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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. Raised horizontal surface - stage - or flooring.
Trade show facilitation website
Integrated marketing
Platform
Installation and dismantle (I&D)
2. 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.
Cancellation clause
Backbone
Message board
American Bar Association (ABA)
3. 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.
Convention center
Demonstration
Special event professional
Variable costs
4. 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.
Exhibitor-appointed contractor (EAC)
Dais
Butler service
Style
5. 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.
Publicity
General liability insurance
Special event professional
Overhead
6. An event (e.g. war - labor strike - extreme weather - or other disruptive circumstances) or effect that cannot be reasonably anticipated or controlled: a "fortuitous event."
Force majeure
Streaming
Breakout session
Conference reminder
7. Company that fabricates displays.
Exhibit house
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Chat room
Line level
8. A third party vendor or company that offers complete turnkey organization support for an event - including administrative and event management services.
Multidisciplinary
Exhibit house
Transfer
Press release
9. 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.
Link
Bid
Multidisciplinary
Freight forwarder
10. A list showing the number and kinds of items being shipped - as well as other information needed for transportation purposes.
Mic level
Dais
Distance learning
Packing list
11. Raised horizontal surface - stage - or flooring.
LCD projector
Focus group
Platform
Tone
12. 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.
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
Certified Meeting Professional (CMP)
Cut-off date
Protocol
13. A hollow square whose corners are replaced by serpentine or half-moon tables.
Combination bar
Skid
Rounded hollow square
Line level
14. Donated financial or material support - usually in exchange for recognition; Paid opportunity for entity or an exhibitor to increase its visibility at the event.
2-D bar code
Packing list
Sponsorship
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
15. 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
APEX
CODEC
Customs broker
Lavaliere microphone
16. The day-to-day cost of doing business that is pre-committed - such as salaries - insurance - lease expenses - utilities - etc.
Theater set-up
Multi-point bridge
T-1 line
Fixed costs
17. AKA Group Specification Guide or Resume. Spec Guide. The industry preferred term for a comprehensive document that outlines the complete requirements and instructions for an event. This document is typically authored by the event planner and is share
Paid-out
Event specifications guide (ESG)
Video projection
Downlink
18. An exhibit with aisles on three sides.
Budget
Peninsula booth
Distributed speaker system
Theater set-up
19. Flat rate for which a hotel or motel agrees to offer any of its available sleeping rooms (with the exception of suites) to a group. Final assignment of rooms is at the discretion of the hotel. See RUN-OF-THE-HOUSE RATE.
Front projection
Flate rate
Full American Plan
Sales lead
20. A music licensing organization that represents individuals who hold the copyrights to music written in the United States. It grants licensing agreements for the performance of music.
Broadcast Music - Inc. (BMI)
Webcast
Marshalling yard
Chat room
21. 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.
Target date
Production company
Needs assessment
2-D bar code
22. Period when the demand for a supplier's product or service is lowest. Prices general decrease in low season.
Low season
Customs broker
Point-to-multipoint videoconference
Music licensing
23. Platters of food are composed in the kitchen. Each food item is then served from the guest's left by the server from platters to individual plates. Any course can be 'Frenched' by having the dressing put on the salad or having sauce added to a entrée
Income statement
V-shape set-up
Post-event report PER
French banquet service
24. Series of tables set up in the shape of the block T with chairs set all around except at the head table.
Telecommunications devices for the deaf (TDD)
T-shape set-up
Rounded hollow square
Demonstration
25. A voluntary payment added to a bill (e.g. a restaurant check) - to signify good service.
Backwall
Pro number
Hospitality suite
Gratuity
26. Certified Special Event Professional; an earned designation from the International Special Events Society (ISES).
Limited power of attorney
Certified Special Event Professional (CSEP)
Marketing plan
High season
27. 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.
Telecommunications devices for the deaf (TDD)
Chart of accounts
Contract
Force majeure
28. EAC. Any company other than the designated "official" contractor providing a service to an exhibitor. Can refer to an Install & Dismantle Company (I&D House) - photographer - florist or any other type of contractor.
Incremental budgeting
Exhibitor-appointed contractor (EAC)
Style
Mailing list
29. 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.
Group specifications guide
High season
Convention center
Contract
30. Accredited designation offered by the National Speakers Association. This designation is earned for extensive - documented speaking experience and client satisfaction.
Fixed costs
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Indirect costs
Certified Speaking Professional (CSP)
31. 1) The process of attaching the cable on a crane to a piece of machinery or equipment. 2) The process for hanging materials or signs.
Rigging
Meeting Information Network (MINT)
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
Confirmation number
32. 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.
Cash bar
Stand
Ground support
Mag-stripe
33. An advanced partial payment to secure product or service.
Deposit
Pay-per-view
Commerical invoice
Internatinoal Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET)
34. 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.
Post-event report PER
Backwall
Trade show facilitation website
Multidisciplinary
35. Time worked by an employee outside of - or in addition to - regular working time or beyond the standard forty-hour workweek.
Opt-out
lanning committee
Overtime
Break-even point
36. Accounts receivable made available to individuals or firms with established credit.
Direct billing
Island booth
Tip
Telecommunications devices for the deaf (TDD)
37. Lens which produces a soft edged beam of light. Theatrical fixture with adjustable lens 150 W through 1500 W.
Fresnel
Virtual conferencing
Style sheet
Customs
38. BEO. A form most often used by hotels to provide details to personnel concerned with a specific food and beverage function or event room set-up.
Style sheet
Banquet event order (BEO)
Blog
Guest program
39. An encrypted file that authenticates the source of financial data - usually for an online credit card transaction.
Secure digital certificate
Contract
Exclusive
Conference center
40. A larger-than-average bar code that uses the PDF417 standard (the same used for e-stamps). Stores up to 1 -800 characters in bar code on standard paper badge - which can then be used by exhibitors to get contact information from registrants.
Export declaration
Contract
Green event
2-D bar code
41. 1) Registering in advance to attend an event. See ADVANCE REGISTRATION. 2) At a facility - pre-assigned sleeping rooms available for occupancy.
Pre-registration
Production company
Act of God
Projector
42. 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
Hand carry
Fiber-optic cable
Attrition clause
Conflict of interest statement
43. Relating to organizations whose membership hold common occupational credentials or interests.
Advance registration
Post-event report PER
Professional
International event
44. A labor organization - typically made up of workers from the same trade formed for the purpose of advancing its members' interests such as dealing collectively with their employer on issues of wages - hours - working conditions and other matters pert
Opt-in
Rider
Riser
Union
45. An additional clause in artist's contract stipulating special requirements such as travel - dressing rooms - technical equipment - etc.
Production company
Booking agent
Value proposition
Rider
46. An ongoing process in which an individual actively seeks to understand and contribute to change.
Customs broker
Kiosk
National Speakers Association (NSA)
Lifelong learning
47. Organizations offering this type of continuing education credits are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).
Bid
Lead retrieval
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
Budget
48. An electronic form of marketing communication that can be used as an element of an integrated marketing effort. Methods may include emailing digital brochures - delivering voice mail marketing - or sending video emails to the target audience.
Digital marketing
Sponsorship
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Productivity ticket
49. Provides the event's basic specifications and captures all the information gathered. A detailed event specifications package should include things like the goals and objectives of the event - attendee profile - prefered and optional dates - the numbe
Audience reaction team
PCMA Space Verification Program
Event profile
Radio frequency identification (RFID)
50. 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
CODEC
Site inspection
Customs broker
LCD projector