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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. Other names for event order (EO) - function sheet - or Banquet Event Order (BEO)
Minimum labor call
Function set-up order
Familiarization (fam) trip
Multi-management firm
2. A type of room rate that includes breakfast and one other meal (usually dinner).
Modified American Plan MAP
Speakers bureau
Concession
Certified Meeting Professional (CMP)
3. The organization who administers Continuing Legal Education and Mandatory Continuing Legal Education courses (CLE and MCLE).
American Bar Association (ABA)
PCMA Space Verification Program
Skid
Risk management
4. A customs document permitting the holder to carry or send merchandise temporarily into certain foreign countries (for display - demonstration or similar purposes) without paying duties or posting bonds.
Protocol
Carnet
Risk management
Full American Plan
5. An interchange between an inner circle debating an issue and an outer circle of observers. Individuals occasionally move from one circle to the other.
Fixed costs
Fishbowl
Multi-management firm
Lead retrieval
6. A hollow square whose corners are replaced by serpentine or half-moon tables.
Combination bar
LED Light Emitting Diode
Sales lead
Rounded hollow square
7. An account (usually a number) to which expenses for a function or activity are charged.
Offer
Lead retrieval
Cost center
Freight forwarder
8. Comp. Service - space or item provided at no charge.
Charter
Complimentary
Seminar
VHS Video Home System
9. In which rows of tables with chairs face the front of a room and each person has a space for writing.
Marketing collateral
Schoolroom set-up
Contract
Schedule of services
10. Integrated services digital network. A single ISDN line carries data at 128 Kbps. Although video conferences are possible at slower speeds - ISDN is considered to be the minimum for acceptable-quality video transmission.
Zone fare
ISDN
Van line
Conference center
11. Raised platform.
Strategic plan
Cash bar
Riser
Indirect costs
12. Person or firm which is licensed and specializes in travel related arrangements - such booking hotel rooms - meals - transportation - cruises - tours - vacation packages and other travel elements.
Rounded hollow square
Travel agent
Meet and greet
ite inspection
13. An electronic message center or online discussion group - usually serving a special-interest group. They allow you to review messages left by others - and leave your own message if you choose. Also known as bulletin board systems or electronic forum.
Scoop
Message board
Download
T-1 line
14. An apparatus for projecting a picture on a screen. Whether the device is an overhead projector - data (LCD) projector - slide projector - or a film projector - it is usually referred to as simply a projector.
Accreditation
Buffet
Protocol
Projector
15. 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
Cancellation clause
Offer
Program design
16. A nonprofit organization representing specific destinations formerly known as the International Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus. Members have expert knowledge of their city and its surrounding areas; typically they represent local hotels
American Society of Composers - Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
Destination Marketing Association International
Shuttle service
On consumption
17. An alternative plan that may replace the original plan when circumstances change.
Simultaneous translation
Event specifications guide (ESG)
Low season
Contingency plan
18. A manner of behavior that touches all elements of communication and the way that we interact with customers and colleagues.
Backwall
Convention services manager (CSM)
Continuing Legal Education (CLE)
Etiquette
19. A feature of many videoconference systems that allows participants at each conference site to view and edit the same document.
Audience polling
Sampling
Document sharing
Sub-block
20. 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.
Relational databases
Needs assessment
American Plan (Full American Plan)
Hand carry
21. Any agreement which limits who may provide specific products or services under certain conditions to only one party. A general service contractor - for instance - may have an "exclusive" in a particular facility - meaning that no other contractor is
Exclusive
Set-up
Chart of accounts
General liability insurance
22. 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.
Integrated marketing
Value-added tax (VAT)
Backbone
Downlink
23. Association of Destination Management Executives. A member of the Convention Industry Council.
Seminar
One-stop shop
Interview
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
24. Total number of sleeping rooms that are utilized and attributable to one event.
Lectern
Room block
Gobo
Social host
25. 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.
Contingency plan
Straight-row seating
Pre-set
Modified American Plan MAP
26. Labor performed and paid at standard rate for work during normal business hours as established by unions.
Digital video
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Straight time
Release date
27. Record of an event over time.
Cancellation or Interruption Insurance
History
Colloquium
Zone fare
28. 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.
DVCam
Value proposition
Press conference
In conjunction with (ICW)
29. Designated date when the facility will release a block of sleeping rooms to the general public. The date is typically three to four weeks before the event.
Intelligent lighting
Familiarization (fam) trip
Cut-off date
T-shape set-up
30. A new development using computer chips that can be read from a distance (similar to a bar code without the need for line of sight). This type of technology holds promise to help attendees - event managers and exhibitors share information - log into c
Style
Radio frequency identification (RFID)
Professional congress organizer (PCO)
Sampling
31. A voluntary payment added to a bill (e.g. a restaurant check) - to signify good service.
Complimentary
Gratuity
Booking agent
Post-con
32. Exhibit hours that do not overlap other programming - which encourages attendees to visit the exhibition and increases the value for exhibitors.
History
Official carrier
Unopposed exhibit hours
Yield management
33. A collection of publicity items that includes: 1) pertinent data on the meeting - such as agenda - historical data - guest speakers - special events - etc. The property - such as photos - descriptions of public space areas - local entertainment - etc
Press kit
Indemnification clause
Stand
Hospitality suite
34. MICROPHONE that picks up sound from all directions.
VHS Video Home System
Omnidirectional microphone
Broadband
Accessibility
35. 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.
Automated external defibrillator (AED)
Dais
Professional congress organizer (PCO)
Complimentary room
36. A Web site that serves as a year-round online marketplace for buyers and sellers within a given marketplace. Such sites are also referred to as business-to-business (B2B) marketplaces - business-to-consumer (B2C) marketplaces or consumer-to-consumer
Line array
Business exchange
Backwall
Authorized signatory
37. A self-contained unit with a LCD (liquid crystal display) panel - light source and lens that works with both PC and Mac computers and duplicates the image being shown on the monitor without any need for special software or complex setting up.
Relational databases
Omnidirectional microphone
LCD projector
Platform
38. An individual or company which provides customs clearing services to shippers of goods to and from another country. Licensing and requirements vary from country to country. In the United States - a customs broker must be licensed by the Treasury Depa
Room block
Customs broker
Cut-off date
LCD projector
39. Certified Special Event Professional; an earned designation from the International Special Events Society (ISES).
Certified Special Event Professional (CSEP)
On-demand
Radio frequency identification (RFID)
Media relations
40. A media campaign - normally consisting of a series of public notices and advertising activities - aimed at ensuring maximum attendance by focusing attention on an event.
Consideration
Publicity
Videoconferencing
In conjunction with (ICW)
41. 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.
Dais
Attrition clause
Overtime
Productivity ticket
42. 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.
Destination Marketing Association International
Message board
Marketing collateral
Multi-management firm
43. Method of doing research using a small group led by a facilitator.
Broadcast Music - Inc. (BMI)
Focus group
Marketing plan
Offer
44. Process of translating one language into another while the speaker is speaking.
Simultaneous translation
Cluster
Citywide event
DVCam
45. 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
Download
Covers
Computer assisted drawing (CAD)
46. A member of the Convention Industry Council.
Space assignment
Housing company
Contingency plan
National Speakers Association (NSA)
47. 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.
Full American Plan
Paid-out
Focus group
Butler service
48. 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.
Barrier-free
Booth
Concession
On consumption
49. Facility form to advise departments of changes in reservations or functions.
General service contractor GSC
Change order
Meet and greet
Meeting Information Network (MINT)
50. 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.
Lectern
Transfer
Scoop
Sponsorship