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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. Preferred term for the specific person responsible for all aspects of planning - promoting - and producing an exhibition. Also Called SHOW MANAGER - SHOW ORGANIZER.
Exhibition manager
Meet and greet
Certificate of insurance
Cut-off date
2. 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
Booking agent
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
Flying
Workshop
3. 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.
Booking agent
Service charge
Contract
Message board
4. Pre-program information distributed to tour guides - field representatives - venues or vendors - regarding the details of their program assignment for a given event or program.
2-D bar code
Schedule of services
U-shape set-up
General liability insurance
5. Foods are cooked tableside. Servers put the food on platters and present themt ot he seated guests who serve themselves. Russian service requires sufficient space between tables for the servers to move about freely.
Videoconferencing
Russian restaurant service
Official carrier
Destination Marketing Association International
6. 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.
Force majeure
Contract
ducational programming committee
Desktop videoconferenceing (DVC)
7. 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
Post-con
Peripheral block
Accrual accounting
Event specifications guide (ESG)
8. Devices that help people who are hard of hearing connect to the speaker system and use their hearing aids to hear the speaker more clearly.
Pre-con
Indirect costs
Smart form
Assisted listening devices (ALD)
9. Professional Congress Organizer. European term for DMC (Destination Management Company). Local supplier who can arrange - manage and/or plan any function or service an event.
Professional congress organizer (PCO)
Automated external defibrillator (AED)
Pick-up
Pad-wrapped
10. Categorization of people - organizations or businesses by professional discipline or primary areas of interest for the purposes of sales analysis or assignment.
Offer
Fresnel
Market segments
Simultaneous translation
11. Booth/stand space with aisles on all four sides.
Carnet
Promotion
Demonstration
Island booth
12. Business-to-Business.
Bandwidth
B2B
Travel agency
Booth
13. Primary uses of satellite videoconferencing today are major announcements - product launches - and other presentations for which timeliness and a top-quality broadcaset is desired. they are typically sent to a large - geographically remote audience -
Accrual accounting
Continuing education
Target date
Videoconferencing
14. A holding area where trucks or buses check in and wait for instructions before delivering or picking up freight or passengers.
Exhibition manager
Marshalling yard
Straight time
Strategic plan
15. A type of barter. The exchange of goods and services instead of using money.
Budget
Export license
Van line
Trade-out
16. A process of identifying human wants and needs - and developing a plan to meet those wants and needs. Refers to everything involved with convincing an attendee to come to the event. Also refers to providing information to support the exhibit sales fu
Marketing
CYC
Exhibit house
Lectern
17. Transmitting data at speeds of up to 44.184 Mbps - is faster than a T-1 line - allowing performance of more tasks simultaneously at a greater speed. See T-1 LINE.
Certified Professional Catering Executive (CPCE)
Wireless microphone
Convention center
T-3 line
18. Computer program that uses variable pricing models to maximize the return on a fixed (perishable) inventory - such as hotel rooms - based on supply-and-demand theory.
Exhibit house
Foreign exchange currency risk
Yield management
Island booth
19. The software that makes Webcasting work. These "stream" audio and video from a central source - or media server - to recipients on their personal computers.
French banquet service
Streaming
Flate rate
Network
20. Two or more computers or peripherals that are linked together for the purpose of sharing data.
Contingency plan
Network
CYC
Omnidirectional microphone
21. Relating to organizations whose membership hold common occupational credentials or interests.
Foreign exchange currency risk
Continuing Education Unit (CEU)
Production company
Professional
22. DMC. A professional services company possessing extensive local knowledge - expertise and resources - specializing in the design and implementation of events - activities - tours - transportation and program logistics. Depending on the company and th
Focus group
Destination management company (DMC)
Certified Professional Catering Executive (CPCE)
Event-contracted block (ECB)
23. Type of adjustable spotlight used to light lecterns - signs and areas that need a tightly focused pool of light.
Russian banquet service
Teleconferencing
Exhibition service contractor
Leko
24. Transmitting data at speeds of up to 1.544 Mbps - operates at a much higher capacity than an ISDN line and can be split to accommodate several users at one time (known as a fractional T-1).
