require special handling.






5. 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.






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






7. A speaker system that is typically used in ballrooms - exhibit hall venues - etc - and are most appropriate for voice reproduction.






8. AP. A type of hotel rate that includes the price of the room and all meals. Also Called FULL AMERICAN PLAN (FAP).






9. Computer program that uses variable pricing models to maximize the return on a fixed (perishable) inventory - such as hotel rooms - based on supply-and-demand theory.






10. Raising and supporting sound - lighting or other equipment or décor from the ceiling.






11. An exhibit with aisles on three sides.






12. The station used to transmit signals from Earth to a satellite (videoconferencing).






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






14. A hollow square whose corners are replaced by serpentine or half-moon tables.






15. 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.






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






17. Multi-page pressure-sensitive form where multiple copies are made by writing on the top copy of the form. NCR stands for No-Carbon Required.






18. 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.






19. Labor performed and paid at standard rate for work during normal business hours as established by unions.






20. Function room set-up that saves room turnover time - limits the number of event rooms required - and avoids additional charges for changing room set-ups.






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






22. Relating to organizations whose membership hold common occupational credentials or interests.






23. Weblogs or online journals. An application that may change the face of event marketing.






24. Flat rate for which a hotel or motel agrees to offer any of its available sleeping rooms (with the exception of suites) to a group. Final assignment of rooms is at the discretion of the hotel. See RUN-OF-THE-HOUSE RATE.






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






26. Dispute resolution process in which the parties use a third party to assist them in reaching a compromise. The mediator may work with both sides together - or may act as "go between" in an attempt to move the sides toward agreement. The mediator may






27. 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.






28. Also called overhead or administrative costs - these are expenses not directly related to the event. They can include salaries - rent - and building and equipment maintenance.






29. Business-to-Business.






30. 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.






31. A pre-cut - etched pattern fabricated from metal or glass that fits in the focal plane of a lighting instrument to form projected light into a shape (logo - graphic or even scenery). Templates can form light images on ceilings and walls. The pattern






32. Record of an event over time.






33. 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.






34. An individual who guides discussion and/or decision making.






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. Accepted Practices Exchange. An initiative of the meetings - conventions & exhibitions industry managed by the Convention Industry Council (CIC). APEX develops and manages the implementation of accepted practices (voluntary standards) for the industr






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






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






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






40. The activities that are undertaken to either reduce the probability that an emergency or crisis will occur or reduce the consequences if it does occur.






41. International Association for Continuing Education and Training.






42. A nonprofit organization representing specific destinations formerly known as the International Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus. Members have expert knowledge of their city and its surrounding areas; typically they represent local hotels






43. 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.






44. Familiarization Trip. Offered to potential buyers of a venue - a program designed to acquaint participants with specific destinations or services and to stimulate the booking of an event. Often offered in groups - but sometimes on an individual basis






45. Company which designs and handles some or all elements of incentive travel programs.






46. 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.






47. 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.






48. Registration made via the Web.






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






50. 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