Types of Meetings
Meeting Planners
Preparing for the Event
Meetings Setups
Meetings Facilities
100
Workshop
What type of meeting calls for general sessions involving small groups and mostly used by training directors for skill training and drills.
100
MICE
What is an acronym for Meetings, Incentives, Conference and Events.
100
Pre-convention meeting
What is the meeting that is held to introduce key personnel and to group officials and is also held to review the convention agenda
100
Breakout room
What is a smaller meeting room used when larger sessions divide into smaller groups for discussions and group work.
100
All-suite Hotel
What is a hotel that features rooms larger than typical guest rooms with a living or working space separate from the bedroom.
200
Convention
What type of meeting is commonly held on an annual basis and usually involves a general session and supplementary smaller meetings
200
SMERF
What is an acronym for non profit organizations ( social, military, educational, religious and fraternal ).
200
BEO
What is the form used by hourly employees for an event
200
E shape setup style
What are tables set in the shape of an E with chairs on the outside of the closed ends and on both sides of each leg.
200
Second tier cities
What are smaller cities and suburbs of major cities that offer the meeting planner an attractive location with less costly accommodations.
300
Panel
What type of meeting requires two or more speakers offering viewpoints of expertise
300
DMC
What is a local supplier who can arrange, manage and/or plan any function or service an event.
300
Key personnel roster
What is the roster that lists all the names and telephone numbers of hotel department heads and other specialists.
300
Hollow circular setup
What is a circular setup with a hollow middle and chairs placed on the outside
300
Air walls
What are moveable barriers that partition large areas into smaller ones.
400
Lecture
What type of meeting is formal and structured, using individual presentation, often by one expert
400
Incentive Travel Houses
What is a company that deals directly with arranging incentive travel packages for corporations.
400
CSM
What is the Convention Service Manager
400
Lectern
What is a reading desk used to hold speaker's papers.
400
Barrier free
What is the absence of obstacles
500
Congress
What term is mostly used in Europe, and in international events, and refers to an event similar to a conference.
500
Meeting Management Firms
What are private contractors who provide planning services directly to a client.
500
Resume
What is the form providing a comprehensive overview of the entire convention program
500
Dais
What is a raised platform on which the head table is placed
500
Open sale period
What is the period of time during which catering is free to sell function space due to projected slow convention business
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