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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. Contractor appointed by event or building management as the sole agent to provide specific services or products.
Suitcasing
Bandwidth
Group specifications guide
Exclusive contractor
2. An encrypted file that authenticates the source of financial data - usually for an online credit card transaction.
Walk
Booking agent
Secure digital certificate
Air waybill
3. European term for booth or exhibit.
Simultaneous translation
PAR
Full American Plan
Stand
4. 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.
Videoconferencing
Rigging
Mic level
Official carrier
5. Exhibit hours that do not overlap other programming - which encourages attendees to visit the exhibition and increases the value for exhibitors.
Sponsorship
Virtual conferencing
Customs broker
Unopposed exhibit hours
6. 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
Mic level
Provision
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
7. An insurance policy that provides protection against claims involving bodily injury and property damage to third parties.
Pay-per-view
General liability insurance
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Modified American Plan MAP
8. Period when the demand for a supplier's product or service is highest. Prices general increase in high season.
Gobo
High season
Colloquium
Housing company
9. To neglect to carry out an agreement.
Schoolroom set-up
Non-performance
Linear booth
Objective
10. An additional clause in artist's contract stipulating special requirements such as travel - dressing rooms - technical equipment - etc.
Rider
Exclusive contractor
Request for proposal (RFP)
Commerical invoice
11. Raising and supporting sound - lighting or other equipment or décor from the ceiling.
Authorized signatory
Flying
Contingency plan
History
12. Actual number of meals served at a catered meal function or in a restaurant. See AUDIENCE COUNT.
Butler service
Exhibitor-appointed contractor (EAC)
Event profile
Covers
13. A media campaign - normally consisting of a series of public notices and advertising activities - aimed at ensuring maximum attendance by focusing attention on an event.
LED Light Emitting Diode
Simultaneous translation
Transfer
Publicity
14. An account (usually a number) to which expenses for a function or activity are charged.
Cost center
Cluster
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
Promotion
15. A type of room rate that includes breakfast and one other meal (usually dinner).
Return on investment ROI
Modified American Plan MAP
Exhibit house
Computer assisted drawing (CAD)
16. AKA Housing Bureau. Organization that provides reservation services for a group and its attendees.
Housing company
Audit
Symposium
Integrated marketing
17. A return of part of a payment.
Space assignment
Mag-stripe
ite inspection
Rebates
18. 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.
Yield management
On consumption
Internatinoal Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET)
Lectern
19. Portable MICROPHONE operating on its own power source. Often used to pass through an audience for questions or comments. Also Called WIRELESS MICROPHONE.
American Society of Composers - Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
Exhibitor Advisory Committee
Foreign exchange currency risk
Wireless microphone
20. 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.
Focus group
Projector
Broadband
Distance learning
21. 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.
Conference reminder
Authorized signatory
Master account
Video projection
22. Categorization of people - organizations or businesses by professional discipline or primary areas of interest for the purposes of sales analysis or assignment.
Marketing collateral
Common carrier
Market segments
Full American Plan
23. AKA Pre Conference.Any event which is arranged for the period immediately preceeding the conference proper.
Offer
Pre-con
Colloquium
Simultaneous translation
24. Individuals who will participate in the pre-event meetings. Generally includes the planner - key members of planner's staff - CSM - Catering Managers - A/V representatives - room set-up representatives - etc.
lanning committee
Release date
Online registration
Event specifications guide (ESG)
25. Type of adjustable spotlight used to light lecterns - signs and areas that need a tightly focused pool of light.
Attrition clause
Event-contracted block (ECB)
Leko
Digital marketing
26. 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.
Income statement
Marketing collateral
Production company
Special event professional
27. 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)
LCD projector
Distance learning
Paid-out
28. Raised platform.
Exhibition manager
Conference center
Tip
Riser
29. Type of meeting which brings together three or more people in two or more locations through telecommunications.
Limited power of attorney
Opt-in
Teleconferencing
Press kit
30. A company that offers complete turnkey organization support for an event - including administrative and event management services.
Multi-management firm
Contingency plan
T-3 line
NCR form
31. Risk that an organization takes when dealing with foreign currency due to exchange rates fluctuating over time.
Foreign exchange currency risk
Leko
Barrier-free
International event
32. 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.
Offer
Cancellation or Interruption Insurance
Commission
Marketing
33. A self-contained unit with a LCD (liquid crystal display) panel - light source and lens that works with both PC and Mac computers and duplicates the image being shown on the monitor without any need for special software or complex setting up.
LCD projector
Audience polling
In conjunction with (ICW)
Certificate of origin
34. The station which receives data transmissions from a communications satellite.
Downlink
Logistics
Multi-management firm
Download
35. Registration made via the Web.
Union
French cart service
Online registration
Mag-stripe
36. 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.
Computer assisted drawing (CAD)
Conflict of interest statement
Peripheral block
Transfer
37. A facility that provides a dedicated environment for events - especially small events. May be certified by the International Association of Conference Centers.
American service
Style
Mailing list
Conference center
38. 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.
Contract
Target date
Cancellation Clause
Pick-up
39. 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.
In-house contractor
Two-tiered set-up
Press release
Certified Professional Catering Executive (CPCE)
40. A larger-than-average bar code that uses the PDF417 standard (the same used for e-stamps). Stores up to 1 -800 characters in bar code on standard paper badge - which can then be used by exhibitors to get contact information from registrants.
Feedback
Program design
Room-based videoconferencing
2-D bar code
41. Facility that combines an exhibition space with a substantial number of smaller event spaces. The purpose of these buildings is to host trade shows - public shows - conventions - large food functions and other functions related to the convention indu
Combination bar
Group specifications guide
Convention center
Customs
42. A meeting at the primary facility at which an event occurred just after it has ended. Attendees generally include the primary event organizer - representatives of the event organizer/host organization - department heads at the facility - other facili
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
Post-event meeting
Facilitator
Decorator
43. Audio unit by which sound signals from all sources feed into one system; allows for dissimilar inputs (microphone and line) to be combined and controlled into one output.
Mixer
Concession
Meet and greet
Podcast
44. Foods are cooked tableside. Servers put the food on platters and present themt ot he seated guests who serve themselves. Russian service requires sufficient space between tables for the servers to move about freely.
Union
Russian restaurant service
Liquidated damage clause
Walk
45. Method of doing research using a small group led by a facilitator.
Multidisciplinary
Cost center
Consideration
Focus group
46. Truckload rates apply where the tariff shows a truckload minimum weight. Charges will be at the truckload minimum weight unless weight is higher.
Conference reminder
Needs assessment
Truckload
Pallet
47. AP. A type of hotel rate that includes the price of the room and all meals. Also Called FULL AMERICAN PLAN (FAP).
Exclusive contractor
Promotion
Resolution
Full American Plan
48. An event that incoporates environmental considerations throughout all states of the planning process in order to minimize the negative impact on the environment.
Radio frequency identification (RFID)
Convention services manager (CSM)
Green event
Feedback
49. 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
Lifelong learning
Post event report
Incremental budgeting
Telecommunications devices for the deaf (TDD)
50. Total number of sleeping rooms that are utilized and attributable to one event.
Broadcast Music - Inc. (BMI)
Pre-registration
Room block
Site inspection