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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. 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.
ISDN
Download
Break-even point
Hospitality suite
2. 1) Process of moving equipment and/or people from one point to another. 2) Transportation between terminals and hotels. 3) To copy a picture or sound that is transmitted by one recorder to another - or to make a tape copy from film.
Transfer
Fiber-optic cable
Omnidirectional microphone
Risk management
3. 1) An accounting method that enters income and expenses into the books at the time of contract versus when payment is received or expenses incurred (cash accounting). 2) A system in which revenue and expenses are accounted for as soon as they are com
Certificate of origin
Continuing education
Accrual accounting
Destination management company (DMC)
4. Amount of money paid to secure a room - facility or service in advance.
Internatinoal Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET)
PCMA Space Verification Program
Convention and visitors bureau (CVB)
Advance deposit
5. Total number of sleeping rooms that are utilized and attributable to one event.
Room block
Dais
Official carrier
Non-performance
6. Compression/Decompression or Coder/Decoder. Videoconferencing standard - included in hardware and/or software - used to compress or code video - audio - and data signals for transmission and decompress or decode the signal at the other end of the tra
Flying
Blog
CODEC
Projector
7. Equipment - materials - and teaching aids used in sound and visual presentations - such as television monitors - video - sound equipment - etc.
Provision
Arbitration
Audiovisual A/V
Downlink
8. A true and honest effort to uphold the law. (as in Good Faith Effort)
Convention services manager (CSM)
Risk management
One-stop shop
Good faith
9. A prepared statement released to the news media. Can be "For immediate release -" or at a specified time or date; an article intended for use by the media about a company - product - service - individual - or show. Also Called NEWS RELEASE.
Line level
Press release
Streaming
Tip
10. Computer application that enables voting and then collects and displays the results - simplifying decision-making among event participants.
Category cable
Audience polling
Breakout session
Continuing Education Unit (CEU)
11. A contract clause in which one party agrees to pay damages or claims that the other party may be required to pay to another. For example - if a hotel is sued by an attendee that is injured at an event due to the fault of the group - an indemnificatio
Platform
Indemnification clause
Fresnel
Open bar (host bar)
12. The opposite of an opt-in email marketing campaign
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
Opt-out
Scoop
Space assignment
13. The inducement to a contract. The cause - motive - price - or impelling influence which induces a contracting party to enter a contract.
Consideration
DVCam
ducational programming committee
Balance sheet
14. An apparatus for projecting a picture on a screen. Whether the device is an overhead projector - data (LCD) projector - slide projector - or a film projector - it is usually referred to as simply a projector.
Chat room
Projector
DLP projector
French cart service
15. An informal meeting for the purpose of discussion; usually of an academic or research nature and in order to ascertain areas of mutual interest through exchange of ideas. Conducted as and when convenient - but with little regularity.
Quick set
Colloquium
DSL
Facilitator
16. 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.
Cancellation or Interruption Insurance
Combination bar
ISDN
Survey
17. Exhibit hours that do not overlap other programming - which encourages attendees to visit the exhibition and increases the value for exhibitors.
Master account
Cluster
Message board
Unopposed exhibit hours
18. A statement that indicates overall financial status by subtracting expenses from income.
Shuttle service
Export license
Balance sheet
Housing company
19. The standard seating supplied by most facilities. This kind of seating in wide rooms has the disadvantage of restricting the view of attendees sitting at the row ends. Best for presentations in which audience interaction is not required.
Indirect costs
Bid
Press kit
Straight-row seating
20. A feature of many videoconferencing systems that allows two or more people to use the same software program - even if all do not have it on their computer or conferencing system.
Automated external defibrillator (AED)
Liability
Cancellation clause
Application sharing
21. Americans with Disabilities Act. U.S. legislation passed in 1992 requiring public buildings (offices - hotels - restaurants - etc.) to make adjustments meeting minimum standards to make their facilities accessible to individuals with physical disabil
ducational programming committee
Teleconferencing
Special event professional
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
22. Series of tables set up in the shape of the block T with chairs set all around except at the head table.
Act of God
T-shape set-up
Travel agent
Needs assessment
23. Proof of Registration - i.e. - a reservation number that will be accepted by the hotel holding the room.
Confirmation number
Exhibition service contractor
Theater set-up
Leko
24. 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
Master account
Walk
American service
Broadcast Music - Inc. (BMI)
25. Web browser-based videoconferencing.
Opt-in
Webconferencing
Leko
Computer assisted drawing (CAD)
26. Series of tables set up in the shape of the letter U with chairs set all around on one or both sides.
Inducements
U-shape set-up
Set top box solutions (STBS)
Fresnel
27. Apparatus used for projecting photographic slides onto a screen. It will often have a remote (either wired or wireless) that can be used to advance the slides.
