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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. The organization who provides accrediation for Continuing Medical Education (CME).
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)
Concession
Workshop
Platform
2. Record of an event over time.
Concession
History
Dram shop laws
Etiquette
3. 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.
Whiteboarding
Platform
Real-time
Travel agent
4. AKA Pre Conference.Any event which is arranged for the period immediately preceeding the conference proper.
Pre-con
CODEC
Digital marketing
Downlink
5. A member of the Convention Industry Council.
Cash bar
Mag-stripe
National Speakers Association (NSA)
Media relations
6. An email - bulk fax - or bulk mail broadcast that provides attendees and prospects with the latest news and information about an upcoming event. Such reminders are usually distributed on an opt-in basis. See EMAIL ALERT.
Shopping cart
Conference reminder
Speakers bureau
Intelligent lighting
7. 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.
Stacked speaker system
Cut-off date
Complimentary
Cluster
8. I&D. 1) The set-up and teardown of exhibits. 2) Firm that does I&D work.
ISDN
Evaluation
Installation and dismantle (I&D)
APEX Post Event Report (PER)
9. 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
Social host
Shopping cart
Booking agent
Category cable
10. Raised horizontal surface - stage - or flooring.
Online registration
Mag-stripe
Platform
Open bar (host bar)
11. The inducement to a contract. The cause - motive - price - or impelling influence which induces a contracting party to enter a contract.
Arrival pattern
Consideration
Citywide event
Exclusive
12. 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
Concession
Cut-off date
B2B
13. 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
Master account
Schoolroom set-up
Post-event report PER
Modified American Plan
14. 1) Pallet. 2) Wooden platform used to support machinery or a collection of objects for easier handling. 3) Thick wood blocks attached to crates which allow forklift access for easier handling. 4) Wood runners protecting the exterior of a shipping cas
Blog
Whiteboarding
Continuing Legal Education (CLE)
Skid
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
Front projection
Assisted listening devices (ALD)
Logistics
16. 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.
Feedback
V-shape set-up
Value-added tax (VAT)
Computer assisted drawing (CAD)
17. 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
Post-event meeting
Speakers bureau
On-demand
Conference center
18. Relating to organizations whose membership hold common occupational credentials or interests.
Accommodation
Peninsula booth
Professional
Bandwidth
19. Transmitting data at speeds of up to 44.184 Mbps - is faster than a T-1 line - allowing performance of more tasks simultaneously at a greater speed. See T-1 LINE.
Advance registration
T-3 line
Category cable
APEX
20. A sleeping room or function room provided to an individual or organization at no cost. See COMPLIMENTARY RATIO.
Waiver of subrogation
Complimentary room
Cut-off date
Certified Professional Catering Executive (CPCE)
21. A supplier of a specific event service - such as photography - rental of furniture or audiovisual equipment - or floral decoration.
APEX Post Event Report (PER)
Mailing list
Specialty contractor
On consumption
22. To neglect to carry out an agreement.
Limited power of attorney
Non-performance
Attrition clause
Risk management
23. Any meeting where people at two or more distant locations are linked using video - audio and data for two-way communication via satellite communications or the Internet. Each party sees and hears the other through a TV screen or computer monitor and
Clause
Virtual conferencing
Modified American Plan
lanning committee
24. Donated financial or material support - usually in exchange for recognition; Paid opportunity for entity or an exhibitor to increase its visibility at the event.
Covers
Sponsorship
Gratuity
Advance deposit
25. An individual or company providing installation & dismantle and booth/stand and hall dressing services for a trade show and/or its exhibitors. Decorator services may be provided by carpenters - sign painters or others depending upon union jurisdictio
Banquet event order (BEO)
Decorator
Special event professional
Cash accounting
26. Raised horizontal surface - stage - or flooring.
Override
Destination management company (DMC)
Platform
PAR
27. Certification of measurements of meeting space through the Function Space Verification Program offered by the Professional Convention Management Association or through graphics layout software companies - e.g. MeetingMatrix.
