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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. Device used to compensate for undesired sound system characteristics or room acoustics.
Downlink
Equalizer
Complimentary
Category cable
2. Audio unit by which sound signals from all sources feed into one system; allows for dissimilar inputs (microphone and line) to be combined and controlled into one output.
Confrontation
Mixer
Cut-off date
Lot labeling
3. In the United States - a legal term for laws covering the liability of people serving alcoholic beverages. Under dram shop laws - a party injured by an intoxicated person can sue establishments contributing to that person's intoxication. Many dram sh
Dram shop laws
Riser
Pre-con
Release date
4. Raised horizontal surface - stage - or flooring.
Slide
Uplink
Platform
Complimentary room
5. An audio signal generated by a microphone.
Mic level
Continuing Education Unit (CEU)
Pre-event meeting
Dimensional weight
6. Abbreviation for "hundred weight." This is the unit of measure used in drayage and freight shipments.
Sales lead
Resolution
Hundredweight (CWT)
Opt-out
7. Number of facility guest rooms actually used out of a room block.
Pick-up
Value proposition
Speakers bureau
Exhibitor service manual
8. 1) Room or suite of rooms used to entertain guests. 2) An event in the United States usually separate from the exhibit - in which refreshments are served and exhibitor personnel and visitors socialize.
Booth
Combination bar
Hospitality suite
Breakout session
9. A marketing plan should answer the question - What is the benefit to attending the event?
Barrier-free
Contingency plan
Facilitator
Value proposition
10. A company that offers complete turnkey organization support for an event - including administrative and event management services.
Multi-management firm
Conference reminder
Accommodation
Overtime
11. 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.
Simultaneous translation
Meeting Information Network (MINT)
Guest program
Room block
12. 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.
Bid
Concession
Travel agency
Advance deposit
13. An account (usually a number) to which expenses for a function or activity are charged.
Walk
Cost center
Indirect costs
Request for proposal (RFP)
14. A feature of many videoconference systems that allows participants at each conference site to view and edit the same document.
Certificate of origin
Multi-point bridge
Rider
Document sharing
15. Seating arrangement in which seats are in rows facing the stage area - no tables. See AUDITORIUM SET-UP.
Digital marketing
Omnidirectional microphone
Theater set-up
Island booth
16. Association of Destination Management Executives. A member of the Convention Industry Council.
Download
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
Customs
Rear projection
17. Legal responsibility. An obligation to pay an amount in damages. In a non-legal context - something that is a negative factor.
Real-time
Liability
Strategic plan
Projector
18. 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.
Attrition clause
Override
ISDN
Quick set
19. A tax that is added to a product at each step of the manufacturing and marketing process reflecting value which has been added to the product by processing.
Virtual conferencing
Value-added tax (VAT)
Confirmation number
Decorator
20. A statement that indicates overall financial status by subtracting expenses from income.
Lavaliere microphone
Balance sheet
Room-based videoconferencing
On consumption
21. AKA Classroom set-up. Seating arrangement in which rows of tables with chairs face the front of a room and each person has a space for writing. Also Called SCHOOLROOM SET-UP.
Trade-out
Press release
Message board
Schoolroom set-up
22. Solicitation of opinions regarding services; questionnaire.
Open bar (host bar)
Event specifications guide (ESG)
Certified Speaking Professional (CSP)
Survey
23. Transportation for participants; usually by coach or van - provided on a continuous basis for a certain time period.
Buzz session
Trade-out
Downlink
Shuttle service
24. A group of voluntary committee members with vested interests in program content who are commonly used to establish direction for educational programs offered at association meetings.
