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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. A document - required by certain countries for tariff purposes - certifying as to the country of origin of specified goods.
Rebates
Certificate of origin
Marketing
Housing company
2. 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
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
Marketing plan
Yield management
E-conferencing
3. 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.
Return on investment ROI
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Projector
Pipe & drape
4. An encrypted file that authenticates the source of financial data - usually for an online credit card transaction.
Productivity ticket
Export declaration
Secure digital certificate
Production company
5. An account (usually a number) to which expenses for a function or activity are charged.
Bandwidth
Cost center
T-shape set-up
Export declaration
6. 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.
Slide
Sampling
National Speakers Association (NSA)
Force majeure
7. Categorization of people - organizations or businesses by professional discipline or primary areas of interest for the purposes of sales analysis or assignment.
Link
Concession
Market segments
Stacked speaker system
8. An event that draws a national and international audience. Typically 15% or more of attendees reside outside of the host country.
International event
Cash bar
Bandwidth
Contract
9. Raised platform usually above the floor of a hall or large room.
Customs broker
Space assignment
Dais
Lead retrieval
10. International Association for Continuing Education and Training.
Exclusive
Release date
Sales lead
Internatinoal Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET)
11. A detailed section of a contract pertaining to a specific issue.
Clause
Citywide event
Certified Special Event Professional (CSEP)
Accessibility
12. Series of tables set up in the shape of the letter U with chairs set all around on one or both sides.
Application service provider (ASP)
U-shape set-up
Continuing Legal Education (CLE)
Debate
13. An alternative plan that may replace the original plan when circumstances change.
Contingency plan
Suitcasing
American Plan (Full American Plan)
Post-event report PER
14. Proof of Registration - i.e. - a reservation number that will be accepted by the hotel holding the room.
Advance deposit
Confirmation number
Exclusive
Low season
15. 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 discussion.
Symposium
Marketing plan
LED Light Emitting Diode
General liability insurance
16. Function room set-up that saves room turnover time - limits the number of event rooms required - and avoids additional charges for changing room set-ups.
Skid
Special event professional
Quick set
Multidisciplinary
17. Seating arrangement in which chairs are arranged in rows slanted in a V shape and separated by a center aisle. They face the head table or speaker.
Convention services manager (CSM)
Fresnel
Contract
V-shape set-up
18. 1) The process of attaching the cable on a crane to a piece of machinery or equipment. 2) The process for hanging materials or signs.
Transfer
Exhibitor service manual
Post-event report PER
Rigging
19. Multi-page pressure-sensitive form where multiple copies are made by writing on the top copy of the form. NCR stands for No-Carbon Required.
Combination bar
Booth
NCR form
Gobo
20. 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
Straight-row seating
Debate
Pre-registration
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
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
VHS Video Home System
Balance sheet
Productivity ticket
22. Amount of money paid to secure a room - facility or service in advance.
Group ware
Exhibition service contractor
Advance deposit
Risk management
23. An electronic form of marketing communication that can be used as an element of an integrated marketing effort. Methods may include emailing digital brochures - delivering voice mail marketing - or sending video emails to the target audience.
High season
Russian banquet service
Digital marketing
Less than truckload
24. A person who is authorized to legally bind an individual or organization to a contract - to sign checks on behalf of an organization - or charge to an organization's master account.
Audit
Site inspection
Paid-out
Authorized signatory
25. Items that an exhibitor is allowed to carry unaided into a event facility without being charged.
Hand carry
U-shape set-up
Logistics
Conference reminder
26. An ongoing effort by an organization to develop relationships with key media representatives before - during - and after an event.
Backbone
Breakout session
Arrival pattern
Media relations
27. Type of meeting which brings together three or more people in two or more locations through telecommunications.
Teleconferencing
PCMA Space Verification Program
Rebates
DLP projector
28. A payment to a sales representative for meeting or exceeding a sales revenue goal. Or a payment made to an individual or organization for bringing business to another individual or organization.
Cash flow
Peripheral block
Commission
Logistics
29. The organization who administers Continuing Legal Education and Mandatory Continuing Legal Education courses (CLE and MCLE).
PCMA Space Verification Program
Concession
American Bar Association (ABA)
Workshop
30. Company which designs and handles some or all elements of incentive travel programs.
Zero-based budgeting
Production company
Incentive travel company
Integrated marketing
31. BEO. A form most often used by hotels to provide details to personnel concerned with a specific food and beverage function or event room set-up.
Download
Banquet event order (BEO)
Housing company
Seminar
32. AKA Housing Bureau. Organization that provides reservation services for a group and its attendees.
T-3 line
Housing company
Authorized signatory
Message board
33. An ongoing process in which an individual actively seeks to understand and contribute to change.
Lifelong learning
Tip
Logistics
Destination management company (DMC)
34. This beverage service includes both cash-bar and open-bar concepts. Guests are issued a certain number of tickets for free drinks and are then required to purchase additional drinks if desired.
Convention center
Lead retrieval
B2B
Combination bar
35. Booth/stand space with aisles on all four sides.
Tone
Island booth
Business exchange
Dimensional weight
36. Period when the demand for a supplier's product or service is highest. Prices general increase in high season.
History
Dimensional weight
Reservation review date
High season
37. MICROPHONE that picks up sound from all directions.
Site inspection
Suitcasing
Stakeholder
Omnidirectional microphone
38. Long range plan of action for a company or organization.
Master account
Strategic plan
Distance learning
Decorator
39. Automated External Defibrillator. Device installed in many large public areas (e.g. airports - hotels - convention centers). Can be used by any individual to administer life-saving care to person experiencing a heart attack.
Pre-event meeting
Automated external defibrillator (AED)
Sub-block
Fiber-optic cable
40. A Web-site whose primary function is to provide attendees (buyers) and exhibitors (sellers) with online tools that help facilitate participation in an upcoming event.
Trade show facilitation website
Point-to-multipoint videoconference
Debate
Audiovisual A/V
41. A holding area where trucks or buses check in and wait for instructions before delivering or picking up freight or passengers.
Marshalling yard
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
Russian banquet service
Opt-in
42. In-person on-site review and evaluation of a venue or location for an event.
ite inspection
Exhibitor Advisory Committee
Audiovisual A/V
Transfer
43. Donated financial or material support - usually in exchange for recognition; Paid opportunity for entity or an exhibitor to increase its visibility at the event.
Travel agency
Platform
Video projection
Sponsorship
44. 1) Enclosed lights used to illuminate the top of film and stage sets. 2) Group of speakers mounted in auditoriums - arenas - and theaters.
Cluster
Program design
Net worth
Continental breakfast
45. Computer Assisted Drawing/Computer Assisted Manufacturing. Some facilities have CAD systems to provide room setup diagrams.
Contract
Release date
Continuing Education Unit (CEU)
Computer assisted drawing (CAD)
46. In Conjunction With. An event or function that occurs because of another event.
Downlink
In conjunction with (ICW)
Audiovisual A/V
Etiquette
47. A voluntary payment added to a bill (e.g. a restaurant check) - to signify good service.
Paid-out
Gratuity
E-conferencing
Cancellation clause
48. A term used in food and beverage that refers to the purchasing option based on the amount utilized by the group. The organization pays for the food and beverage based on the actual food and beverage served.
ISDN
Point-to-multipoint videoconference
Accessibility
On consumption
49. An itemized statement furnished to a purchaser by a seller and usually specifying the price of goods or services and the terms of sale.
Commerical invoice
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
Projector
Green event
50. 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.
Fresnel
Bid
Production company
Certificate of insurance