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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional

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1. Official authorization or approval; to provide with credentials; to send (an envoy) with letters of authorization; to recognize or vouch for as conforming with a standard; to recognize a college as maintaining academic standards; to consider or recog






2. 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






3. 1) Some Web-based content such as event Webcasts are made available to online customers on a pay-per-view basis - which means that customers have to pay to access this programming. 2) Video productions accessible to customers who pay for access to th






4. Devices that help people who are hard of hearing connect to the speaker system and use their hearing aids to hear the speaker more clearly.






5. 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.






6. A government document which permits the "licensee" to engage in the export of designated goods to certain destinations.






7. 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






8. 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.






9. A meeting of a number of experts in a particular field - at which papers are presented and discussed by specialists on particular subjects with a view to making recommendations concerning the problems under discussion.






10. 1) The opposite of real-time. 2) Audio and/or video programming available on a Web site after the completion of an event - providing this content so Web site visitors can listen or view at their discretion. 3) FAX system for sending out faxed materia






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






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






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






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






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






16. Foods are cooked tableside. Servers put the food on platters and present themt ot he seated guests who serve themselves. Russian service requires sufficient space between tables for the servers to move about freely.






17. 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.






18. Period when the demand for a supplier's product or service is lowest. Prices general decrease in low season.






19. A release of rights to substitute one party for another party. The release of an insurance company right to succeed to the insured's rights to sue for damages against the tortfeasor - after the insurance company pays an insured's claim of loss due to






20. 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.






21. An audio signal generated by a microphone.






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






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






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






25. Series of tables set up in the shape of the letter U with chairs set all around on one or both sides.






26. A member of the Convention Industry Council.






27. A document - required by some countries - describing a shipment of goods and showing information such as the consignor - consignee - and value of the shipment. Certified by a consular official of the foreign country - it is used by that country's cus






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






29. A facility that provides a dedicated environment for events - especially small events. May be certified by the International Association of Conference Centers.






30. In which rows of tables with chairs face the front of a room and each person has a space for writing.






31. ASP. A company that manages and distributes software-based solutions to customers across a wide area network from a central data center. In essence - ASPs are a way for organizations to outsource some or almost all aspects of their information techno






32. Audio unit by which sound signals from all sources feed into one system; allows for dissimilar inputs (microphone and line) to be combined and controlled into one output.






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






34. One or more standard units of exhibit space. In the US - a standard unit is generally known to be a 10' x 10' space (one standard booth/stand unit - equaling 100 nsf). However - if an exhibitor purchases multiple units side-by-side or back-to-back -






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






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






37. European term for booth or exhibit.






38. A payment to a sales representative for meeting or exceeding a sales revenue goal. Or a payment made to an individual or organization for bringing business to another individual or organization.






39. Lens which produces a soft edged beam of light. Theatrical fixture with adjustable lens 150 W through 1500 W.






40. Staff person responsible for selling and servicing group and local food and beverage functions.






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






42. 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.






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






44. 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.






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






46. Educational and/or social events planned for spouses and guests of event participants.






47. 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.






48. RFP. A document that stipulates what services the organization wants from an outside contractor and requests a bid to perform such services. Same As BID MANUAL/SPECIFICATIONS.






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






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