|
"Today's successful speaking business must fully utilize the Internet!" – Jim Barber
addressing the Florida Speakers Association in 2008 Where do savvy professionals go for domain names, web hosting, security certificates, and more? Jim's Web World is dedicated to meeting the Internet needs of presentations professionals! Why deal with some faceless corporation that doesn't know (or care) anything about you or your business? Jim Barber and Jim's Web World understand the unique needs and challenges of today's speaking professional! |
ProSpeakerU.com
“Speaking of the Future”
Glossary of Terms
for the
Speaking, Training,
and Meetings Industry
A - B C - E F - L M - O P - S T - W
| Master of Ceremonies | |
|
Someone who moderates an event, introducing the participants and providing a smooth transition between presentations. | |
| M/C | |
|
Short for Master of Ceremonies. See ‘Master of Ceremonies’. | |
| Media kit | |
|
A speaker’s promotional package that can include testimonial letters, speaking topics, a fee schedule, audio or video demo tapes, articles written by (or about) the speaker, and other promotional items. Also called a ‘press kit’. An essential marketing tool until recently; now rapidly being replaced by a speaker’s web site. | |
| Media release | |
|
A short announcement of a newsworthy event, sent to selected members of the media in the hopes of generating publicity for the speaker. Also called a ‘press release’. | |
| Meeting planner | |
|
A professional who organizes meetings, conventions, and other events. | |
| Meeting Professionals International | |
|
An international association of dedicated professionals involved in planning, managing and supplying services to the meeting industry. | |
| Mic | |
|
Common term for ‘microphone’. Pronounced “mike”. Also spelled ‘mike’. | |
| Mike | |
|
Common term for ‘microphone’. Also spelled ‘mic’ (but still pronounced “mike”). | |
| MPI | |
|
Abbreviation of Meeting Professionals International. See ‘Meeting Professionals International’. | |
| National Speakers Association | |
|
The National
Speakers Association is composed of more than 3,800 members dedicated to advancing the art and value of experts who speak professionally. | |
| NSA | |
|
Abbreviation of the National Speakers Association. See ‘National Speakers Association’. | |
| Opt-in | |
|
Verb: the act of explicitly subscribing to an e-zine; adjective: a description of an e-zine list whose subscribers specifically requested the subscription. | |
| Opt-out | |
|
Noun: type of program that automatically ‘subscribes’ members to an e-zine without their authorization; verb: to remove yourself from an e-zine subscription. | |