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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. An independent business which handles export shipments for compensation. At the request of the shipper - the forwarder makes the actual arrangements and provides the necessary services for expediting the shipment to its overseas destination. The forw
Room-based videoconferencing
Green event
Symposium
Freight forwarder
2. 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
Exclusive
Familiarization (fam) trip
National Speakers Association (NSA)
Space assignment
3. Computer program that uses variable pricing models to maximize the return on a fixed (perishable) inventory - such as hotel rooms - based on supply-and-demand theory.
Yield management
Indemnification clause
Good faith
Smart form
4. The industry preferred term for a report of the details and activities of an event. A collection of post event reports over time will provide the complete History for an event. The industry accepted practice is to use the APEX POST EVENT REPORT - whi
Certificate of insurance
APEX Post Event Report (PER)
Offer
Lectern microphone
5. Portable MICROPHONE operating on its own power source. Often used to pass through an audience for questions or comments. Also Called WIRELESS MICROPHONE.
American Plan (Full American Plan)
Indemnification clause
E-conferencing
Wireless microphone
6. Provision in a contract which outlines damages to be paid to the non-canceling party if cancellation occurs - due the canceling party's breach of the contract.
Cancellation clause
Minimum labor call
Dimensional weight
Workshop
7. This pattern of service involves the use of serving pieces (usually silver); heating and garnishing of food table-side by a captain; and the serving of food on a heated plate - which is then served to the guest by a server. Plated entrees are usually
French cart service
Audience reaction team
Theater set-up
Media relations
8. Business-to-Business.
Podcast
Downlink
Acceptance
B2B
9. 1) Platforms of varying heights used together to create a stage - such as the rows of steps a choral group would use during a performance. 2) Stage background scene giving illusion or depth. Also called CYC.
CYC
Group ware
Desktop videoconferenceing (DVC)
DVCam
10. Period when the demand for a supplier's product or service is neither high nor low.
Publicity
Release date
Shoulder season
Contract
11. Abbreviation for "hundred weight." This is the unit of measure used in drayage and freight shipments.
Hundredweight (CWT)
Desktop videoconferenceing (DVC)
Exhibitor prospectus
Union
12. 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.
Logistics
French cart service
Conference reminder
Combination bar
13. 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.
Offer
Seminar
Certificate of origin
Cut-off date
14. Assets minus liabilities.
Release date
Front projection
Net worth
Cluster
15. Company that fabricates displays.
Official carrier
Exhibit house
Act of God
Program design
16. 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.
Blog
Service charge
Sales lead
On consumption
17. A lead retrieval method using embossed plastic cards similar to credit cards.
Backbone
Decorator
Credit card badge
Lead retrieval
18. An event that incoporates environmental considerations throughout all states of the planning process in order to minimize the negative impact on the environment.
Sales lead
Group ware
Green event
Audiovisual A/V
19. 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.
Exclusive contractor
Schoolroom set-up
Cut-off date
Customs broker
20. An extraordinary natural event such as extreme weather - flood - hurricanes - tornadoes - earthquake or similar natural disaster that cannot be reasonably foreseen or prevented over which a contracting party has no reasonable control - making perform
Buzz session
Theater set-up
Act of God
Overtime
21. MICROPHONE that picks up sound from all directions.
Conflict of interest statement
French cart service
Pipe & drape
Omnidirectional microphone
22. 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.
Download
Scoop
Application sharing
Marketing collateral
23. PER. The industry preferred term for a report of the details and activities of an event. A collection of post event reports over time will provide the complete History for an event. The industry accepted practice is to use the APEX POST EVENT REPORT
Post event report
Island booth
In conjunction with (ICW)
Exhibitor-appointed contractor (EAC)
24. Contractor retained by a facility to be on-site and provide services as needed. In some cases - Planners are not required to use their services - but may be charged a surcharge or facility fee for bringing in an outside contractor for the same servic
Flate rate
Tip
Shopping cart
In-house contractor
25. A true and honest effort to uphold the law. (as in Good Faith Effort)
Good faith
Transfer
Butler service
Suitcasing
26. A discussion which takes place within a meeting - a public or private sitting or in one of the various types of assembly or meeting.
