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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. A black light used to make phosphorescent and fluorescent paints glow in the dark.
Ultraviolet lighting
Van line
Lot labeling
Cut-off date
2. A solid-state diode rectifier whose atomic properties cause it to emit light when electric current is passed through it. Current LED technology allows the emission of light from infrared through green frequencies - and visible light LEDs are availabl
French banquet service
Feedback
LED Light Emitting Diode
Interview
3. 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.
Whiteboarding
Housing company
Value proposition
Symposium
4. A tax that is added to a product at each step of the manufacturing and marketing process reflecting value which has been added to the product by processing.
Complimentary room
Cancellation clause
Fishbowl
Value-added tax (VAT)
5. Airline company designated airline of choice for an event in exchange for special rates or services.
Offer
Exhibitor service manual
Production company
Official carrier
6. 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).
Catering manager
Accessibility
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
Outboarding
7. 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.
Desktop videoconferenceing (DVC)
Special event professional
Exhibit house
Meeting Information Network (MINT)
8. 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.
Income statement
Manifest
Schoolroom set-up
Authorized signatory
9. 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
Provision
Objective
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
10. 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.
American Society of Composers - Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
Broadcast Music - Inc. (BMI)
Act of God
Backbone
11. 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
Virtual conferencing
Jurisdiction
Tone
Arbitration
12. 1) A mandatory and automatic amount added to standard food and beverage charges - usually used to defray the cost of labor - such as housemen - servers - technicians - etc. and which the facility receives a portion of the charge. In return - the gues
Russian banquet service
Professional
Service charge
Schoolroom set-up
13. 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."
Skid
Protocol
Force majeure
E-conferencing
14. A wired or wireless microphone that hooks around the neck or is clipped to clothing. Sometimes called a NECKLACE - LAPEL - or PENDANT MICROPHONE.
Multi-point bridge
Breakout session
Lavaliere microphone
Overtime
15. 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
Two-tiered set-up
Liquidated damage clause
Broadband
Fiber-optic cable
16. The transfer of monies into and out of an enterprise.
Cash flow
PCMA Space Verification Program
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)
Pay-per-view
17. A document provided by an insurance company as proof that a policy has been issued and coverage is in effect.
Exclusive
Return on investment ROI
Exhibition service contractor
Certificate of insurance
18. Assets minus liabilities.
Net worth
National Speakers Association (NSA)
Island booth
Fresnel
19. An event that incoporates environmental considerations throughout all states of the planning process in order to minimize the negative impact on the environment.
Radio frequency identification (RFID)
Green event
Change order
Application sharing
20. Amount of money paid to secure a room - facility or service in advance.
Event profile
PCMA Space Verification Program
Buffet
Advance deposit
21. Lighting instruments that can be computer controlled to move light around the room - and project color and patterns on screens - scenery - walls or floor.
Intelligent lighting
Commission
Computer data projection
Installation and dismantle (I&D)
22. Notice as to how charges for an event should be handled and to whom invoices should be addressed.
Travel agency
Billing instructions
Cut-off date
Risk management
23. Multi-page pressure-sensitive form where multiple copies are made by writing on the top copy of the form. NCR stands for No-Carbon Required.
Market segments
Theater set-up
NCR form
E-conferencing
24. Business-to-Business.
Modified American Plan MAP
Inducements
Less than truckload
B2B
25. 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
Pick-up
Act of God
Breakout session
Cancellation clause
26. 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.
Cut-off date
B2B
Outsourcing
Continuing Legal Education (CLE)
27. 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 -
Exclusive
Destination management company (DMC)
Decorator
Videoconferencing
28. Wooden platform used to carry goods. See SKID.
Shopping cart
Pallet
Jurisdiction
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
29. 1) Critiquing and rating the overall success of an event. 2) Developing an event profile from accurate event statistics.
Evaluation
Income statement
Material handling
Mag-stripe
30. AKA CSEP or Certified Special Event Professional - a designation offered by the International Special Events Society (ISES) earned through education - perofrmance - experience - and service to the industry.
Customs broker
Authorized signatory
Banquet event order (BEO)
Special event professional
31. 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.
ite inspection
Media relations
Smart form
Link
32. A document - required by certain countries for tariff purposes - certifying as to the country of origin of specified goods.
Commerical invoice
Attrition clause
Green event
Certificate of origin
33. A feature of many videoconference systems that allows participants at each conference site to view and edit the same document.
Shopping cart
Document sharing
Confrontation
Exhibitor prospectus
34. In-person on-site review and evaluation of a venue or location for an event.
ite inspection
Minimum labor call
Rounded hollow square
Common carrier
35. 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.
Net worth
ite inspection
Pick-up
Request for proposal (RFP)
36. Designated day when the facility will release a block of sleeping rooms to the general public.
Message board
Reservation review date
Lot labeling
Walk
37. Booking before an event takes places. Allows attendees to register for an event before it actually takes place. Done through mail - phone - internet or fax.
Advance registration
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Good faith
Opt-in
38. 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
Online registration
Dram shop laws
Style sheet
Colloquium
39. 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
Pipe & drape
Poster session
Accreditation
Schoolroom set-up
40. Representatives of an event's exhibiting companies who act as advisers to show management on rules and procedures - and also update show management on industry trends and issues.
Green event
Casual attire
Exhibitor Advisory Committee
Post event report
41. Transportation company which handles crated materials; an agency or business that is available to the public for transportation of persons - goods - or messages; usually referring to freight transportation on regularly scheduled trucks or airplanes.
DLP projector
Professional congress organizer (PCO)
Common carrier
Line array
42. A type of indemnity clause that requires one party to fully protect the other from a claim asserted. This would include the payment of costs or attorney fees.
Workshop
Hold harmless
Schoolroom set-up
Podcast
43. Expenses that vary based upon various factors - such as the number of attendees .
Kiosk
Variable costs
Contingency plan
Flate rate
44. The organization who provides accrediation for Continuing Medical Education (CME).
Zone fare
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)
Material handling
Cancellation Clause
45. Devices for the deaf or hearing imparied available in public phone banks and/or at the registration desk.
Variable costs
Pre-con
Telecommunications devices for the deaf (TDD)
Podcast
46. 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.
Accommodation
Customs broker
Certificate of origin
American Society of Composers - Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
47. An itemized statement furnished to a purchaser by a seller and usually specifying the price of goods or services and the terms of sale.
Overhead
Commerical invoice
Straight-row seating
Indirect costs
48. Number of facility guest rooms actually used out of a room block.
Booking agent
Pick-up
Value proposition
Fixed costs
49. Certified Professional Catering Executive. A certification program offered by the National Association of Catering Executives (NACE).
History
Certified Professional Catering Executive (CPCE)
Broadband
French cart service
50. Procurement - maintenance and transportation of materials. Involves all related functions and services.
Flate rate
Exhibitor prospectus
Logistics
Lead retrieval