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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional

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1. Net Profit divided by Net Worth. A financial ratio indicating the degree of profitability. To calculate - use event revenues minus program expenses divided by program expenses - multiplied by 100 to get the ROI %.






2. 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.






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






4. Meeting Industry Network (formerly CINET or Convention Industry Network). On-line information network tracking historical and future site/booking information. CINET is provided by IACVB to its members.






5. Certified Professional Catering Executive. A certification program offered by the National Association of Catering Executives (NACE).






6. A self-contained unit with a LCD (liquid crystal display) panel - light source and lens that works with both PC and Mac computers and duplicates the image being shown on the monitor without any need for special software or complex setting up.






7. 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






8. Registration made via the Web.






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






10. Informative and instructional speech.






11. Individuals who will participate in the pre-event meetings. Generally includes the planner - key members of planner's staff - CSM - Catering Managers - A/V representatives - room set-up representatives - etc.






12. 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.






13. Program and process by which a participant completes proscribed training and passes an assessment.






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






15. Insurance that protects a event organizer against financial loss or expenses incurred when contractually specified perils necessitate canceling or relocating a event - or cause a reduction in attendance.






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






17. Raised platform usually above the floor of a hall or large room.






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






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






20. 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






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






22. Equipment which projects an image on a screen by passing light through a transparent slide or other transparency.






23. 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.






24. A feature of videoconferencing systems which allows the placement of shared documents on an on-screen shared space or "whiteboard." Participants can edit and mark up the document just as on a physical whiteboard.






25. 1) Common term for sealed beam spot or flood lamp with self-contained lens surfaced glass. 2) In golf - one less than bogey.






26. An organization who locates and books speakers according to my specifications and budget.






27. Total number of sleeping rooms that are utilized and attributable to one event.






28. 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.






29. 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






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






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






32. 1) A research method based upon selecting a portion of a population for study. 2) Paperwork and fees paid to a building by exhibitors for the right to serve food product.






33. Representatives of an event's exhibiting companies who act as advisers to show management on rules and procedures - and also update show management on industry trends and issues.






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






35. Capture - manipulation and storage of video in digital format on a computer. Can be displayed on a computer as part of a graphic presentation.






36. A media campaign - normally consisting of a series of public notices and advertising activities - aimed at ensuring maximum attendance by focusing attention on an event.






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






38. BEO. A form most often used by hotels to provide details to personnel concerned with a specific food and beverage function or event room set-up.






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






40. Web browser-based videoconferencing.






41. AKA Classroom set-up. Seating arrangement in which rows of tables with chairs face the front of a room and each person has a space for writing. Also Called SCHOOLROOM SET-UP.






42. A videoconference of more than two sites.






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






44. 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.






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






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






47. Required for shipments valued at more than $2500; used by the U.S. government to monitor the dollar volume of export shipments.






48. A lead retrieval method using embossed plastic cards similar to credit cards.






49. In-house facility form authorizing cash withdrawal to be charged to master account or individual guest.






50. Apparatus used for projecting photographic slides onto a screen. It will often have a remote (either wired or wireless) that can be used to advance the slides.