Confrontation
Full American Plan
Dram shop laws
T-1 line
25. A facility that provides a dedicated environment for events - especially small events. May be certified by the International Association of Conference Centers.
Modified American Plan MAP
Certified Meeting Professional (CMP)
Confirmation number
Conference center
26. Meeting Industry Network (formerly CINET or Convention Industry Network). On-line information network tracking historical and future site/booking information. CINET is provided by IACVB to its members.
Hold harmless
One-stop shop
Meeting Information Network (MINT)
Material handling (formerly drayage)
27. Period when the demand for a supplier's product or service is highest. Prices general increase in high season.
Rider
Travel agent
Production company
High season
28. 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.
Needs assessment
Gobo
Style sheet
Truckload
29. A manner of behavior that touches all elements of communication and the way that we interact with customers and colleagues.
Etiquette
Download
Sponsorship
Paid-out
30. Placing plated foods on banquet tables prior to seating guests.
Unopposed exhibit hours
Pre-set
Broadcast Music - Inc. (BMI)
Liquidated damage clause
31. Large theatrical floodlight usually used for work lights or occasionally in place of strip lights to light a cyclorama or sky drop.
CODEC
Scoop
Room block
Target date
32. A statement of revenues and expenses. Also known as a profit & loss statement.
Income statement
CODEC
American Bar Association (ABA)
Audit
33. Accredited designation offered by the National Speakers Association. This designation is earned for extensive - documented speaking experience and client satisfaction.
Certified Speaking Professional (CSP)
Broadband
Pay-per-view
Computer data projection
34. A list showing the number and kinds of items being shipped - as well as other information needed for transportation purposes.
Packing list
PCMA Space Verification Program
Business exchange
Promotion
35. Digital subscriber line. Brings high bandwidth via copper phone lines.
DSL
Style
Resolution
Rooming list
36. Association of Destination Management Executives. A member of the Convention Industry Council.
Continuing Legal Education (CLE)
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
Mic level
ISDN
37. A Web-based form that can be designed to guide the user through the process of completing the form and can alert the user to errors.
Force majeure
Wireless microphone
Smart form
Press conference
38. A meeting at the primary facility at which an event occurred just after it has ended. Attendees generally include the primary event organizer - representatives of the event organizer/host organization - department heads at the facility - other facili
Post-event meeting
Override
Exclusive
National Speakers Association (NSA)
39. Number of facility guest rooms actually used out of a room block.
Air waybill
Pick-up
Linear booth
Fresnel
40. 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 -
Booth
Liquidated damage clause
Style sheet
Strategic plan
41. 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
Contract
Bandwidth
Minimum labor call
42. Raising and supporting sound - lighting or other equipment or décor from the ceiling.
Cash flow
Flying
Audience reaction team
Common carrier
43. 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.
Ultraviolet lighting
Network
Application service provider (ASP)
ISDN
44. Web sites that give visitors a reason to return to the site and be exposed to new offers.
Manifest
Exhibitor-appointed contractor (EAC)
Chat room
Covers
45. Booking before an event takes places. Allows attendees to register for an event before it actually takes place. Done through mail - phone - internet or fax.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Video projection
Mediation
Advance registration
46. 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.
Interface
Charter
Uplink
Style
47. Dispute resolution process in which the parties use a third party to assist them in reaching a compromise. The mediator may work with both sides together - or may act as "go between" in an attempt to move the sides toward agreement. The mediator may
Protocol
Mediation
Pro number
Omnidirectional microphone
48. Complimentary tickets awarded by the official airline after the event according to the number of attendees who used the airline.
American Plan (Full American Plan)
ite inspection
Mag-stripe
Productivity ticket
49. A company that offers complete turnkey organization support for an event - including administrative and event management services.
Network
Multi-management firm
Etiquette
Productivity ticket
50. 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.
Post-con
On-demand
Master account
American Society of Composers - Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)