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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional

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1. Amount of money paid to secure a room - facility or service in advance.






2. Lifts - trusses - pipe or other freestanding devices used to raise sound - lighting or other equipment above the heads of attendees and to support it from the floor.






3. An individual or company which provides customs clearing services to shippers of goods to and from another country. Licensing and requirements vary from country to country. In the United States - a customs broker must be licensed by the Treasury Depa






4. A group of voluntary committee members with vested interests in program content who are commonly used to establish direction for educational programs offered at association meetings.






5. Any meeting where people at two or more distant locations are linked using video - audio and data for two-way communication via satellite communications or the Internet. Each party sees and hears the other through a TV screen or computer monitor and






6. Downloadable audio and video programs playable on MP3 players. This type of application may change the face of event marketing.






7. Accounts receivable made available to individuals or firms with established credit.






8. An event that incoporates environmental considerations throughout all states of the planning process in order to minimize the negative impact on the environment.






9. 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.






10. Part of a cancellation clause that outlines the amount of damages to be paid to the noncelling party in the event of a cancellation.






11. Date beyond which a facility is free to rent the unused sleeping rooms or function space to other groups.






12. A member of the Convention Industry Council.






13. A term used in food and beverage that refers to the purchasing option based on the amount utilized by the group. The organization pays for the food and beverage based on the actual food and beverage served.






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






15. MICROPHONE attached to a lectern. See LECTERN.






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






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






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






19. 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.






20. 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






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






22. Unpublished rates offered from the areas of the U.S. and Canada to specified event destinations; they do not require Saturday night stay over.






23. Written document requiring individuals to disclose any conflicts of interest that may be created by their involvement with an organization.






24. Linear exhibits are generally 10' deep. They are offered in 10' or 15' widths and can be combined to create an exhibit of almost any length.






25. Booth/stand space with aisles on all four sides.






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






27. Type of meeting which brings together three or more people in two or more locations through telecommunications.






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






29. The presenter is questioned by a moderator on behalf of the audience.






30. 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.






31. I&D. 1) The set-up and teardown of exhibits. 2) Firm that does I&D work.






32. 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.






33. Mandatory continuning education requirements for legal professionals are adminstered by the American Bar Association (ABA).






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






35. Transmitting data at speeds of up to 44.184 Mbps - is faster than a T-1 line - allowing performance of more tasks simultaneously at a greater speed. See T-1 LINE.






36. An independent business which handles export shipments for compensation. At the request of the shipper - the forwarder makes the actual arrangements and provides the necessary services for expediting the shipment to its overseas destination. The forw






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






38. Provision in a contract which outlines damages to be paid to the non-canceling party if cancellation occurs - due the canceling party's breach of the contract.






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






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






41. 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






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






43. International Association for Continuing Education and Training.






44. Affordable videoconferencing equipment that is available and allows participants to use their computers indead of proprietary hardware for virtual meetings. They provide real-time interaction using a personal computer.






45. 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.






46. Services performed by GENERAL SERVICE CONTRACTOR that includes delivery of exhibit materials from the dock to assigned space - removing empty crates - returning crates at the end of the event for re-crating - and delivering materials back to the dock






47. Accredited designation offered by the National Speakers Association. This designation is earned for extensive - documented speaking experience and client satisfaction.






48. Categorization of people - organizations or businesses by professional discipline or primary areas of interest for the purposes of sales analysis or assignment.






49. 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.






50. 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.