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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. 1) Regeneration of sound from audio speakers back through a microphone causing a squealing sound. 2) Response about an activity - policy - or idea.
Contract
Feedback
Value proposition
Certified Professional Catering Executive (CPCE)
2. 1) A mandatory and automatic amount added to standard food and beverage charges - usually used to defray the cost of labor - such as housemen - servers - technicians - etc. and which the facility receives a portion of the charge. In return - the gues
Service charge
Meet and greet
Scoop
Lot labeling
3. Written document requiring individuals to disclose any conflicts of interest that may be created by their involvement with an organization.
Zone fare
Dais
Room block
Conflict of interest statement
4. Transportation company which handles crated materials; an agency or business that is available to the public for transportation of persons - goods - or messages; usually referring to freight transportation on regularly scheduled trucks or airplanes.
Common carrier
Arrival pattern
Attrition clause
Buzz session
5. Names and contact information of potential customers. Attendee lists are often provided as sales leads to exhibitors as an incentive to participate in an exhibition.
Destination management company (DMC)
Sales lead
Professional
Full American Plan
6. Seating arrangement in which seats are in rows facing the stage area - no tables. See AUDITORIUM SET-UP.
Theater set-up
Cash bar
Sub-block
Hardwall
7. The rooms that are contracted for by an event organizer with a hotel(s) or housing facility(s) for a particular event.
B2B
Event-contracted block (ECB)
Opt-out
Waiver of subrogation
8. The type of platform that multi-purpose technology solutions designed to handle many event planning and management tasks are built on. They range in price from a few hundred dollars for a basic single-user program to hundreds of thousands of dollars
Lot labeling
Backbone
Relational databases
Contract
9. In-person on-site review and evaluation of a venue or location for an event.
Survey
Linear booth
ite inspection
Peninsula booth
10. Pre-program information distributed to tour guides - field representatives - venues or vendors - regarding the details of their program assignment for a given event or program.
Schedule of services
Target date
Multidisciplinary
Travel agency
11. AKA Housing Bureau. Organization that provides reservation services for a group and its attendees.
Meet and greet
Peripheral block
NCR form
Housing company
12. Light-weight aluminum tubing and drapery used to separate exhibit booths/stands - staging areas - and other similar locations.
ISDN
Pipe & drape
Deposit
Production company
13. Private dispute resolution process - Often referred to as alternate dispute resolution - in which the parties agree to submit their dispute to an impartial third party for a decision. Depending on the type of arbitration - the arbitrator's decision m
Arbitration
Chart of accounts
Packing list
Multidisciplinary
14. Association of Destination Management Executives. A member of the Convention Industry Council.
Linear booth
Authorized signatory
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
Audience polling
15. 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
CODEC
In-house contractor
American Bar Association (ABA)
Outsourcing
16. All individuals who are invested in a project or event such as the sponsors - attendees - vendors - media and others.
Podcast
Authorized signatory
Stakeholder
Opt-out
17. A holding area where trucks or buses check in and wait for instructions before delivering or picking up freight or passengers.
Buzz session
Group ware
Marshalling yard
Pre-con
18. 1) Any seat - berth - room - or service provided and/or sold to a guest - attendee or passenger. 2) Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - a step taken to allow a person with a disability to participate in an event or employment.
Clause
Internatinoal Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET)
Straight time
Accommodation
19. Linear exhibits are generally 10' deep. They are offered in 10' or 15' widths and can be combined to create an exhibit of almost any length.
Linear booth
Backbone
Podcast
Real-time
20. A writtten plan that's purpose is to define the market for an event - outline a strategy for attracting and keeping participants - and prepare to adapt to changes in the market. This working document guides decisions about how - when - and where to e
Unopposed exhibit hours
Override
Marketing plan
Buffet
21. An insurance policy that provides protection against claims involving bodily injury and property damage to third parties.
Focus group
Clause
Yield management
General liability insurance
22. Organizations offering this type of continuing education credits are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).