B2B
ducational programming committee
Fiber-optic cable
Scoop
25. Association of Destination Management Executives. A member of the Convention Industry Council.
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
Booth
Interface
Post-event meeting
26. A hollow square whose corners are replaced by serpentine or half-moon tables.
Lavaliere microphone
Survey
Quick set
Rounded hollow square
27. 1) The opposite of real-time. 2) Audio and/or video programming available on a Web site after the completion of an event - providing this content so Web site visitors can listen or view at their discretion. 3) FAX system for sending out faxed materia
On-demand
DLP projector
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
Authorized signatory
28. Total number of sleeping rooms that are utilized and attributable to one event.
Arbitration
Omnidirectional microphone
Room block
Cash flow
29. Casting video images on monitors or on large screen.
Video projection
Rounded hollow square
ISDN
Consular invoice
30. 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.
Group specifications guide
Theater set-up
Offer
lanning committee
31. 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
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
Lot labeling
Event specifications guide (ESG)
Hundredweight (CWT)
32. CSM. Professional at a hotel - convention center or convention bureau who is responsible for event operations management on all levels.
Convention services manager (CSM)
Buffet
Linear booth
Application sharing
33. A government document which permits the "licensee" to engage in the export of designated goods to certain destinations.
Cash flow
Export license
Booth
Pay-per-view
34. 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
LCD projector
Incremental budgeting
Mediation
Covers
35. Marketing tools or programs used to influence buying patterns and build customer loyalty.
Inducements
Walk
Copy editor
Decorator
36. Portable videoconferencing system - usually mounted on a rolling cart or hard-sided case for ease of transport from room to room or across the globe.
Set top box solutions (STBS)
Resolution
Certificate of insurance
Commission
37. Magnetic Stripe. A lead retrieval system using a magnetic strip on either the back of a paper badge (similar to some airline tickets) or on plastic badges similar to credit cards.
Travel agency
Download
Mag-stripe
Shuttle service
38. The station which receives data transmissions from a communications satellite.
Green event
Minimum labor call
Barrier-free
Downlink
39. Marketing activities with a common focus on the marketplace or a customer segment. The execution of each individual piece of the integrated marketing plan is consistent with - and supportive of - each of the other pieces of the plan.
Link
Integrated marketing
Lot labeling
Dais
40. A customs document permitting the holder to carry or send merchandise temporarily into certain foreign countries (for display - demonstration or similar purposes) without paying duties or posting bonds.
DVCam
Webconferencing
General service contractor GSC
Carnet
41. Period when the demand for a supplier's product or service is neither high nor low.
Shoulder season
Webconferencing
Pre-event meeting
Marshalling yard
42. Generally refers to air-freight and van line shipments. Invoices are calculated with two weights - actual and dimensional. The dimensional weight is based upon the volume of the shipment. The billing weight is the larger of the two.
Lavaliere microphone
Multi-point bridge
Dimensional weight
Focus group
43. Small group sessions - panels - workshops or presentations - offered concurrently within the event - formed to focus on specific subjects. The event is apart from the general session - but within the event format - formed to focus on specific subject
Distributed speaker system
General service contractor GSC
Breakout session
Outsourcing
44. 1) The jobs that may be performed by a specific labor union. 2) The locality where a contractual dispute is decided. 3) In law - the ability of a court to hear and decide a matter brought before it.
Jurisdiction
Audiovisual A/V
French cart service
Hundredweight (CWT)
45. The process whereby exhibitors receive a potential customer's contact information in a standardized manner. A system for capturing and following-up on leads generated at an exhibition.
Mediation
Concession
Lectern microphone
Lead retrieval
46. Final official listing of all passengers and/or cargo aboard a transportation vehicle or vessel.
Social host
LED Light Emitting Diode
Mic level
Manifest
47. Contractor appointed by event or building management as the sole agent to provide specific services or products.
Modified American Plan
Official carrier
B2B
Exclusive contractor
48. 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
Message board
Event-contracted block (ECB)
Radio frequency identification (RFID)
Release date
49. 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
Distance learning
Straight-row seating
Balance sheet
Professional
50. Procurement - maintenance and transportation of materials. Involves all related functions and services.
Event-contracted block (ECB)
Room block
Logistics
Rigging