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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. An interchange between an inner circle debating an issue and an outer circle of observers. Individuals occasionally move from one circle to the other.
Mixer
2-D bar code
Fishbowl
Fresnel
2. Light morning meal consisting of pastries - juices - and hot beverages. Usually served buffet style.
Risk management
Front projection
Continental breakfast
Reservation review date
3. Educational and/or social events planned for spouses and guests of event participants.
Exhibition manager
General service contractor GSC
Guest program
Stakeholder
4. 1) Customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality - precedence - and etiquette. 2) A formal description of message formats and the rules two computers must follow to exchange messages.
Streaming
Scoop
Evaluation
Protocol
5. Marketing activities with a common focus on the marketplace or a customer segment. The execution of each individual piece of the integrated marketing plan is consistent with - and supportive of - each of the other pieces of the plan.
Protocol
Billing instructions
Integrated marketing
Lectern
6. Contract wording that outlines potential damages or fees that a party may be required to pay in the event that it does not fulfill minimum commitments in the contract.
Attrition clause
Quick set
Liquidated damage clause
Promotion
7. The right granted by one party to let a another party use live or recorded music through special agreements and fee structures.
Whiteboarding
Music licensing
Certification
Radio frequency identification (RFID)
8. An ongoing effort by an organization to develop relationships with key media representatives before - during - and after an event.
Zone fare
French cart service
Media relations
Russian restaurant service
9. A type of audio system for meetings and concerts. The speakers sit on the floor and project from each side of the room. The sound may be louder in the front than the back.
Stacked speaker system
Mic level
General service contractor GSC
DLP projector
10. Final official listing of all passengers and/or cargo aboard a transportation vehicle or vessel.
Cut-off date
Marshalling yard
Manifest
American Bar Association (ABA)
11. 1) Servers offer a variety of both hot and cold hors d'oeuvres on platters to guests at receptions. 2) A style of table service where guests serve themselves from platters presented by the server. 3) Specialized in-room service offered by a hotel.
Bandwidth
Limited power of attorney
Butler service
Evaluation
12. 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.
Rounded hollow square
Meet and greet
Sponsorship
DVCam
13. Automated External Defibrillator. Device installed in many large public areas (e.g. airports - hotels - convention centers). Can be used by any individual to administer life-saving care to person experiencing a heart attack.
Modified American Plan MAP
Variable costs
Application service provider (ASP)
Automated external defibrillator (AED)
14. A bill of lading issued by the airline that covers both domestic and international flights transporting goods to a specified destination. Technically - it is a non-negotiable instrument of air transport that serves as a receipt for the shipper - indi
Schoolroom set-up
Outsourcing
Air waybill
Network
15. Land-based system for videoconferencing designed to manage communication between one group of people - usually in a conference room setting - with another group or groups in similar settings elsewhere.
Room-based videoconferencing
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Cut-off date
Virtual conferencing
16. Raised platform.
CODEC
Riser
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Skid
17. 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
APEX Post Event Report (PER)
Act of God
Business exchange
Seminar
18. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers. A membership organization that represents individuals who hold the copyrights to music written in the United States and grants licensing agreements for the performance of that music.
Blog
Zero-based budgeting
American Society of Composers - Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
Billing instructions
19. The presenter is questioned by a moderator on behalf of the audience.
Casual attire
Interview
Dimensional weight
Mitigation
20. Anticipated dates and times of arrival of group members.
Arrival pattern
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Consideration
Certified Speaking Professional (CSP)
21. 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
LCD projector
Lectern
Interface
Decorator
22. 1) Regeneration of sound from audio speakers back through a microphone causing a squealing sound. 2) Response about an activity - policy - or idea.
Liquidated damage clause
Feedback
Schedule of services
Function set-up order
23. Lifts - trusses - pipe or other freestanding devices used to raise sound - lighting or other equipment above the heads of attendees and to support it from the floor.
Multi-management firm
Overtime
Ground support
Lead retrieval
24. Comp. Service - space or item provided at no charge.
Virtual conferencing
Outsourcing
Copy editor
Complimentary
25. The station used to transmit signals from Earth to a satellite (videoconferencing).
Function set-up order
One-stop shop
Workshop
Uplink
26. 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.
Flying
Post-con
Bid
Schedule of services
27. Categorization of people - organizations or businesses by professional discipline or primary areas of interest for the purposes of sales analysis or assignment.
Market segments
Certified Speaking Professional (CSP)
Cancellation Clause
Bandwidth
28. 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
Overhead
Floor plan
Truckload
Travel agent
29. 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
Workshop
Barrier-free
Fiber-optic cable
Production company
30. Generally refers to air-freight and van line shipments. Invoices are calculated with two weights - actual and dimensional. The dimensional weight is based upon the volume of the shipment. The billing weight is the larger of the two.
Peripheral block
Complimentary
Dimensional weight
Consular invoice
31. Also called overhead or administrative costs - these are expenses not directly related to the event. They can include salaries - rent - and building and equipment maintenance.
Etiquette
Material handling
Shoulder season
Indirect costs
32. In-person on-site review and evaluation of a venue or location for an event.
Pre-event meeting
DVCam
ite inspection
Podcast
33. 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.
Walk
Barrier-free
DSL
French banquet service
34. 1) Exclusive use of all or some space on an airplane - bus - ship - or other vehicle for a special period of time and for a specific itinerary. 2) To create a new association - organization or chapter of an association or organization.
Casual attire
Charter
Inducements
Audiovisual A/V
35. 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.
Guest program
Room-based videoconferencing
Suitcasing
Linear booth
36. 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.
Application service provider (ASP)
Return on investment ROI
T-shape set-up
Jurisdiction
37. AKA Post Conference.Any event which is arranged for the period immediately following the conference proper.
Hardwall
Platform
Resolution
Post-con
38. 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
Contingency plan
Seminar
Open bar (host bar)
39. 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
Conference center
Teleconferencing
LCD projector
Pre-event meeting
40. 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
Poster session
Booking agent
Smart form
Confrontation
41. 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
Mag-stripe
Consular invoice
Continuing Education Unit (CEU)
Computer data projection
42. 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
Blog
Fiber-optic cable
Certified Special Event Professional (CSEP)
43. 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
Rooming list
Reservation review date
Yield management
Press conference
44. Series of tables set up in the shape of the letter U with chairs set all around on one or both sides.
National Speakers Association (NSA)
Air waybill
Decorator
U-shape set-up
45. Two or more computers or peripherals that are linked together for the purpose of sharing data.
Event-contracted block (ECB)
Network
Carnet
Convention center
46. A supplier of a specific event service - such as photography - rental of furniture or audiovisual equipment - or floral decoration.
Projector
Mailing list
Chat room
Specialty contractor
47. 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.
Floor plan
Set top box solutions (STBS)
Relational databases
Request for proposal (RFP)
48. 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.
Application sharing
Union
Mag-stripe
Covers
49. 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.
Survey
Line level
Digital video
Concession
50. A type of exhibit construction in which the walls are of solid material - rather than fabric.
Hardwall
Workshop
Override
Special event professional