Mag-stripe
Mitigation
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
Cash flow
23. An exhibit with aisles on three sides.
In-house contractor
Facilitator
Certified Meeting Professional (CMP)
Peninsula booth
24. Equipment which projects an image on a screen by passing light through a transparent slide or other transparency.
Accessibility
Overhead
Focus group
Barrier-free
25. Comp. Service - space or item provided at no charge.
Platform
Complimentary
Secure digital certificate
Certificate of insurance
26. The organization providing alcohol to guests.
Audit
Social host
Zero-based budgeting
Digital marketing
27. Structured educational and training experiences for personal or professional development.
Customs
Post-event meeting
Post-event report PER
Continuing education
28. Placing plated foods on banquet tables prior to seating guests.
Multi-management firm
General liability insurance
Pre-set
Certification
29. An event that requires the use of a convention center or event complex - as well as multiple hotels in the host city.
Citywide event
Poster session
Stakeholder
Computer assisted drawing (CAD)
30. Building an event budet by analyzing both the projected and actual figures from the previous year's budget.
Pallet
Change order
Videoconferencing
Incremental budgeting
31. A popular digital format for meeetings with a good quality image - an extended recording time up to 184 minutes - with a tape stock that is less expensive than BetaSP.
Pre-set
APEX RFP
Gobo
DVCam
32. 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.
Whiteboarding
Room-based videoconferencing
Audiovisual A/V
Accreditation
33. Assets minus liabilities.
Digital marketing
Net worth
Real-time
Exclusive
34. 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).
Program design
On-demand
Network
Line level
35. 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.
Resolution
Mag-stripe
APEX RFP
Schoolroom set-up
36. An agreement between two or more parties that creates in each party a duty to do or not do something and a right to performance of the other's duty or a remedy for the breach of the other's duty.
Rooming list
Certified Speaking Professional (CSP)
T-1 line
Contract
37. Informative and instructional speech.
Network
Lecture
Booth
Hundredweight (CWT)
38. When a company tries to sell its product or service on the show floor without the permission or consent of the event's management.
Suitcasing
Quick set
Release date
Exhibitor-appointed contractor (EAC)
39. A nonprofit organization representing specific destinations formerly known as the International Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus. Members have expert knowledge of their city and its surrounding areas; typically they represent local hotels
Destination Marketing Association International
Skid
Gobo
Pre-registration
40. Net Profit divided by Net Worth. A financial ratio indicating the degree of profitability. To calculate - use event revenues minus program expenses divided by program expenses - multiplied by 100 to get the ROI %.
Convention and visitors bureau (CVB)
Exhibition manager
Return on investment ROI
Schoolroom set-up
41. An audio signal generated by a microphone.
Mic level
Application service provider (ASP)
Lavaliere microphone
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
42. 1) Broadly - one who acts or has the power to act: more usually - one that acts as the representative of another. Most frequently in travel - a specific kind of agent such as a retail travel agent. 2) Person that obtains engagements for entertainers
Videoconferencing
Buzz session
Booking agent
Site inspection
43. A discussion which takes place within a meeting - a public or private sitting or in one of the various types of assembly or meeting.
PAR
Debate
Cancellation or Interruption Insurance
Chat room
44. Two or more computers or peripherals that are linked together for the purpose of sharing data.
Pro number
Sponsorship
Video projection
Network
45. An organization who locates and books speakers according to my specifications and budget.
Audience polling
Speakers bureau
Certified Meeting Professional (CMP)
Force majeure
46. A stand upon which a speaker may rest notes or books. May be "standing -" which rests on the floor - or "table-top" which is placed on a table. Often confused with PODIUM.
Integrated marketing
Barrier-free
Lectern
Two-tiered set-up
47. Series of tables set up in the shape of the letter U with chairs set all around on one or both sides.
Lead retrieval
Buffet
U-shape set-up
Hardwall
48. 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.
Rigging
Gobo
Suitcasing
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
49. A company that presents special effects and theatrical acts. This type of company may contract to put on an entire event or only parts of one. They sometimes hire speakers as part of their contract.
Application sharing
Override
Production company
Point-to-multipoint videoconference
50. Minimum amount for which union labor must be paid.
Minimum labor call
Automated external defibrillator (AED)
Integrated marketing
Sub-block