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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. 1) Airline lift into and out of a destination. 2) Capable of being used by people with physical challenges and disabilities. This is an important aspect of the United States' Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Intelligent lighting
Integrated marketing
Provision
Accessibility
2. Expenses that vary based upon various factors - such as the number of attendees .
Intelligent lighting
Complimentary
Variable costs
Pre-set
3. 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.
Confrontation
Truckload
Rigging
Concession
4. An individual who guides discussion and/or decision making.
Resolution
American Plan (Full American Plan)
Manifest
Facilitator
5. Sports shirt (possibly with jacket) for men; resort wear for women.
Casual attire
Lectern microphone
Trade show facilitation website
Distributed speaker system
6. Accepted Practices Exchange. An initiative of the meetings - conventions & exhibitions industry managed by the Convention Industry Council (CIC). APEX develops and manages the implementation of accepted practices (voluntary standards) for the industr
Digital marketing
APEX
ISDN
LCD projector
7. Digital subscriber line. Brings high bandwidth via copper phone lines.
Schoolroom set-up
Exclusive
DSL
Buffet
8. Downloadable audio and video programs playable on MP3 players. This type of application may change the face of event marketing.
Consular invoice
Podcast
Production company
Accreditation
9. 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
Press conference
Consular invoice
Citywide event
Cafeteria service
10. Flat rate for which a hotel or motel agrees to offer any of its available sleeping rooms (with the exception of suites) to a group. Final assignment of rooms is at the discretion of the hotel. See RUN-OF-THE-HOUSE RATE.
Press conference
Trade-out
On consumption
Flate rate
11. An organization that provides event management and exhibitors with a wide range of services - sometimes including - but not limited to - Installation & Dismantle - creating and hanging signage and banners - laying carpet - drayage - and providing boo
Multi-management firm
On consumption
Destination Marketing Association International
General service contractor GSC
12. 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.
Smart form
Publicity
Multi-point bridge
Debate
13. 1) Certified Meeting Professional. 2) Complete Meeting Package at conference centers; includes lodging - all food and beverage - support services - including audio visual equipment - room rental - etc.
Billing instructions
Chat room
Marketing plan
Certified Meeting Professional (CMP)
14. 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
Minimum labor call
Radio frequency identification (RFID)
Open bar (host bar)
Post event report
15. An alternative procedure that can be specified in contracts instead of going through the process of filing a complaint and pursuing the claim in court.
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
Desktop videoconferenceing (DVC)
Stacked speaker system
History
16. AKA Pre Conference.Any event which is arranged for the period immediately preceeding the conference proper.
Lavaliere microphone
Lectern microphone
Continuing Legal Education (CLE)
Pre-con
17. Video tape recorder and player utilizing ½-inch (1.27 centimeter) tape. Not compatible with beta format.
Tip
Lot labeling
Priority point system
VHS Video Home System
18. Donated financial or material support - usually in exchange for recognition; Paid opportunity for entity or an exhibitor to increase its visibility at the event.
Modified American Plan
Kiosk
Sponsorship
Marshalling yard
19. When a company contracts space at a hotel or other adjacent venue to display their products and meet with exhibition attendees without paying show management for booth space or sponsorship fees.
Omnidirectional microphone
Outboarding
Needs assessment
Exhibitor-appointed contractor (EAC)
20. Primary uses of satellite videoconferencing today are major announcements - product launches - and other presentations for which timeliness and a top-quality broadcaset is desired. they are typically sent to a large - geographically remote audience -
Program design
Videoconferencing
CODEC
Cut-off date
21. 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.
Meeting Information Network (MINT)
Integrated marketing
Evaluation
Commission
22. Categorization of people - organizations or businesses by professional discipline or primary areas of interest for the purposes of sales analysis or assignment.
High season
Network
Market segments
Russian banquet service
23. System of assigning points to exhibiting companies to determine which firms will be allowed to select booth/stand space for the next event first. Also Called PRIORITY RATING SYSTEM.
VHS Video Home System
T-1 line
Complimentary room
Priority point system
24. Portable videoconferencing system - usually mounted on a rolling cart or hard-sided case for ease of transport from room to room or across the globe.