Dais
Clause
Debate
Ultraviolet lighting
27. A document - required by certain countries for tariff purposes - certifying as to the country of origin of specified goods.
Peninsula booth
Master account
Certificate of origin
Union
28. Provides the event's basic specifications and captures all the information gathered. A detailed event specifications package should include things like the goals and objectives of the event - attendee profile - prefered and optional dates - the numbe
Continuing Education Unit (CEU)
Event profile
Inducements
Net worth
29. 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
Outsourcing
Production company
Contingency plan
30. A record of transactions during an event where the resulting balance is paid directly by the group. May include room - tax - incidentals - food and beverage - audiovisual equipment - decor - etc. Also Called MASTER BILL.
Desktop videoconferenceing (DVC)
Fresnel
Master account
Request for proposal (RFP)
31. A document provided by an insurance company as proof that a policy has been issued and coverage is in effect.
Commission
Certificate of insurance
Poster session
Deposit
32. Transportation for participants; usually by coach or van - provided on a continuous basis for a certain time period.
Trade show facilitation website
APEX
Online registration
Shuttle service
33. An event that requires the use of a convention center or event complex - as well as multiple hotels in the host city.
Citywide event
Pre-con
Certification
Billing instructions
34. Raising and supporting sound - lighting or other equipment or décor from the ceiling.
Flying
Schedule of services
Press release
Outboarding
35. Provision in a contract which outlines damages to be paid to the non-canceling party if cancellation occurs - due the canceling party's breach of the contract.
Cancellation Clause
Radio frequency identification (RFID)
Zone fare
Copy editor
36. Exhibit hours that do not overlap other programming - which encourages attendees to visit the exhibition and increases the value for exhibitors.
Smart form
Unopposed exhibit hours
Production company
Indirect costs
37. Supplier of booth/stand equipment - rental furnishings - floor coverings - labor - drayage and signs for exhibitions and trade shows. See GENERAL SERVICE CONTRACTOR.
APEX
Press conference
Exhibition service contractor
Backbone
38. A single source provider of goods or services.
Green event
Audiovisual A/V
One-stop shop
Packing list
39. MICROPHONE attached to a lectern. See LECTERN.
Change order
Lectern microphone
Zero-based budgeting
APEX
40. Generally refers to air-freight and van line shipments. Invoices are calculated with two weights - actual and dimensional. The dimensional weight is based upon the volume of the shipment. The billing weight is the larger of the two.
Business exchange
Dimensional weight
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
On-demand
41. 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.
Indirect costs
Buzz session
Desktop videoconferenceing (DVC)
Barrier-free
42. The complete package of marketing materials used to promote an event such as brochures - emails - direct mail - etc. Organizations should consider developing a style sheet to ensure consistency across all marketing collateral.
Target date
Marketing collateral
Fixed costs
Russian banquet service
43. A food service operation in which customers carry their own trays and select food from a display counter or counters. It is similar to a buffet - but food is served by attendants.
Overtime
Non-performance
Cafeteria service
Convention center
44. The rooms that are contracted for by an event organizer with a hotel(s) or housing facility(s) for a particular event.
Travel agency
Business exchange
Event-contracted block (ECB)
Front projection
45. The amount of information that can be transmitted in an information channel such as a telephone line - ISDN - or Ethernet. Higher bandwidth means that images and sound will load more quickly for use in videoconferences or on the Internet.
Marketing collateral
Arbitration
Certified Professional Catering Executive (CPCE)
Bandwidth
46. Official authorization or approval; to provide with credentials; to send (an envoy) with letters of authorization; to recognize or vouch for as conforming with a standard; to recognize a college as maintaining academic standards; to consider or recog
CODEC
Lecture
Stakeholder
Accreditation
47. 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.
Customs
Linear booth
Blog
Schoolroom set-up
48. Series of tables set up in the shape of the block T with chairs set all around except at the head table.
Download
Digital marketing
T-shape set-up
Opt-in
49. Notice as to how charges for an event should be handled and to whom invoices should be addressed.
Platform
Production company
Professional congress organizer (PCO)
Billing instructions
50. A tax that is added to a product at each step of the manufacturing and marketing process reflecting value which has been added to the product by processing.
Value-added tax (VAT)
Theater set-up
Minimum labor call
Interview