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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. AKA Pre-con meeting. A meeting at the primary facility at which an event will take place just prior to the event beginning. Attendees generally include the primary event organizer - representatives of the event organizer/host organization - departmen
Pre-event meeting
Copy editor
Conference center
Customs broker
2. Other names for event order (EO) - function sheet - or Banquet Event Order (BEO)
Seminar
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
Export declaration
Function set-up order
3. 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
VHS Video Home System
Russian restaurant service
T-shape set-up
Decorator
4. MICROPHONE that picks up sound from all directions.
Audiovisual A/V
Booth
Omnidirectional microphone
Uplink
5. A food service operation in which customers carry their own trays and select food from a display counter or counters. It is similar to a buffet - but food is served by attendants.
Cafeteria service
Russian restaurant service
Flying
Incentive travel company
6. Registration made via the Web.
Online registration
Group specifications guide
lanning committee
Certificate of insurance
7. An organization who locates and books speakers according to my specifications and budget.
Speakers bureau
Trade show facilitation website
Projector
Needs assessment
8. MICROPHONE attached to a lectern. See LECTERN.
Incentive travel company
Contract
Lectern microphone
Continuing Legal Education (CLE)
9. A company that presents special effects and theatrical acts. This type of company may contract to put on an entire event or only parts of one. They sometimes hire speakers as part of their contract.
Open bar (host bar)
DSL
Production company
Outsourcing
10. A needs assessment is an essential setp in ensuring that educational offerings are relevant to attendees. The results of post-event evaluations can be as valuable as a needs assessment.
Citywide event
Peripheral block
Backbone
Needs assessment
11. Devices for the deaf or hearing imparied available in public phone banks and/or at the registration desk.
Telecommunications devices for the deaf (TDD)
Convention services manager (CSM)
Straight time
Rear projection
12. Detailed section of a contract.
Butler service
Incremental budgeting
Provision
Exhibit house
13. Equipment which projects an image on a screen by passing light through a transparent slide or other transparency.
Overhead
French cart service
Telecommunications devices for the deaf (TDD)
Automated external defibrillator (AED)
14. Provision in a contract which outlines damages to be paid to the non-canceling party if cancellation occurs - due the canceling party's breach of the contract.
Cancellation clause
LCD projector
Linear booth
Charter
15. CSM. Professional at a hotel - convention center or convention bureau who is responsible for event operations management on all levels.
Program design
On consumption
Backwall
Convention services manager (CSM)
16. Light morning meal consisting of pastries - juices - and hot beverages. Usually served buffet style.
Continental breakfast
Material handling (formerly drayage)
Press conference
Group specifications guide
17. Web browser-based videoconferencing.
Webcast
Theater set-up
Webconferencing
Customs
18. 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
On-demand
Line level
Certified Speaking Professional (CSP)
Marketing plan
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.
Exhibitor-appointed contractor (EAC)
Webcast
Chart of accounts
Cash flow
20. The station used to transmit signals from Earth to a satellite (videoconferencing).
Logistics
Certification
Uplink
General liability insurance
21. Type of adjustable spotlight used to light lecterns - signs and areas that need a tightly focused pool of light.
Leko
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
ducational programming committee
Webcast
22. Raised platform.
Telecommunications devices for the deaf (TDD)
Riser
Exclusive
T-1 line
23. 1) Process of moving equipment and/or people from one point to another. 2) Transportation between terminals and hotels. 3) To copy a picture or sound that is transmitted by one recorder to another - or to make a tape copy from film.
Schoolroom set-up
Streaming
Commission
Transfer
24. 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.
Citywide event
Cash accounting
Special event professional
Production company
25. The inducement to a contract. The cause - motive - price - or impelling influence which induces a contracting party to enter a contract.
Consideration
Master account
Podcast
Risk management
26. Part of a cancellation clause that outlines the amount of damages to be paid to the noncelling party in the event of a cancellation.
Overtime
Liquidated damage clause
Budget
Telecommunications devices for the deaf (TDD)
27. A lead retrieval method using embossed plastic cards similar to credit cards.
Yield management
Hardwall
Credit card badge
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
28. Time worked by an employee outside of - or in addition to - regular working time or beyond the standard forty-hour workweek.
Meeting Information Network (MINT)
American Plan (Full American Plan)
Broadband
Overtime
29. Manual or kit - usually developed by the service contractor for an event - containing general event information - labor/service order forms - rules and regulations and other information pertinent to an exhibitor's participation in an exhibition.
Export license
B2B
Exhibitor service manual
Hold harmless
30. Raised horizontal surface - stage - or flooring.
2-D bar code
Overhead
Destination management company (DMC)
Platform
31. An encrypted file that authenticates the source of financial data - usually for an online credit card transaction.
Secure digital certificate
American Society of Composers - Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
Modified American Plan
Confrontation
32. 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.
Covers
Assisted listening devices (ALD)
Schoolroom set-up
Customs broker
33. 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
VHS Video Home System
Cluster
Music licensing
34. In-person on-site review and evaluation of a venue or location for an event.
Outboarding
ite inspection
Van line
Waiver of subrogation
35. A service provider of videoconferencing which allows multiple sites to connect simultaneously. A bridge connects three or more tele- or videoconference sites for simultaneous communication.
Confirmation number
Arbitration
Multi-point bridge
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
36. 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
Cluster
Peripheral block
Income statement
French cart service
37. Service for meeting and greeting a person upon arrival in a city - usually at the airport - pier or rail station and assisting him or her with entrance formalities - collecting baggage and obtaining transportation.
Tone
Complimentary
Official carrier
Meet and greet
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
Union
French banquet service
Acceptance
Certified Professional Catering Executive (CPCE)
39. Minimum amount for which union labor must be paid.
Commerical invoice
Minimum labor call
Poster session
Acceptance
40. The transfer of monies into and out of an enterprise.
Booth
Pipe & drape
Cash flow
Lavaliere microphone
41. Light-weight aluminum tubing and drapery used to separate exhibit booths/stands - staging areas - and other similar locations.
Less than truckload
Pipe & drape
Pro number
Survey
42. An email marketing campaign that only sends messages to users who have requested (or opted-in) to receive specific types of information. Email conference reminders and newsletters are examples of opt-in email marketing campaigns based upon permission
Promotion
Cancellation or Interruption Insurance
Opt-in
Symposium
43. A company that offers complete turnkey organization support for an event - including administrative and event management services.
LED Light Emitting Diode
Cut-off date
Multi-management firm
Group ware
44. AKA Housing Bureau. Organization that provides reservation services for a group and its attendees.
Housing company
Continuing education
Group specifications guide
Blog
45. 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.
Customs broker
Offer
Shopping cart
Cash accounting
46. 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
Flying
Act of God
Inducements
Skid
47. Number of facility guest rooms actually used out of a room block.
Lavaliere microphone
Housing company
Pro number
Pick-up
48. The presenter is questioned by a moderator on behalf of the audience.
Message board
Interview
Pipe & drape
Stand
49. All individuals who are invested in a project or event such as the sponsors - attendees - vendors - media and others.
Virtual conferencing
Stakeholder
Business exchange
Ultraviolet lighting
50. Relating to organizations whose membership hold common occupational credentials or interests.
Professional
Consideration
Marketing
Certified Special Event Professional (CSEP)