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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. A supplier of a specific event service - such as photography - rental of furniture or audiovisual equipment - or floral decoration.
Convention center
Chat room
Low season
Specialty contractor
2. Digital light processor data/video projectors were developed with an entirely new processor using microscopic mirrors to recreate video images and display them in a number of settings. These projectors picked up where LCD left off by reproducing vide
Group specifications guide
Seminar
Consular invoice
DLP projector
3. All individuals who are invested in a project or event such as the sponsors - attendees - vendors - media and others.
Stakeholder
2-D bar code
Post-con
Lead retrieval
4. Certified Professional Catering Executive. A certification program offered by the National Association of Catering Executives (NACE).
Contract
Downlink
Pro number
Certified Professional Catering Executive (CPCE)
5. An ongoing process in which an individual actively seeks to understand and contribute to change.
Post-con
Flate rate
Lifelong learning
Strategic plan
6. A payment to a sales representative for meeting or exceeding a sales revenue goal. Or a payment made to an individual or organization for bringing business to another individual or organization.
Air waybill
Commission
Application service provider (ASP)
Sales lead
7. Light morning meal consisting of pastries - juices - and hot beverages. Usually served buffet style.
Line level
Barrier-free
On-demand
Continental breakfast
8. Procurement - maintenance and transportation of materials. Involves all related functions and services.
Master account
Logistics
Post-event meeting
Digital marketing
9. ASP. A company that manages and distributes software-based solutions to customers across a wide area network from a central data center. In essence - ASPs are a way for organizations to outsource some or almost all aspects of their information techno
Hold harmless
Copy editor
Post event report
Application service provider (ASP)
10. 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.
Attrition clause
Virtual conferencing
Opt-in
Audiovisual A/V
11. CSM. Professional at a hotel - convention center or convention bureau who is responsible for event operations management on all levels.
Scoop
Convention services manager (CSM)
Rider
Certified Meeting Professional (CMP)
12. The day-to-day cost of doing business that is pre-committed - such as salaries - insurance - lease expenses - utilities - etc.
Accessibility
Certificate of insurance
Fixed costs
Lead retrieval
13. 1) Schematic drawing of an exhibit hall including dimensions - design - shape - entrances - aisles - numbered exhibit booth/stands - lounges - concession areas - restrooms - electrical/plumbing accessibility - etc. 2) Scale plan of the floor area of
Hospitality suite
Accrual accounting
Overhead
Floor plan
14. Raised horizontal surface - stage - or flooring.
Stand
Platform
Feedback
Bandwidth
15. 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.
Ground support
Lead retrieval
Contract
Reservation review date
16. Final official listing of all passengers and/or cargo aboard a transportation vehicle or vessel.
Feedback
Target date
Manifest
Mixer
17. 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
Pre-set
Waiver of subrogation
B2B
Network
18. A type of barter. The exchange of goods and services instead of using money.
Trade-out
Suitcasing
Conference center
Dram shop laws
19. Wooden platform used to carry goods. See SKID.
Citywide event
Pallet
Complimentary
Packing list
20. 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.
LCD projector
American Society of Composers - Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
In-house contractor
Colloquium
21. 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.
Whiteboarding
Cancellation Clause
Assisted listening devices (ALD)
Audiovisual A/V
22. A term used in food and beverage that refers to the purchasing option based on the amount utilized by the group. The organization pays for the food and beverage based on the actual food and beverage served.
Site inspection
Complimentary room
On consumption
DSL
23. The station used to transmit signals from Earth to a satellite (videoconferencing).
PCMA Space Verification Program
Combination bar
Uplink
Stakeholder
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).
Attrition clause
Buzz session
T-1 line
Casual attire
25. 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
Mailing list
Exhibitor service manual
APEX Post Event Report (PER)
Cash bar
26. Facility form to advise departments of changes in reservations or functions.
Casual attire
Strategic plan
Change order
PAR
27. 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
Tip
Cost center
Flying
28. Structured educational and training experiences for personal or professional development.
Telecommunications devices for the deaf (TDD)
Continuing education
Business exchange
Set-up
29. A list of special spellings - terms and style points to be used consistently in publications related to an event.
Customs
Objective
Style sheet
Press kit
30. Total number of sleeping rooms that are utilized and attributable to one event.
Facilitator
Conflict of interest statement
Room block
Clause
31. Accounts receivable made available to individuals or firms with established credit.
History
Direct billing
Meet and greet
In conjunction with (ICW)
32. 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 (formerly drayage)
Barrier-free
Convention services manager (CSM)
Focus group
33. 4 or 5 participants query the main speaker from the stage with questions from the audience and follow up questions.
Publicity
Audience reaction team
Broadband
Hold harmless
34. AP. A type of hotel rate that includes the price of the room and all meals. Also Called FULL AMERICAN PLAN (FAP).
Teleconferencing
Full American Plan
Advance deposit
Professional congress organizer (PCO)
35. FP. Projection of an image onto the front surface of a light reflecting screen from a projector placed within or behind the audience.
Relational databases
Front projection
Network
Survey
36. An event that incoporates environmental considerations throughout all states of the planning process in order to minimize the negative impact on the environment.
Green event
Van line
Ultraviolet lighting
Income statement
37. Marketing tools or programs used to influence buying patterns and build customer loyalty.
Inducements
Butler service
Digital marketing
Attrition clause
38. A third party vendor or company that offers complete turnkey organization support for an event - including administrative and event management services.
Multidisciplinary
Audit
Russian banquet service
Media relations
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
Linear booth
Post-event report PER
Consular invoice
Theater set-up
40. A facility that provides a dedicated environment for events - especially small events. May be certified by the International Association of Conference Centers.
Opt-in
Hold harmless
Conference center
Poster session
41. The activities that are undertaken to either reduce the probability that an emergency or crisis will occur or reduce the consequences if it does occur.
Virtual conferencing
Mitigation
Commerical invoice
Computer data projection
42. 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
General liability insurance
National Speakers Association (NSA)
Booking agent
Set top box solutions (STBS)
43. Compression/Decompression or Coder/Decoder. Videoconferencing standard - included in hardware and/or software - used to compress or code video - audio - and data signals for transmission and decompress or decode the signal at the other end of the tra
Videoconferencing
Authorized signatory
Platform
CODEC
44. An advanced partial payment to secure product or service.
Overhead
Deposit
Customs
Island booth
45. 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.
VHS Video Home System
Outsourcing
Audit
Protocol
46. Web sites that give visitors a reason to return to the site and be exposed to new offers.
Cut-off date
Chat room
Publicity
Group ware
47. Americans with Disabilities Act. U.S. legislation passed in 1992 requiring public buildings (offices - hotels - restaurants - etc.) to make adjustments meeting minimum standards to make their facilities accessible to individuals with physical disabil
Consideration
Digital video
lanning committee
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
48. 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
Room block
Destination Marketing Association International
Pipe & drape
Credit card badge
49. 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 -
Omnidirectional microphone
Hold harmless
Multidisciplinary
Booth
50. 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.
Special event professional
Mailing list
Production company
Provision