Glossary Terms from CIC Manual
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- Educational Program Committtee
- Substantive instruction content at an event.
- Focus Group
- Method of doing research using a small group led by a facilitator
- Kiosk
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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. - Sampling
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1. A research method based upon selecting a portion of a popultion for study.
2. Paperwork and fees paid to a building by exhibitors for the right to serve food product. - Survey
- Solicitation of opinions regarding services; questionnaire.
- Audience Reaction Team
- 4 or 5 participants query the main speaker from the stage with questions from the audience and foolw-up questions.
- Buzz Group
- Largew audience is divided into small groups in the same room and responds to assignments.
- Certified Speaking Professional (CSP)
- An earned designation from the National Speakers Association (NSA).
- CODEC
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Compression/Decompression OR Coder/Decoder.
Videoconferencing standard. Compresses video, audio and data signals for transmission and decompress the signal at the other end. - Colloquium
- Informal mtg. for the purpose of discussion. Usually an academic or research nature and in order to ascertain areas of mutual interest through exchange.
- Conference
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1. Participatory mtg designed for discussion, fact-finding, problem solving
2. An event used to meet & exhchange vies, convey messge, debate. - Debate
- Discussion which takes place within a meeting, a public or private sitting or in one of the variuos types of assembly or meeting. PRO Side and CON side.
- DSL
- Digital subscriber line. Brings high bandwidth via copper phone lines.
- ISDN -- Integrated Services Digital Network
- Set of protocaland interface standards that make up an integrated (voice, video, and data) telephone network.
- Facilitator
- An individual who guides discussion and/or decision making.
- Fishbowl
- Interchange between an inner circle debating an issue and an outer circle of observers. Can move from one circle to other.
- Interview
- Presenter is questioned by a moderator on behalf of audience.
- Meeting
- Event where the primary activity of the attendees is to attend educational sessions, participate in meetings/discussions, socialize, or attend other organized events. NO EXHIBIT.
- National Speakers Association (NSA)
- National Speakers Association. A member of the Convention Industry Council.
- Seminar
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1. Lecture & dialogue allowing participants to share experiendces in a particiular field under the guidance of an expert discussion leader.
2. Mtg. or series of mtgs from 10 - 50 specialists who have different specific object of enriching the skills of the participants. - Speaker's Bureau
- locate and book speakers according to your specifications and budget.
- Symposium
- 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 discussions.
- Webcast
- An event that broadcasts the audio and/or video portion of a keynote presentation or other educational sessions over the Web in real-time or on-demand.
- Workshop
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1. Mtg of several persons for intensive discussion. Developed to compensate for diverging views in a particular discipline.
2. Informal and public session of free discussion organized to take place between formal plenary sessions or commissions of a congress or of a conference
3. Training session in which participants, often through exercises, develop skills and knowledge in a given field. - Accrual Accounting
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1. An accounting method that enters income & expenses into the books at the time of contract vs. when payment is received or expenses incurred (cash acctg)
2. A system in which revenue and expenses are accounted for as soon as they are committed. - Balance Sheet
- A statement that indicates overall financial status by subtracting expenses from income.
- Cash Accounting
- A system in which revenue and expenses are counted as they are actually received.
- Chart of Accounts
- A detailed list of the individual line items that make up the revenue and expense categories in a budget. A numbering system used to identify every line item in a budget, so income and expenses are posted to the correct accounts.
- Fixed Cost
- The day to day cost of doing business that is pre-committed, such as salaries, insurance, lease expenses, utilities, etc.