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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. AKA Pre Conference.Any event which is arranged for the period immediately preceeding the conference proper.
Rider
Pre-con
Strategic plan
ISDN
2. 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
Dram shop laws
DSL
Post event report
Chat room
3. 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
Inducements
Videoconferencing
Audit
APEX Post Event Report (PER)
4. 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
Projector
General liability insurance
Desktop videoconferenceing (DVC)
Material handling
5. Facility form to advise departments of changes in reservations or functions.
Network
Blog
Change order
Fishbowl
6. 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
Confirmation number
Etiquette
Opt-out
Arbitration
7. 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.
Concession
Accreditation
French cart service
American service
8. The standard seating supplied by most facilities. This kind of seating in wide rooms has the disadvantage of restricting the view of attendees sitting at the row ends. Best for presentations in which audience interaction is not required.
Straight-row seating
Cancellation Clause
Riser
Fishbowl
9. BEO. A form most often used by hotels to provide details to personnel concerned with a specific food and beverage function or event room set-up.
Tip
APEX
Banquet event order (BEO)
Van line
10. 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.
Confirmation number
Outsourcing
T-3 line
On consumption
11. 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.
PCMA Space Verification Program
Sponsorship
Colloquium
Shopping cart
12. The inducement to a contract. The cause - motive - price - or impelling influence which induces a contracting party to enter a contract.
Conflict of interest statement
Consideration
Offer
Distance learning
13. Assortment of foods - offered on a table - self-served.
Front projection
CYC
Flying
Buffet
14. Other names for event order (EO) - function sheet - or Banquet Event Order (BEO)
Room block
On consumption
Function set-up order
Pay-per-view
15. AKA Post Conference.Any event which is arranged for the period immediately following the conference proper.
Telecommunications devices for the deaf (TDD)
Post-con
T-shape set-up
Peninsula booth
16. Linear exhibits are generally 10' deep. They are offered in 10' or 15' widths and can be combined to create an exhibit of almost any length.
Backbone
Truckload
Flying
Linear booth
17. Web browser-based videoconferencing.
Production company
Pad-wrapped
Application sharing
Webconferencing
18. LTL. Rates applicable when the quantity of freight is less than the volume of truckload minimum weight.
Marketing plan
Reservation review date
Return on investment ROI
Less than truckload
19. An event that broadcasts the audio and/or video portion of a keynote presentation or other educational sessions over the Web in real-time or on-demand.
Radio frequency identification (RFID)
Tone
Breakout session
Webcast
20. The station used to transmit signals from Earth to a satellite (videoconferencing).
Uplink
Budget
Strategic plan
Cash accounting
21. 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
Modified American Plan MAP
Pre-set
Continuing education
22. Airline company designated airline of choice for an event in exchange for special rates or services.
Unopposed exhibit hours
Official carrier
Demonstration
Risk management
23. A type of barter. The exchange of goods and services instead of using money.
Virtual conferencing
Trade-out
Bid
Pre-registration
24. 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.
Resolution
Webconferencing
Cafeteria service
Russian banquet service
25. A list - whether printed or electronic - by which an event organizer and/or their designates (e.g. a housing bureau) delivers multiple reservations to a hotel or other housing facility. Often the information contained in a rooming list is originally
Professional congress organizer (PCO)
Audience reaction team
Arrival pattern
Rooming list
26. A third party vendor or company that offers complete turnkey organization support for an event - including administrative and event management services.
Multidisciplinary
Fixed costs
Net worth
Sales lead
27. An additional clause in artist's contract stipulating special requirements such as travel - dressing rooms - technical equipment - etc.
Trade-out
Copy editor
Rider
Debate
28. An individual who guides discussion and/or decision making.
Opt-out
lanning committee
PAR
Facilitator
29. Computer program that uses variable pricing models to maximize the return on a fixed (perishable) inventory - such as hotel rooms - based on supply-and-demand theory.
Risk management
Cluster
Yield management
Lead retrieval
30. CSM. Professional at a hotel - convention center or convention bureau who is responsible for event operations management on all levels.
Convention services manager (CSM)
Slide
Audience reaction team
Lavaliere microphone
31. Series of tables set up in the shape of the block T with chairs set all around except at the head table.
Professional
Marketing collateral
T-shape set-up
Conference center
32. The style of a document refers to choices writers make that create the tone to readers. A writing style could be either formal or informal.
Style
Smart card
Exhibitor-appointed contractor (EAC)
2-D bar code
33. Record of an event over time.
Post-event meeting
Travel agent
Post-event report PER
History
34. 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.
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
lanning committee
Walk
Green event
35. A labor organization - typically made up of workers from the same trade formed for the purpose of advancing its members' interests such as dealing collectively with their employer on issues of wages - hours - working conditions and other matters pert
Contract
Value proposition
Union
Video projection
36. Platters of food are composed in the kitchen. Each food item is then served from the guest's left by the server from platters to individual plates. Any course can be 'Frenched' by having the dressing put on the salad or having sauce added to a entrée
French banquet service
Internatinoal Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET)
Island booth
Banquet event order (BEO)
37. 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
Survey
Exhibitor Advisory Committee
Paid-out
38. A detailed list of the individual line items that make up the revenue and expense categories in a budget. A numbering system used to identify every line item in a budget - so income and expenses are posted to the correct accounts.
Chart of accounts
Complimentary room
General service contractor GSC
Press release
39. 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.
Union
Continental breakfast
Marketing collateral
Familiarization (fam) trip
40. In-house facility form authorizing cash withdrawal to be charged to master account or individual guest.
Meeting Information Network (MINT)
Marshalling yard
Equalizer
Paid-out
41. 1) The governmental authorities designated to collect duties levied by a country on imports and exports. The term also applies to the procedures involved in such collection. 2) Practices common to many of a particular group.
Customs
Marketing collateral
DLP projector
V-shape set-up
42. 1) Lecture and dialogue allowing participants to share experiences in a particular field under the guidance of an expert discussion leader. 2) A meeting or series of meetings of from 10 to 50 specialists who have different specific skills but have a
Waiver of subrogation
Demonstration
Hand carry
Seminar
43. Period when the demand for a supplier's product or service is lowest. Prices general decrease in low season.
Music licensing
Low season
Value proposition
Seminar
44. 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 %.
Common carrier
Return on investment ROI
Commission
Music licensing
45. Ability to transmit huge volumes of voice and video over a network or the internet - without jumpy images.
Certification
Broadband
Outboarding
Mag-stripe
46. A single source provider of goods or services.
One-stop shop
Workshop
Charter
Objective
47. A return of part of a payment.
Rebates
Space assignment
Riser
Site inspection
48. A hollow square whose corners are replaced by serpentine or half-moon tables.
CODEC
Accrual accounting
PAR
Rounded hollow square
49. Light-weight aluminum tubing and drapery used to separate exhibit booths/stands - staging areas - and other similar locations.
Pipe & drape
Real-time
Feedback
VHS Video Home System
50. Used to sell products through a Web site. An online shopping cart application allows customers to select and then purchase books - tapes and other items.
Production company
Cut-off date
Internatinoal Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET)
Shopping cart