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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. A type of audio system for meetings and concerts. The speakers sit on the floor and project from each side of the room. The sound may be louder in the front than the back.
Schoolroom set-up
Stacked speaker system
Videoconferencing
Stand
2. A cable that is made up of tiny glass strands that are wrapped and bundled together to make up a cable. Fiber can transmit voice - data and video at gigabyte speed - or 1 billion bytes per second - with less signal loss than copper wire because the s
Computer data projection
DLP projector
VHS Video Home System
Fiber-optic cable
3. Two or more computers or peripherals that are linked together for the purpose of sharing data.
Network
Carnet
Cost center
Copy editor
4. Web browser-based videoconferencing.
Booth
lanning committee
Unopposed exhibit hours
Webconferencing
5. The tone of a document refers to the feeling or impression a document conveys. Formal writing style tends to convey an objective tone that is deliberate and factual. The toneo f an informal document typically is relaxed - informative - helpful - casu
Tone
Market segments
Continuing Education Unit (CEU)
Rebates
6. Legal responsibility. An obligation to pay an amount in damages. In a non-legal context - something that is a negative factor.
Skid
Rider
Stand
Liability
7. A commission over and above the normal base commission percentage.
Conflict of interest statement
Modified American Plan
Logistics
Override
8. Required for shipments valued at more than $2500; used by the U.S. government to monitor the dollar volume of export shipments.
Lead retrieval
Workshop
Line array
Export declaration
9. MICROPHONE attached to a lectern. See LECTERN.
Lectern microphone
Continuing Education Unit (CEU)
On consumption
Advance deposit
10. Sports shirt (possibly with jacket) for men; resort wear for women.
Straight time
Casual attire
Freight forwarder
Billing instructions
11. 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.
American service
Cancellation Clause
Complimentary room
Export license
12. Type of adjustable spotlight used to light lecterns - signs and areas that need a tightly focused pool of light.
Leko
Accrual accounting
Facilitator
Production company
13. 1) Registering in advance to attend an event. See ADVANCE REGISTRATION. 2) At a facility - pre-assigned sleeping rooms available for occupancy.
International event
Pre-event meeting
Pre-registration
Lifelong learning
14. In which rows of tables with chairs face the front of a room and each person has a space for writing.
Van line
DLP projector
Gobo
Schoolroom set-up
15. 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.
Computer data projection
Lectern
Network
Non-performance
16. CSM. Professional at a hotel - convention center or convention bureau who is responsible for event operations management on all levels.
Schoolroom set-up
Theater set-up
Convention services manager (CSM)
Decorator
17. 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.
Banquet event order (BEO)
Priority point system
International event
Russian restaurant service
18. Equipment which projects an image on a screen by passing light through a transparent slide or other transparency.
Press kit
Poster session
Certified Speaking Professional (CSP)
Overhead
19. Integrated services digital network. A single ISDN line carries data at 128 Kbps. Although video conferences are possible at slower speeds - ISDN is considered to be the minimum for acceptable-quality video transmission.
ISDN
Union
Meet and greet
Installation and dismantle (I&D)
20. Assortment of foods - offered on a table - self-served.
2-D bar code
Cancellation Clause
APEX Post Event Report (PER)
Buffet
21. A type of room rate that includes breakfast and one other meal (usually dinner).
Real-time
Modified American Plan MAP
Streaming
V-shape set-up
22. 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.
Certificate of insurance
Colloquium
Exhibitor prospectus
Room block
23. 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
APEX RFP
Material handling
Freight forwarder
Convention and visitors bureau (CVB)
24. 1) Schematic drawing of an exhibit hall including dimensions - design - shape - entrances - aisles - numbered exhibit booth/stands - lounges - concession areas - restrooms - electrical/plumbing accessibility - etc. 2) Scale plan of the floor area of
Value proposition
Audiovisual A/V
Floor plan
Dram shop laws
25. 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 %.
Accessibility
Billing instructions
Buzz session
Return on investment ROI
26. Organizations offering this type of continuing education credits are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).
