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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. 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
Sponsorship
Shuttle service
Booth
Acceptance
2. 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.
Cut-off date
Concession
Theater set-up
Leko
3. Business-to-Business.
Facilitator
Fishbowl
B2B
Full American Plan
4. 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
Radio frequency identification (RFID)
Accommodation
Linear booth
Evaluation
5. Average (power) level at which a signal is output from devices like mixers - cassette decks and other devices which process sound. Technically - this corresponds to -30 dBM (one microwatt) to +30 dBM (one watt).
Shoulder season
Line level
Slide
Incentive travel company
6. Large theatrical floodlight usually used for work lights or occasionally in place of strip lights to light a cyclorama or sky drop.
PAR
Customs
Skid
Scoop
7. 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
Decorator
Indirect costs
Distributed speaker system
Indemnification clause
8. Certified Special Event Professional; an earned designation from the International Special Events Society (ISES).
Professional congress organizer (PCO)
Schoolroom set-up
Certified Special Event Professional (CSEP)
Butler service
9. Raised platform.
Request for proposal (RFP)
Riser
Telecommunications devices for the deaf (TDD)
Online registration
10. Association of Destination Management Executives. A member of the Convention Industry Council.
Pre-set
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
Room block
Contract
11. When online activities take place at a designated time - they are referred to as real-time events. A Webcast of a keynote presenter that can be watched live over the Internet is an example of a real-time event.
Promotion
Bid
Videoconferencing
Real-time
12. 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
Hand carry
Less than truckload
Rider
Waiver of subrogation
13. Individuals who will participate in the pre-event meetings. Generally includes the planner - key members of planner's staff - CSM - Catering Managers - A/V representatives - room set-up representatives - etc.
Net worth
Convention and visitors bureau (CVB)
lanning committee
Gobo
14. An ongoing effort by an organization to develop relationships with key media representatives before - during - and after an event.
Media relations
Professional congress organizer (PCO)
Indemnification clause
Direct billing
15. Function room set-up that saves room turnover time - limits the number of event rooms required - and avoids additional charges for changing room set-ups.
Quick set
Familiarization (fam) trip
Complimentary
Front projection
16. A government document which permits the "licensee" to engage in the export of designated goods to certain destinations.
Customs broker
Travel agency
Export license
Shopping cart
17. A speaker system that is typically used in ballrooms - exhibit hall venues - etc - and are most appropriate for voice reproduction.
Distributed speaker system
Certification
Override
Value-added tax (VAT)
18. Light morning meal consisting of pastries - juices - and hot beverages. Usually served buffet style.
Facilitator
Continental breakfast
Variable costs
Exclusive
19. The right granted by one party to let a another party use live or recorded music through special agreements and fee structures.
Webconferencing
Pro number
Lead retrieval
Music licensing
20. Legal responsibility. An obligation to pay an amount in damages. In a non-legal context - something that is a negative factor.
Pre-con
Low season
Deposit
Liability
21. A methodical examination and review of records pertaining to an event. For instance - an independent verification of attendance figures submitted by an exhibition's producers.
Audit
Transfer
Videoconferencing
Low season
22. 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.
Reservation review date
Chart of accounts
Force majeure
Indirect costs
23. Series of tables set up in the shape of the letter U with chairs set all around on one or both sides.
Certificate of insurance
Travel agent
Intelligent lighting
U-shape set-up
24. 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.
Whiteboarding
Interview
Concession
Professional congress organizer (PCO)
25. Devices for the deaf or hearing imparied available in public phone banks and/or at the registration desk.
Dram shop laws
Room block
Clause
Telecommunications devices for the deaf (TDD)
26. 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.
Shopping cart
Certified Professional Catering Executive (CPCE)
Message board
Pick-up
27. Insurance that protects a event organizer against financial loss or expenses incurred when contractually specified perils necessitate canceling or relocating a event - or cause a reduction in attendance.
ite inspection
Cancellation or Interruption Insurance
Workshop
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
28. MAP. A type of room rate that includes breakfast and one other meal (usually dinner).
Commission
Modified American Plan
General liability insurance
Virtual conferencing
29. A person who is authorized to legally bind an individual or organization to a contract - to sign checks on behalf of an organization - or charge to an organization's master account.
Authorized signatory
Exhibitor prospectus
APEX Post Event Report (PER)
Schoolroom set-up
30. 1) The act of showing how to do something. 2) A group of individuals organized to picket or protest against a group using placards - literature - songs - shouts and - sometimes - marches or sit-ins.
Demonstration
Non-performance
Press conference
Link
31. Private room bar set up where guests do not pay for drinks.
Room block
Open bar (host bar)
Casual attire
Pick-up
32. Familiarization Trip. Offered to potential buyers of a venue - a program designed to acquaint participants with specific destinations or services and to stimulate the booking of an event. Often offered in groups - but sometimes on an individual basis
ite inspection
Pre-registration
Integrated marketing
Familiarization (fam) trip
33. 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
Priority point system
Pre-con
Set top box solutions (STBS)
Virtual conferencing
34. A true and honest effort to uphold the law. (as in Good Faith Effort)
Copy editor
Good faith
Event specifications guide (ESG)
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
35. A type of education where students work on their own at home or from an office - and communicate with faculty and other students via email - electronic forums - chat - webconferencing and other forms of online communication. Includes correspondence c
Rider
T-3 line
Distance learning
Income statement
36. Accepted Practices Exchange. An initiative of the meetings - conventions & exhibitions industry managed by the Convention Industry Council (CIC). APEX develops and manages the implementation of accepted practices (voluntary standards) for the industr
APEX
Certification
Liability
Business exchange
37. Number of facility guest rooms actually used out of a room block.
Rear projection
APEX RFP
E-conferencing
Pick-up
38. A feature of many videoconference systems that allows participants at each conference site to view and edit the same document.
Waiver of subrogation
Continental breakfast
Trade-out
Document sharing
39. The industry preferred term for a report of the details and activities of an event. A collection of post event reports over time will provide the complete History for an event. The industry accepted practice is to use the APEX POST EVENT REPORT - whi
Uplink
APEX Post Event Report (PER)
Contract
Real-time
40. 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
Production company
Room-based videoconferencing
On-demand
41. 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.
Tip
Convention center
Desktop videoconferenceing (DVC)
Master account
42. In which rows of tables with chairs face the front of a room and each person has a space for writing.
Whiteboarding
Combination bar
Schoolroom set-up
Front projection
43. Program and process by which a participant completes proscribed training and passes an assessment.
Exhibitor Advisory Committee
Certification
Exclusive contractor
Linear booth
44. Other names for event order (EO) - function sheet - or Banquet Event Order (BEO)
Function set-up order
Broadband
ducational programming committee
Rider
45. An organization who locates and books speakers according to my specifications and budget.
Direct billing
Speakers bureau
Professional congress organizer (PCO)
Arrival pattern
46. 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
Flying
Opt-in
Buffet
lanning committee
47. To neglect to carry out an agreement.
Theater set-up
Net worth
Non-performance
Fixed costs
48. 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.
General liability insurance
American Society of Composers - Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
Income statement
Promotion
49. An event that requires the use of a convention center or event complex - as well as multiple hotels in the host city.
Citywide event
Room block
Desktop videoconferenceing (DVC)
Hundredweight (CWT)
50. Raised platform usually above the floor of a hall or large room.
Lead retrieval
Arbitration
Debate
Dais