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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional

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1. A contract clause in which one party agrees to pay damages or claims that the other party may be required to pay to another. For example - if a hotel is sued by an attendee that is injured at an event due to the fault of the group - an indemnificatio






2. Period when the demand for a supplier's product or service is neither high nor low.






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






4. A return of part of a payment.






5. An encrypted file that authenticates the source of financial data - usually for an online credit card transaction.






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






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






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






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






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






11. 1) Platforms of varying heights used together to create a stage - such as the rows of steps a choral group would use during a performance. 2) Stage background scene giving illusion or depth. Also called CYC.






12. 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.






13. MICROPHONE attached to a lectern. See LECTERN.






14. A document provided by an insurance company as proof that a policy has been issued and coverage is in effect.






15. Transfer a file from a host computer to your computer.






16. 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.






17. 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






18. Any group of rooms that is classified or separated differently than the general attendee block within the Event-Contracted Block (ECB).






19. Ability to transmit huge volumes of voice and video over a network or the internet - without jumpy images.






20. AKA Brainstorming. Group decision-making software and services use technology on-site to maximize the group decision and brainstorming process. Often the set-up involves a network of computers that event participants use to respond to questions - pll






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






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






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






24. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers. A membership organization that represents individuals who hold the copyrights to music written in the United States and grants licensing agreements for the performance of that music.






25. Contract wording that outlines potential damages or fees that a party may be required to pay in the event that it does not fulfill minimum commitments in the contract.






26. 1) Registering in advance to attend an event. See ADVANCE REGISTRATION. 2) At a facility - pre-assigned sleeping rooms available for occupancy.






27. 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.






28. When online activities take place at a designated time - they are referred to as real-time events. A Webcast of a keynote presenter that can be watched live over the Internet is an example of a real-time event.






29. 1) Certified Meeting Professional. 2) Complete Meeting Package at conference centers; includes lodging - all food and beverage - support services - including audio visual equipment - room rental - etc.






30. 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.






31. A person who is authorized to legally bind an individual or organization to a contract - to sign checks on behalf of an organization - or charge to an organization's master account.






32. 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






33. 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.






34. A list of special spellings - terms and style points to be used consistently in publications related to an event.






35. Donated financial or material support - usually in exchange for recognition; Paid opportunity for entity or an exhibitor to increase its visibility at the event.






36. Platters of food are composed in the kitchen. Each food item is then served from the guest's left by the server from platters to individual plates. Any course can be 'Frenched' by having the dressing put on the salad or having sauce added to a entrée






37. A discussion which takes place within a meeting - a public or private sitting or in one of the various types of assembly or meeting.






38. 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.






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






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






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






42. A company that presents special effects and theatrical acts. This type of company may contract to put on an entire event or only parts of one. They sometimes hire speakers as part of their contract.






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. 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






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






46. 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.






47. An alternative plan that may replace the original plan when circumstances change.






48. Raised horizontal surface - stage - or flooring.






49. European term for booth or exhibit.






50. An audio signal generated by a microphone.







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