Protocol
PCMA Space Verification Program
Scoop
Trade show facilitation website
28. A Web-based form that can be designed to guide the user through the process of completing the form and can alert the user to errors.
General service contractor GSC
Audit
Smart form
Opt-in
29. A third party vendor or company that offers complete turnkey organization support for an event - including administrative and event management services.
Etiquette
Production company
Backbone
Multidisciplinary
30. AKA Group Travel Agency. Company specializing in planning and handling group travel.
Travel agency
Rigging
Application service provider (ASP)
Material handling (formerly drayage)
31. Placing plated foods on banquet tables prior to seating guests.
Platform
Butler service
Pre-set
Convention center
32. 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
DLP projector
Banquet event order (BEO)
Overtime
33. 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 %.
Return on investment ROI
French cart service
Event specifications guide (ESG)
APEX
34. Registration made via the Web.
Commission
Online registration
Accrual accounting
Breakout session
35. Seating arrangement in which seats are in rows facing the stage area - no tables. See AUDITORIUM SET-UP.
Request for proposal (RFP)
Set top box solutions (STBS)
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Theater set-up
36. Seating arrangement in which seats are in rows facing the stage area - no tables. See AUDITORIUM SET-UP.
Exclusive
Theater set-up
Relational databases
T-shape set-up
37. The station used to transmit signals from Earth to a satellite (videoconferencing).
Mag-stripe
E-conferencing
Island booth
Uplink
38. A requirement for entering into a binding contract. If a contract proposal (offer) is made - it is accepted if the offeree signs the offer as submitted. If the offeree makes any changes to the offer before signing - it is a counter offer - not accept
Arbitration
Export license
Rooming list
Acceptance
39. 1) Way in which a function room is arranged. 2) Erecting displays - installation - or - articles in their assembled condition. 3) Mixers - fruit - and glassware accompanying a liquor order.
CYC
Style
Set-up
Consular invoice
40. Hiring an outside firm or individual to perform the task instead of using in-house staff; to subcontract a task or responsibility to a third party.
Target date
Leko
Outsourcing
Colloquium
41. ASP. A company that manages and distributes software-based solutions to customers across a wide area network from a central data center. In essence - ASPs are a way for organizations to outsource some or almost all aspects of their information techno
Focus group
Application service provider (ASP)
Mixer
Rear projection
42. A type of digital telecommunication line that provides high speed internet access for mulitple users.
Limited power of attorney
Event profile
Ultraviolet lighting
ISDN
43. A hollow square whose corners are replaced by serpentine or half-moon tables.
Pad-wrapped
Rounded hollow square
Theater set-up
Fresnel
44. 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."
Mailing list
Market segments
Indirect costs
Force majeure
45. A music licensing organization that represents individuals who hold the copyrights to music written in the United States. It grants licensing agreements for the performance of music.
Broadcast Music - Inc. (BMI)
Multi-management firm
Simultaneous translation
Official carrier
46. A voluntary payment added to a bill (e.g. a restaurant check) - to signify good service.
Non-performance
Gratuity
Group specifications guide
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
47. The person hired to review the content of advertising or marketing materials for consistency - accuracy - and to elminate repititious information.
Credit card badge
Copy editor
Value proposition
Variable costs
48. Formalized statement of outcomes to be anticipated as a result of the educational process.
Two-tiered set-up
lanning committee
Objective
Destination management company (DMC)
49. 1) Exclusive use of all or some space on an airplane - bus - ship - or other vehicle for a special period of time and for a specific itinerary. 2) To create a new association - organization or chapter of an association or organization.
Commission
Incremental budgeting
APEX RFP
Charter
50. A holding area where trucks or buses check in and wait for instructions before delivering or picking up freight or passengers.
Audit
Skid
Marshalling yard
Peninsula booth