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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. 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.






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






4. 1) The act of showing how to do something. 2) A group of individuals organized to picket or protest against a group using placards - literature - songs - shouts and - sometimes - marches or sit-ins.






5. An agreement between two or more parties that creates in each party a duty to do or not do something and a right to performance of the other's duty or a remedy for the breach of the other's duty.






6. EAC. Any company other than the designated "official" contractor providing a service to an exhibitor. Can refer to an Install & Dismantle Company (I&D House) - photographer - florist or any other type of contractor.






7. Permits the customs broker to complete the customs document upon the return of your shipment to the country of origin. A Power of Attorney allows one person to act as agent for another. A Limited Power of Attorney grants the right to act in only limi






8. AKA CSEP or Certified Special Event Professional - a designation offered by the International Special Events Society (ISES) earned through education - perofrmance - experience - and service to the industry.






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






10. Raised horizontal surface - stage - or flooring.






11. A wired or wireless microphone that hooks around the neck or is clipped to clothing. Sometimes called a NECKLACE - LAPEL - or PENDANT MICROPHONE.






12. MICROPHONE that picks up sound from all directions.






13. 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.






14. 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.






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






16. (Unshielded Twisted Pair Cable or UTP) Usually referred to as Cat 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 or 5 cable. Cat 5 transmits data the fastest. Fast Ethernet requires enhanced Cat 5 cable or Cat 5 to operate at its full potential.






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






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






19. Device used to compensate for undesired sound system characteristics or room acoustics.






20. 1) Customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality - precedence - and etiquette. 2) A formal description of message formats and the rules two computers must follow to exchange messages.






21. 1) Ability of a projection system to distinguish and reproduce fine detail. 2) Motion put forward for a joint decision; usually has the force of a legislative decision.






22. A process of identifying human wants and needs - and developing a plan to meet those wants and needs. Refers to everything involved with convincing an attendee to come to the event. Also refers to providing information to support the exhibit sales fu






23. 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






24. 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






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






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






27. 1) Pallet. 2) Wooden platform used to support machinery or a collection of objects for easier handling. 3) Thick wood blocks attached to crates which allow forklift access for easier handling. 4) Wood runners protecting the exterior of a shipping cas






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






29. FP. Projection of an image onto the front surface of a light reflecting screen from a projector placed within or behind the audience.






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






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






32. The standard seating supplied by most facilities. This kind of seating in wide rooms has the disadvantage of restricting the view of attendees sitting at the row ends. Best for presentations in which audience interaction is not required.






33. 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






34. Business-to-Business.






35. Equipment - materials - and teaching aids used in sound and visual presentations - such as television monitors - video - sound equipment - etc.






36. Registration made via the Web.






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






38. 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.






39. Portable MICROPHONE operating on its own power source. Often used to pass through an audience for questions or comments. Also Called WIRELESS MICROPHONE.






40. The day-to-day cost of doing business that is pre-committed - such as salaries - insurance - lease expenses - utilities - etc.






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






43. 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.






44. List of names and addresses of the persons to whom publicity material or other information is to be sent.






45. An informal meeting for the purpose of discussion; usually of an academic or research nature and in order to ascertain areas of mutual interest through exchange of ideas. Conducted as and when convenient - but with little regularity.






46. 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






47. Placing plated foods on banquet tables prior to seating guests.






48. 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






49. Manual or kit - usually developed by the service contractor for an event - containing general event information - labor/service order forms - rules and regulations and other information pertinent to an exhibitor's participation in an exhibition.






50. Sequential numbering as part of a total number of pieces indicated on each package - carton - or crate. For example - box number 2 of 12.