Download
Set top box solutions (STBS)
Attrition clause
Decorator
25. 1) Some Web-based content such as event Webcasts are made available to online customers on a pay-per-view basis - which means that customers have to pay to access this programming. 2) Video productions accessible to customers who pay for access to th
Wireless microphone
Audience reaction team
Pay-per-view
Event specifications guide (ESG)
26. Raised platform.
Riser
Housing company
Target date
Conference center
27. A hollow square whose corners are replaced by serpentine or half-moon tables.
Rounded hollow square
Income statement
Outsourcing
Decorator
28. An individual or company which provides customs clearing services to shippers of goods to and from another country. Licensing and requirements vary from country to country. In the United States - a customs broker must be licensed by the Treasury Depa
Scoop
Event-contracted block (ECB)
Customs broker
Destination Marketing Association International
29. 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.
High season
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
T-3 line
Union
30. Lens which produces a soft edged beam of light. Theatrical fixture with adjustable lens 150 W through 1500 W.
Lavaliere microphone
Fresnel
LCD projector
Billing instructions
31. 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.
Distributed speaker system
Peninsula booth
Lifelong learning
Bid
32. Services performed by GENERAL SERVICE CONTRACTOR that includes delivery of exhibit materials from the dock to assigned space - removing empty crates - returning crates at the end of the event for re-crating - and delivering materials back to the dock
Material handling (formerly drayage)
Inducements
Marketing
Billing instructions
33. 1) Free-standing pavilion or light structure - often inside a facility - where printed or electronic information is available. 2) A small enclosure for ticket sales - information - etc.
Link
2-D bar code
Kiosk
Group specifications guide
34. 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
Marshalling yard
Marketing
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
35. 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
Accreditation
Kiosk
B2B
Line array
36. Legal responsibility. An obligation to pay an amount in damages. In a non-legal context - something that is a negative factor.
Exhibitor prospectus
Green event
Sponsorship
Liability
37. Magnetic Stripe. A lead retrieval system using a magnetic strip on either the back of a paper badge (similar to some airline tickets) or on plastic badges similar to credit cards.
Indirect costs
Union
Mag-stripe
Broadcast Music - Inc. (BMI)
38. 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.
Resolution
Colloquium
Shopping cart
Outboarding
39. 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.
Accommodation
LCD projector
Press release
Desktop videoconferenceing (DVC)
40. Meeting Industry Network (formerly CINET or Convention Industry Network). On-line information network tracking historical and future site/booking information. CINET is provided by IACVB to its members.
Official carrier
Housing company
Meeting Information Network (MINT)
Break-even point
41. 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
Marketing plan
Full American Plan
B2B
Tone
42. Recognizing the possibility of injury - damage or loss - and having a means to prevent it or provide insurance.
Risk management
Kiosk
Paid-out
Pipe & drape
43. A process of identifying human wants and needs - and developing a plan to meet those wants and needs. Refers to everything involved with convincing an attendee to come to the event. Also refers to providing information to support the exhibit sales fu
Exclusive
American Plan (Full American Plan)
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
Marketing
44. A type of barter. The exchange of goods and services instead of using money.
Event profile
Certified Speaking Professional (CSP)
Hospitality suite
Trade-out
45. Wooden platform used to carry goods. See SKID.
Material handling (formerly drayage)
Pallet
Exclusive
Contract
46. Required for shipments valued at more than $2500; used by the U.S. government to monitor the dollar volume of export shipments.
Lead retrieval
Export declaration
Manifest
Document sharing
47. 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
Reservation review date
Streaming
Floor plan
Teleconferencing
48. Time worked by an employee outside of - or in addition to - regular working time or beyond the standard forty-hour workweek.
Overtime
Hardwall
Official carrier
Outsourcing
49. A popular digital format for meeetings with a good quality image - an extended recording time up to 184 minutes - with a tape stock that is less expensive than BetaSP.
Decorator
DVCam
CYC
Marketing
50. A type of room rate that includes breakfast and one other meal (usually dinner).
Modified American Plan MAP
Destination Marketing Association International
Risk management
National Speakers Association (NSA)