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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. 1) A research method based upon selecting a portion of a population for study. 2) Paperwork and fees paid to a building by exhibitors for the right to serve food product.
Sampling
Flying
Customs broker
Consideration
2. Period when the demand for a supplier's product or service is highest. Prices general increase in high season.
Stand
Network
High season
Backbone
3. 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.
Pro number
Schoolroom set-up
Tip
Meeting Information Network (MINT)
4. AKA Group Travel Agency. Company specializing in planning and handling group travel.
Media relations
Videoconferencing
Press release
Travel agency
5. A speaker system that is typically used in ballrooms - exhibit hall venues - etc - and are most appropriate for voice reproduction.
E-conferencing
Pre-event meeting
Distributed speaker system
Production company
6. Written document requiring individuals to disclose any conflicts of interest that may be created by their involvement with an organization.
Mic level
Conflict of interest statement
Force majeure
Budget
7. A solid-state diode rectifier whose atomic properties cause it to emit light when electric current is passed through it. Current LED technology allows the emission of light from infrared through green frequencies - and visible light LEDs are availabl
Confrontation
LED Light Emitting Diode
Outboarding
Complimentary room
8. Association of Destination Management Executives. A member of the Convention Industry Council.
Backbone
Skid
ISDN
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
9. 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.
Document sharing
Truckload
Lead retrieval
Backbone
10. Categorization of people - organizations or businesses by professional discipline or primary areas of interest for the purposes of sales analysis or assignment.
French cart service
Market segments
NCR form
Shoulder season
11. Using hypertext - a link is a selectable connection from one word - picture or information object to another. From a Web site - a link points to content.
Link
Rounded hollow square
E-conferencing
American Bar Association (ABA)
12. Method to increase audience participation by dividing all participants in discussion groups each of which reports the group's findings and opinions during a following plenary session.
Integrated marketing
Strategic plan
Buzz session
Flate rate
13. DMC. A professional services company possessing extensive local knowledge - expertise and resources - specializing in the design and implementation of events - activities - tours - transportation and program logistics. Depending on the company and th
Network
Zero-based budgeting
Destination management company (DMC)
CODEC
14. Average (power) level at which a signal is output from devices like mixers - cassette decks and other devices which process sound. Technically - this corresponds to -30 dBM (one microwatt) to +30 dBM (one watt).
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)
Sampling
Marshalling yard
Line level
15. An alternative procedure that can be specified in contracts instead of going through the process of filing a complaint and pursuing the claim in court.
Accrual accounting
In-house contractor
Broadband
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
16. One or more standard units of exhibit space. In the US - a standard unit is generally known to be a 10' x 10' space (one standard booth/stand unit - equaling 100 nsf). However - if an exhibitor purchases multiple units side-by-side or back-to-back -
Booth
Commerical invoice
Streaming
Return on investment ROI
17. Assets minus liabilities.
ite inspection
American Plan (Full American Plan)
Net worth
Outboarding
18. A system in which revenue and expenses are counted as they are actually received.
Cash accounting
ite inspection
Catering manager
Confirmation number
19. Two or more computers or peripherals that are linked together for the purpose of sharing data.
Cash accounting
Installation and dismantle (I&D)
Network
Schedule of services
20. A promise - proposal or other expression of willingness to make and carry out a contract under proposed terms with another party which has the ability to accept it upon receiving it. Space and rent proposal from a facility. It may be in the form of a
Offer
Rear projection
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
Relational databases
21. Portable videoconferencing system - usually mounted on a rolling cart or hard-sided case for ease of transport from room to room or across the globe.
Publicity
Set top box solutions (STBS)
Convention center
Gratuity
22. 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.
Group ware
Caterer
Ground support
Room-based videoconferencing
23. Weblogs or online journals. An application that may change the face of event marketing.
Waiver of subrogation
Walk
Union
Blog
24. 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
Specialty contractor
Casual attire
Application sharing
Exclusive
25. 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.
Webcast
Seminar
Banquet event order (BEO)
Leko
26. An insurance policy that provides protection against claims involving bodily injury and property damage to third parties.
Cash bar
Slide
General liability insurance
Market segments
27. A type of audio system for meetings and concerts. The speakers sit on the floor and project from each side of the room. The sound may be louder in the front than the back.