Secure digital certificate
Slide
E-conferencing
Target date
28. Truckload rates apply where the tariff shows a truckload minimum weight. Charges will be at the truckload minimum weight unless weight is higher.
Truckload
Integrated marketing
Marketing
Digital marketing
29. 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
Promotion
Overtime
Style sheet
30. A voluntary and selective amount of money - given at will for special or excellent service.
Sub-block
V-shape set-up
VHS Video Home System
Tip
31. The rooms that are contracted for by an event organizer with a hotel(s) or housing facility(s) for a particular event.
Point-to-multipoint videoconference
Event-contracted block (ECB)
Certificate of origin
Group ware
32. AKA Group Travel Agency. Company specializing in planning and handling group travel.
Whiteboarding
Travel agency
Barrier-free
Release date
33. Association of Destination Management Executives. A member of the Convention Industry Council.
Tone
Rounded hollow square
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
Pre-set
34. The projection of a computer signal from a personal computer - laptop or other computer device onto a screen from a LCD or equivalent projector for viewing by audience.
Lectern microphone
Dimensional weight
Mitigation
Computer data projection
35. Digital light processor data/video projectors were developed with an entirely new processor using microscopic mirrors to recreate video images and display them in a number of settings. These projectors picked up where LCD left off by reproducing vide
DLP projector
Function set-up order
Strategic plan
Overtime
36. 1) Display of reports and papers - usually scientific - accompanied by authors or researchers. 2) A session dedicated to the discussion of the posters shown inside the meeting area. When this discussion is not held in a special session - it can take
Poster session
Event specifications guide (ESG)
Packing list
Pre-registration
37. Two or more computers or peripherals that are linked together for the purpose of sharing data.
Network
Multidisciplinary
Shoulder season
Guest program
38. Permits the customs broker to complete the customs document upon the return of your shipment to the country of origin. A Power of Attorney allows one person to act as agent for another. A Limited Power of Attorney grants the right to act in only limi
Cash flow
Minimum labor call
ducational programming committee
Limited power of attorney
39. Services performed by GENERAL SERVICE CONTRACTOR that includes delivery of exhibit materials from the dock to assigned space - removing empty crates - returning crates at the end of the event for re-crating - and delivering materials back to the dock
Poster session
Material handling
Modified American Plan MAP
Gobo
40. MICROPHONE that picks up sound from all directions.
Computer data projection
Value-added tax (VAT)
Set-up
Omnidirectional microphone
41. Labor performed and paid at standard rate for work during normal business hours as established by unions.
Customs broker
Straight time
Target date
Post event report
42. Lifts - trusses - pipe or other freestanding devices used to raise sound - lighting or other equipment above the heads of attendees and to support it from the floor.
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
Ground support
Pad-wrapped
Hundredweight (CWT)
43. Facility form to advise departments of changes in reservations or functions.
Online registration
Computer data projection
Objective
Change order
44. Downloadable audio and video programs playable on MP3 players. This type of application may change the face of event marketing.
Fiber-optic cable
Barrier-free
Podcast
On-demand
45. 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 -
Authorized signatory
Contract
Booth
Consular invoice
46. Business-to-Business.
Break-even point
B2B
Modified American Plan
Commission
47. European term for booth or exhibit.
Seminar
Stand
Computer data projection
Set top box solutions (STBS)
48. A wired or wireless microphone that hooks around the neck or is clipped to clothing. Sometimes called a NECKLACE - LAPEL - or PENDANT MICROPHONE.
Intelligent lighting
Lavaliere microphone
Fresnel
Omnidirectional microphone
49. Lens which produces a soft edged beam of light. Theatrical fixture with adjustable lens 150 W through 1500 W.
Fresnel
Cancellation Clause
Hardwall
Waiver of subrogation
50. An organization that provides event management and exhibitors with a wide range of services - sometimes including - but not limited to - Installation & Dismantle - creating and hanging signage and banners - laying carpet - drayage - and providing boo
Needs assessment
Net worth
Truckload
General service contractor GSC