Press kit
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
Mic level
Liability
27. 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
Booking agent
Meeting Information Network (MINT)
Acceptance
Limited power of attorney
28. Dispute resolution process in which the parties use a third party to assist them in reaching a compromise. The mediator may work with both sides together - or may act as "go between" in an attempt to move the sides toward agreement. The mediator may
Liquidated damage clause
Mediation
Union
Destination management company (DMC)
29. Convention and visitor bureaus are not-for-profit organizations charged with representing a specific destination and helping the long-term development of communities through a travel and tourism strategy. Convention and visitor bureaus are usually me
Evaluation
Convention and visitors bureau (CVB)
Walk
Distributed speaker system
30. A third party vendor or company that offers complete turnkey organization support for an event - including administrative and event management services.
Breakout session
Marketing
Russian restaurant service
Multidisciplinary
31. A feature of videoconferencing systems which allows the placement of shared documents on an on-screen shared space or "whiteboard." Participants can edit and mark up the document just as on a physical whiteboard.
Platform
Waiver of subrogation
Manifest
Whiteboarding
32. In the United States - a legal term for laws covering the liability of people serving alcoholic beverages. Under dram shop laws - a party injured by an intoxicated person can sue establishments contributing to that person's intoxication. Many dram sh
Pre-set
Leko
Dram shop laws
PAR
33. 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.
Russian restaurant service
In conjunction with (ICW)
Schoolroom set-up
Combination bar
34. Items that an exhibitor is allowed to carry unaided into a event facility without being charged.
Uplink
Hand carry
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)
Riser
35. 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.
Common carrier
E-conferencing
Digital marketing
Program design
36. 1) A statement of what one will give or take in return for something else (a price); proposal. 2) Proposal submitted by a convention & visitors bureau and/or hotel(s) to an event organizer that includes defined dates and room blocks.
Break-even point
Overhead
Shopping cart
Bid
37. The organization providing alcohol to guests.
Lifelong learning
Master account
Destination management company (DMC)
Social host
38. A needs assessment is an essential setp in ensuring that educational offerings are relevant to attendees. The results of post-event evaluations can be as valuable as a needs assessment.
Flying
Cut-off date
Needs assessment
Modified American Plan
39. Sequential numbering as part of a total number of pieces indicated on each package - carton - or crate. For example - box number 2 of 12.
Lot labeling
Export declaration
One-stop shop
Exclusive
40. See BLANKET WRAP. Non-crated freight shipped via van line covered with protective blankets or padding.
Pad-wrapped
Stakeholder
Mailing list
Non-performance
41. AKA Group Travel Agency. Company specializing in planning and handling group travel.
Travel agency
Variable costs
Whiteboarding
Certificate of insurance
42. 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.
Message board
Uplink
Slide
Schedule of services
43. An event (e.g. war - labor strike - extreme weather - or other disruptive circumstances) or effect that cannot be reasonably anticipated or controlled: a "fortuitous event."
Export declaration
Provision
Cluster
Force majeure
44. 1) Merchandise or refreshments sold on site - to individuals - in conjunction with an event. 2) Contractual agreement where one party provides something of value to the other party in exchange for something else - pending certain conditions.
Two-tiered set-up
Concession
Green event
Low season
45. When online activities take place at a designated time - they are referred to as real-time events. A Webcast of a keynote presenter that can be watched live over the Internet is an example of a real-time event.
Common carrier
Real-time
Download
Advance registration
46. Educational and/or social events planned for spouses and guests of event participants.
Fishbowl
Offer
Professional congress organizer (PCO)
Guest program
47. A document - required by some countries - describing a shipment of goods and showing information such as the consignor - consignee - and value of the shipment. Certified by a consular official of the foreign country - it is used by that country's cus
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
Booth
Consular invoice
Russian restaurant service
48. 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.
Concession
Housing company
Booth
Production company
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
Packing list
Exhibit house
Blog
Post event report
50. 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
Platform
Offer
Pre-event meeting
Paid-out