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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. 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.
Application sharing
Download
Computer data projection
V-shape set-up
2. Written document requiring individuals to disclose any conflicts of interest that may be created by their involvement with an organization.
Podcast
Conflict of interest statement
Post-event meeting
Skid
3. In-person on-site review and evaluation of a venue or location for an event.
Network
ite inspection
Stakeholder
Lead retrieval
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.
Complimentary room
Cancellation Clause
Rigging
Exhibit house
5. Private room bar set up where guests pay for drinks individually.
Accreditation
Cash bar
Resolution
Logistics
6. 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
Booking agent
Official carrier
Material handling
Post event report
7. An individual who guides discussion and/or decision making.
Foreign exchange currency risk
Modified American Plan MAP
Fishbowl
Facilitator
8. When a company tries to sell its product or service on the show floor without the permission or consent of the event's management.
Customs broker
ISDN
In-house contractor
Suitcasing
9. 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
American Bar Association (ABA)
Music licensing
Union
General service contractor GSC
10. 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
Outsourcing
Mediation
Modified American Plan
Balance sheet
11. One of the advantages of a web-based event planning software solution or ASP is that clients already have the necessary tools available: a computer and a web browser. This familiar interface is cross-platforming - meaning that PCs - MACs - and large
Interface
Force majeure
Schoolroom set-up
Omnidirectional microphone
12. 1) Ability of a projection system to distinguish and reproduce fine detail. 2) Motion put forward for a joint decision; usually has the force of a legislative decision.
Webcast
Resolution
Travel agent
One-stop shop
13. Detailed section of a contract.
Blog
Provision
American Plan (Full American Plan)
Value proposition
14. Procurement - maintenance and transportation of materials. Involves all related functions and services.
Logistics
Material handling
On consumption
T-3 line
15. An event that incoporates environmental considerations throughout all states of the planning process in order to minimize the negative impact on the environment.
Authorized signatory
Conference center
Contract
Green event
16. All individuals who are invested in a project or event such as the sponsors - attendees - vendors - media and others.
Stakeholder
Destination management company (DMC)
Opt-in
Booth
17. Exhibit hours that do not overlap other programming - which encourages attendees to visit the exhibition and increases the value for exhibitors.
Yield management
Blog
Release date
Unopposed exhibit hours
18. Marketing tools or programs used to influence buying patterns and build customer loyalty.
Inducements
Internatinoal Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET)
CYC
Air waybill
19. RFP. A document that stipulates what services the organization wants from an outside contractor and requests a bid to perform such services. Same As BID MANUAL/SPECIFICATIONS.
Press kit
Return on investment ROI
Document sharing
Request for proposal (RFP)
20. Weblogs or online journals. An application that may change the face of event marketing.
Blog
Smart card
Value proposition
Audit
21. Certified Professional Catering Executive. A certification program offered by the National Association of Catering Executives (NACE).
Dimensional weight
Press kit
Certified Professional Catering Executive (CPCE)
Internatinoal Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET)
22. 1) The jobs that may be performed by a specific labor union. 2) The locality where a contractual dispute is decided. 3) In law - the ability of a court to hear and decide a matter brought before it.
Jurisdiction
Conference reminder
2-D bar code
Press release
23. International Association for Continuing Education and Training.
Equalizer
Modified American Plan
French cart service
Internatinoal Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET)
24. AP. A type of hotel rate that includes the price of the room and all meals. Also Called FULL AMERICAN PLAN (FAP).
American Plan (Full American Plan)
Lecture
VHS Video Home System
Pad-wrapped
25. Affordable videoconferencing equipment that is available and allows participants to use their computers indead of proprietary hardware for virtual meetings. They provide real-time interaction using a personal computer.
Lectern
Mediation
Breakout session
Desktop videoconferenceing (DVC)
26. A permanently installed series of cable comprised of copper wire cable and/or fiber optic cable - utilized as the main thoroughfare in a building to transmit voice and data signals in or out of the facility.
Unopposed exhibit hours
Linear booth
Backbone
Production company
27. Private room bar set up where guests do not pay for drinks.
Category cable
Cash flow
Open bar (host bar)
Contract
28. Facility form to advise departments of changes in reservations or functions.
CODEC
Marketing collateral
Dram shop laws
Change order
29. 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
Download
Consular invoice
DVCam
Demonstration
30. Guest holding confirmed sleeping room reservation is denied accommodations at the hotel where to reservation is held upon their arrival and is relocated to another hotel.
Destination Marketing Association International
Change order
Housing company
Walk
31. Devices that help people who are hard of hearing connect to the speaker system and use their hearing aids to hear the speaker more clearly.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Convention center
Travel agent
Assisted listening devices (ALD)
32. 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.
Deposit
Real-time
Flying
Contract
33. 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
Pick-up
Teleconferencing
Return on investment ROI
French cart service
34. 1) Any seat - berth - room - or service provided and/or sold to a guest - attendee or passenger. 2) Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - a step taken to allow a person with a disability to participate in an event or employment.
Specialty contractor
Scoop
Meet and greet
Accommodation
35. 1) Meeting of several persons for intensive discussion. The workshop concept has been developed to compensate for diverging views in a particular discipline or on a particular subject. 2) Informal and public session of free discussion organized to ta
Etiquette
Workshop
Slide
Walk
36. An organization who locates and books speakers according to my specifications and budget.
DVCam
Billing instructions
Speakers bureau
APEX RFP
37. 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
Act of God
Peripheral block
Budget
lanning committee
38. 1) Display of reports and papers - usually scientific - accompanied by authors or researchers. 2) A session dedicated to the discussion of the posters shown inside the meeting area. When this discussion is not held in a special session - it can take
Pre-registration
Overhead
Poster session
Customs broker
39. Pre-program information distributed to tour guides - field representatives - venues or vendors - regarding the details of their program assignment for a given event or program.
Schedule of services
Lead retrieval
Foreign exchange currency risk
Real-time
40. Private dispute resolution process - Often referred to as alternate dispute resolution - in which the parties agree to submit their dispute to an impartial third party for a decision. Depending on the type of arbitration - the arbitrator's decision m
Style sheet
Manifest
Overtime
Arbitration
41. A type of barter. The exchange of goods and services instead of using money.
Trade-out
T-3 line
In-house contractor
Catering manager
42. Amount of money paid to secure a room - facility or service in advance.
Advance deposit
Variable costs
T-1 line
Commerical invoice
43. Raised horizontal surface - stage - or flooring.
Platform
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Cash bar
Cut-off date
44. A writtten plan that's purpose is to define the market for an event - outline a strategy for attracting and keeping participants - and prepare to adapt to changes in the market. This working document guides decisions about how - when - and where to e
Guest program
Continuing Education Unit (CEU)
Marketing plan
Cluster
45. Equipment - materials - and teaching aids used in sound and visual presentations - such as television monitors - video - sound equipment - etc.
Incentive travel company
Audiovisual A/V
Covers
Transfer
46. Informative and instructional speech.
Online registration
Lecture
Lead retrieval
Marshalling yard
47. 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 %.
Commission
Lifelong learning
Return on investment ROI
Message board
48. A seating arrangement with a row of seats on low risers around a BOARDROOM SET-UP. A very space-intensive set-up.
Two-tiered set-up
Opt-in
Value proposition
Schedule of services
49. 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).
Pallet
Accessibility
Platform
Intelligent lighting
50. 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
Floor plan
Marketing plan
T-3 line
APEX RFP