Cancellation Clause
Stacked speaker system
PCMA Space Verification Program
Pre-event meeting
28. A list - whether printed or electronic - by which an event organizer and/or their designates (e.g. a housing bureau) delivers multiple reservations to a hotel or other housing facility. Often the information contained in a rooming list is originally
Rooming list
Modified American Plan MAP
Ground support
Unopposed exhibit hours
29. A list showing the number and kinds of items being shipped - as well as other information needed for transportation purposes.
Attrition clause
Walk
Packing list
Needs assessment
30. A black light used to make phosphorescent and fluorescent paints glow in the dark.
Ultraviolet lighting
B2B
Cluster
Cash bar
31. Proof of Registration - i.e. - a reservation number that will be accepted by the hotel holding the room.
Intelligent lighting
Confirmation number
Teleconferencing
Shuttle service
32. Labor performed and paid at standard rate for work during normal business hours as established by unions.
Value proposition
Application sharing
Customs broker
Straight time
33. A bill of lading issued by the airline that covers both domestic and international flights transporting goods to a specified destination. Technically - it is a non-negotiable instrument of air transport that serves as a receipt for the shipper - indi
Zone fare
Air waybill
DSL
Confrontation
34. AKA Pre-con meeting. A meeting at the primary facility at which an event will take place just prior to the event beginning. Attendees generally include the primary event organizer - representatives of the event organizer/host organization - departmen
Pre-event meeting
Room block
Walk
Webconferencing
35. Transmitting data at speeds of up to 1.544 Mbps - operates at a much higher capacity than an ISDN line and can be split to accommodate several users at one time (known as a fractional T-1).
Hundredweight (CWT)
Pipe & drape
T-1 line
Two-tiered set-up
36. 1) Meeting of several persons for intensive discussion. The workshop concept has been developed to compensate for diverging views in a particular discipline or on a particular subject. 2) Informal and public session of free discussion organized to ta
Complimentary
Workshop
Reservation review date
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
37. The software that makes Webcasting work. These "stream" audio and video from a central source - or media server - to recipients on their personal computers.
Trade-out
Streaming
Network
Assisted listening devices (ALD)
38. The rooms that are contracted for by an event organizer with a hotel(s) or housing facility(s) for a particular event.
Event-contracted block (ECB)
Material handling (formerly drayage)
DSL
Leko
39. 1) Customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality - precedence - and etiquette. 2) A formal description of message formats and the rules two computers must follow to exchange messages.
Protocol
Event profile
Income statement
Casual attire
40. Food is plated in the kitchen and placed before the guest. Side dishes are used for bread and butter and salad. Food is served from the left - beverages from the right - and all items are removed from the right. This is generally the service used for
Zero-based budgeting
Target date
Resolution
American service
41. A member of the Convention Industry Council.
Needs assessment
National Speakers Association (NSA)
Protocol
Advance deposit
42. Insurance that protects a event organizer against financial loss or expenses incurred when contractually specified perils necessitate canceling or relocating a event - or cause a reduction in attendance.
Ultraviolet lighting
Incremental budgeting
Cancellation or Interruption Insurance
Room-based videoconferencing
43. MICROPHONE that picks up sound from all directions.
Telecommunications devices for the deaf (TDD)
APEX RFP
Omnidirectional microphone
V-shape set-up
44. 1) Publicizing an event. See PUBLICITY. 2) An advancement in rank or position.
Promotion
Green event
Scoop
VHS Video Home System
45. Platters of food are composed in the kitchen. Each food item is then served from the guest's left by the server from platters to individual plates. Any course can be 'Frenched' by having the dressing put on the salad or having sauce added to a entrée
T-1 line
Market segments
French banquet service
Break-even point
46. 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.
Trade-out
Hospitality suite
Cancellation clause
General liability insurance
47. The inducement to a contract. The cause - motive - price - or impelling influence which induces a contracting party to enter a contract.
Hand carry
Consideration
Line array
Application service provider (ASP)
48. A feature of many videoconference systems that allows participants at each conference site to view and edit the same document.
Continuing education
Document sharing
Attrition clause
Manifest
49. AKA CSEP or Certified Special Event Professional - a designation offered by the International Special Events Society (ISES) earned through education - perofrmance - experience - and service to the industry.
Function set-up order
Accommodation
History
Special event professional
50. Designated date when the facility will release a block of sleeping rooms to the general public. The date is typically three to four weeks before the event.
Cut-off date
Bandwidth
High season
2-D bar code