Certified Association Sales Executive - A PCMA certificate program that focuses on how to become "meeting consultants" for the association community.
Convention Industry Council - Group founded in 1949 to facilitate the exchange of information within the meetings, conventions, and exhibitions industry with more than 103,500 individuals and 19,500 firms and properties.
Certification in Meeting Management - Meetings certification program to educate management-level meeting and event professionals.
Certified Meeting Planner - The foremost certification of the meetings, conventions and exhibitions industry.
Convention and Visitor Bureau - A destination marketing organization (DMO) that promotes economic development of a destination through increasing visits from tourists and business travelers.
Destination Management Company - A company with local knowledge, expertise and resources, specializing in design and implementation of events, activities, tours, transportation and program logistics.
Destination Marketing Organization - An entity or company, which is promoting a tourist destination, in order to increase the amount of visitors to this destination.
Irrevocable, written, and signed offer regarding the sale or purchase of specified goods or services at specified prices, and valid for a specified period.
Transportation for the talent that gets them to and from the airport to the performance venue, and when necessary, to and from the hotel to the performance venue.
A speech or presentation delivered to set the underlying tone and summarize the core message or most important revelation of an event.
Meeting Professionals International, the meeting industry's largest association with more than 24,000 members belonging to 70 chapters and clubs worldwide, of which iSpeaking is a proud member.
Professional Convention Management Association - Association of meeting and event professionals with approximately 6,000 meeting industry leaders including planner professionals, suppliers, faculty and students.
Travel expenses that are divided among two or more clients, thereby saving all clients money.
A service company that provides speakers and entertainers to meeting planners for events.
A signed form between a taping entity and talent that outlines intent of use and conditions by which the talent may be videotaped.