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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional

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1. Truckload rates apply where the tariff shows a truckload minimum weight. Charges will be at the truckload minimum weight unless weight is higher.






2. 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.






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






4. (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.






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






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






7. A supplier of a specific event service - such as photography - rental of furniture or audiovisual equipment - or floral decoration.






8. A detailed section of a contract pertaining to a specific issue.






9. Abbreviation for "hundred weight." This is the unit of measure used in drayage and freight shipments.






10. An exhibit with aisles on three sides.






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






12. Compression/Decompression or Coder/Decoder. Videoconferencing standard - included in hardware and/or software - used to compress or code video - audio - and data signals for transmission and decompress or decode the signal at the other end of the tra






13. 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.






14. European term for booth or exhibit.






15. 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.






16. 1) Room or suite of rooms used to entertain guests. 2) An event in the United States usually separate from the exhibit - in which refreshments are served and exhibitor personnel and visitors socialize.






17. An insurance policy that provides protection against claims involving bodily injury and property damage to third parties.






18. An email - bulk fax - or bulk mail broadcast that provides attendees and prospects with the latest news and information about an upcoming event. Such reminders are usually distributed on an opt-in basis. See EMAIL ALERT.






19. 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






20. Land-based system for videoconferencing designed to manage communication between one group of people - usually in a conference room setting - with another group or groups in similar settings elsewhere.






21. Seating arrangement in which seats are in rows facing the stage area - no tables. See AUDITORIUM SET-UP.






22. 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.






23. A return of part of a payment.






24. A marketing plan should answer the question - What is the benefit to attending the event?






25. 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.






26. 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.






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






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






29. An event (e.g. war - labor strike - extreme weather - or other disruptive circumstances) or effect that cannot be reasonably anticipated or controlled: a "fortuitous event."






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






31. A manner of behavior that touches all elements of communication and the way that we interact with customers and colleagues.






32. Digital subscriber line. Brings high bandwidth via copper phone lines.






33. 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






34. Association of Destination Management Executives. A member of the Convention Industry Council.






35. 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.






36. 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






37. 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






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






39. Number of facility guest rooms actually used out of a room block.






40. Any agreement which limits who may provide specific products or services under certain conditions to only one party. A general service contractor - for instance - may have an "exclusive" in a particular facility - meaning that no other contractor is






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






42. Business-to-Business.






43. Light-weight aluminum tubing and drapery used to separate exhibit booths/stands - staging areas - and other similar locations.






44. Supplier of booth/stand equipment - rental furnishings - floor coverings - labor - drayage and signs for exhibitions and trade shows. See GENERAL SERVICE CONTRACTOR.






45. Wooden platform used to carry goods. See SKID.






46. Preferred term for the specific person responsible for all aspects of planning - promoting - and producing an exhibition. Also Called SHOW MANAGER - SHOW ORGANIZER.






47. 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






48. 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.






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






50. Function room set-up that saves room turnover time - limits the number of event rooms required - and avoids additional charges for changing room set-ups.