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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. Method of doing research using a small group led by a facilitator.
Break-even point
Focus group
Continental breakfast
Professional
2. A feature of videoconferencing systems which allows the placement of shared documents on an on-screen shared space or "whiteboard." Participants can edit and mark up the document just as on a physical whiteboard.
Press release
Poster session
Paid-out
Whiteboarding
3. Period when the demand for a supplier's product or service is neither high nor low.
Income statement
Shoulder season
Citywide event
Audience reaction team
4. 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).
Assisted listening devices (ALD)
Accessibility
DVCam
Van line
5. AKA Pre Conference.Any event which is arranged for the period immediately preceeding the conference proper.
Accreditation
Pre-con
Request for proposal (RFP)
Unopposed exhibit hours
6. A group of rooms that is reserved by a party outside of the ECB but is present in the city as a result of the Main Event (for example - some exhibitors - some international tour groups). A Peripheral Block's consumed room nights should be credited to
Tip
Mediation
Interface
Peripheral block
7. 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
Travel agent
Flying
Special event professional
8. In Conjunction With. An event or function that occurs because of another event.
Convention center
Post-event report PER
In conjunction with (ICW)
Export license
9. Any meeting where people at two or more distant locations are linked using video - audio and data for two-way communication via satellite communications or the Internet. Each party sees and hears the other through a TV screen or computer monitor and
Demonstration
Export license
Virtual conferencing
Russian restaurant service
10. 1) Free-standing pavilion or light structure - often inside a facility - where printed or electronic information is available. 2) A small enclosure for ticket sales - information - etc.
General service contractor GSC
Schedule of services
Message board
Kiosk
11. 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.
Function set-up order
APEX Post Event Report (PER)
Style
Cash flow
12. A holding area where trucks or buses check in and wait for instructions before delivering or picking up freight or passengers.
Budget
Marshalling yard
Exhibitor prospectus
Value-added tax (VAT)
13. 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.
Truckload
Convention and visitors bureau (CVB)
Debate
ISDN
14. 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
Return on investment ROI
Etiquette
Blog
Skid
15. 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.
Downlink
General liability insurance
Ground support
Common carrier
16. 1) Regeneration of sound from audio speakers back through a microphone causing a squealing sound. 2) Response about an activity - policy - or idea.
Demonstration
Destination management company (DMC)
Feedback
Lead retrieval
17. MICROPHONE that picks up sound from all directions.
Omnidirectional microphone
Contingency plan
Poster session
Russian restaurant service
18. Transfer a file from a host computer to your computer.
Download
Housing company
Flying
Cash bar
19. Efforts of a dissident group to obstruct the conduct of an event.
History
Hardwall
Confrontation
Message board
20. In which rows of tables with chairs face the front of a room and each person has a space for writing.
Schoolroom set-up
Exclusive contractor
Backwall
Pre-con
21. LTL. Rates applicable when the quantity of freight is less than the volume of truckload minimum weight.
Intelligent lighting
Less than truckload
Fresnel
Pallet
22. 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.
Contingency plan
Group ware
Cafeteria service
Destination management company (DMC)
23. Raising and supporting sound - lighting or other equipment or décor from the ceiling.
Etiquette
Charter
Flying
Value proposition
24. One or more standard units of exhibit space. In the US - a standard unit is generally known to be a 10' x 10' space (one standard booth/stand unit - equaling 100 nsf). However - if an exhibitor purchases multiple units side-by-side or back-to-back -
NCR form
Overhead
Booth
Confrontation
25. Equipment which projects an image on a screen by passing light through a transparent slide or other transparency.
Overhead
Teleconferencing
Banquet event order (BEO)
Digital marketing
26. Method to increase audience participation by dividing all participants in discussion groups each of which reports the group's findings and opinions during a following plenary session.
Buzz session
Production company
Travel agent
CODEC
27. 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.
Carnet
Bid
Provision
Lead retrieval
28. Actual number of meals served at a catered meal function or in a restaurant. See AUDIENCE COUNT.
Attrition clause
Cash flow
Exhibitor-appointed contractor (EAC)
Covers
29. A return of part of a payment.
Multi-management firm
Event profile
Rebates
Reservation review date
30. Structure of event program elements to achieve specific goals and objectives.
APEX
Program design
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Balance sheet
31. A release of rights to substitute one party for another party. The release of an insurance company right to succeed to the insured's rights to sue for damages against the tortfeasor - after the insurance company pays an insured's claim of loss due to
Application sharing
DSL
Waiver of subrogation
Press kit
32. An interchange between an inner circle debating an issue and an outer circle of observers. Individuals occasionally move from one circle to the other.
Fishbowl
ite inspection
Customs broker
Internatinoal Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET)
33. 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
Master account
Marketing plan
Decorator
Low season
34. Period when the demand for a supplier's product or service is highest. Prices general increase in high season.
Style sheet
High season
lanning committee
Cash accounting
35. The presenter is questioned by a moderator on behalf of the audience.
Evaluation
Billing instructions
Interview
Mic level
36. 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
Application service provider (ASP)
Arbitration
Multi-point bridge
Flying
37. 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.
Message board
Pre-set
Mitigation
Direct billing
38. An itemized statement furnished to a purchaser by a seller and usually specifying the price of goods or services and the terms of sale.
Attrition clause
Sponsorship
Commerical invoice
Slide
39. Solicitation of opinions regarding services; questionnaire.
Material handling (formerly drayage)
Russian banquet service
Survey
Arrival pattern
40. 1) Meeting of several persons for intensive discussion. The workshop concept has been developed to compensate for diverging views in a particular discipline or on a particular subject. 2) Informal and public session of free discussion organized to ta
Workshop
B2B
Marketing plan
Fresnel
41. Period when the demand for a supplier's product or service is lowest. Prices general decrease in low season.
Low season
Certificate of insurance
Zone fare
Net worth
42. Absence of obstacles preventing handicapped persons from moving freely to all public areas within a building.
Dimensional weight
Clause
Barrier-free
Direct billing
43. 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.
APEX Post Event Report (PER)
Stacked speaker system
Automated external defibrillator (AED)
Focus group
44. Certified Professional Catering Executive. A certification program offered by the National Association of Catering Executives (NACE).
Lectern
Master account
Audiovisual A/V
Certified Professional Catering Executive (CPCE)
45. A Web-site whose primary function is to provide attendees (buyers) and exhibitors (sellers) with online tools that help facilitate participation in an upcoming event.
Trade show facilitation website
Suitcasing
Application service provider (ASP)
Real-time
46. Staff person responsible for selling and servicing group and local food and beverage functions.
Network
Catering manager
Arrival pattern
Marketing
47. Light-weight aluminum tubing and drapery used to separate exhibit booths/stands - staging areas - and other similar locations.
Lavaliere microphone
T-1 line
On-demand
Pipe & drape
48. A feature of many videoconferencing systems that allows two or more people to use the same software program - even if all do not have it on their computer or conferencing system.
Pipe & drape
Application sharing
Sub-block
Accommodation
49. 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.
Outsourcing
Stacked speaker system
Value proposition
Tip
50. Long range plan of action for a company or organization.
Continuing education
Desktop videoconferenceing (DVC)
Strategic plan
Pallet