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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. 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.
Contract
Function set-up order
Trade-out
Yield management
2. 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.
Breakout session
Continuing Legal Education (CLE)
Audit
Distributed speaker system
3. 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.
Unopposed exhibit hours
Stand
Program design
Professional congress organizer (PCO)
4. The point at which revenues are equal to expenses.
LED Light Emitting Diode
Cut-off date
Break-even point
Pre-set
5. 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
Trade show facilitation website
Waiver of subrogation
Exhibit house
2-D bar code
6. A black light used to make phosphorescent and fluorescent paints glow in the dark.
Link
APEX
Ultraviolet lighting
Tip
7. Permits the customs broker to complete the customs document upon the return of your shipment to the country of origin. A Power of Attorney allows one person to act as agent for another. A Limited Power of Attorney grants the right to act in only limi
Limited power of attorney
Gobo
Podcast
Inducements
8. 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
Broadcast Music - Inc. (BMI)
Event profile
Yield management
Pre-registration
9. Raised platform.
T-3 line
Reservation review date
Service charge
Riser
10. 1) Banquet Russian: The food is fully prepared in the kitchen. All courses are served either from platters or an escoffier dish. Tureens are used for soup and special bowls for salad. The server places the proper plate in front of the guest. After th
Exclusive
Russian banquet service
Front projection
Destination Marketing Association International
11. AP. A type of hotel rate that includes the price of the room and all meals. Also Called FULL AMERICAN PLAN (FAP).
American Plan (Full American Plan)
Group ware
Accrual accounting
Meet and greet
12. An alternative procedure that can be specified in contracts instead of going through the process of filing a complaint and pursuing the claim in court.
Rebates
Certified Speaking Professional (CSP)
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
Needs assessment
13. 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
Booth
Uplink
B2B
Group specifications guide
14. Company which designs and handles some or all elements of incentive travel programs.
Scoop
Incentive travel company
Meeting Information Network (MINT)
Music licensing
15. A discussion which takes place within a meeting - a public or private sitting or in one of the various types of assembly or meeting.
Debate
Broadcast Music - Inc. (BMI)
Publicity
Buzz session
16. 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
Press release
Market segments
PAR
Fiber-optic cable
17. 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.
Real-time
Transfer
Booth
Export declaration
18. 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
Set top box solutions (STBS)
Destination Marketing Association International
Contingency plan
National Speakers Association (NSA)
19. A return of part of a payment.
Simultaneous translation
Rebates
Program design
Complimentary
20. Series of tables set up in the shape of the block T with chairs set all around except at the head table.
Freight forwarder
T-shape set-up
Front projection
Customs
21. A detailed section of a contract pertaining to a specific issue.
Press conference
Budget
Clause
Webcast
22. The inducement to a contract. The cause - motive - price - or impelling influence which induces a contracting party to enter a contract.
Attrition clause
Consideration
Interface
Internatinoal Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET)
23. 1) Any seat - berth - room - or service provided and/or sold to a guest - attendee or passenger. 2) Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - a step taken to allow a person with a disability to participate in an event or employment.
Floor plan
Press kit
Accommodation
Butler service
24. A detailed list of the individual line items that make up the revenue and expense categories in a budget. A numbering system used to identify every line item in a budget - so income and expenses are posted to the correct accounts.
Objective
Rider
Quick set
Chart of accounts
25. Required for shipments valued at more than $2500; used by the U.S. government to monitor the dollar volume of export shipments.
Hospitality suite
Booking agent
ite inspection
Export declaration
26. 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.
Schoolroom set-up
Style sheet
Inducements
Protocol
27. A system in which revenue and expenses are counted as they are actually received.
Guest program
Commerical invoice
Flying
Cash accounting
28. 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.
Webcast
Attrition clause
Slide
Value proposition
29. The amount of information that can be transmitted in an information channel such as a telephone line - ISDN - or Ethernet. Higher bandwidth means that images and sound will load more quickly for use in videoconferences or on the Internet.
Strategic plan
Override
Zone fare
Bandwidth
30. Certified Professional Catering Executive. A certification program offered by the National Association of Catering Executives (NACE).
Space assignment
Certified Professional Catering Executive (CPCE)
Cluster
Schoolroom set-up
31. 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.
2-D bar code
Manifest
Walk
Travel agent
32. An event that requires the use of a convention center or event complex - as well as multiple hotels in the host city.
Mag-stripe
Bandwidth
Conference center
Citywide event
33. Executive responsible for financial affairs of an organization.
Exclusive
Network
Bid
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
34. Two or more computers or peripherals that are linked together for the purpose of sharing data.
Production company
Commerical invoice
Network
Offer
35. The type of platform that multi-purpose technology solutions designed to handle many event planning and management tasks are built on. They range in price from a few hundred dollars for a basic single-user program to hundreds of thousands of dollars
Good faith
Less than truckload
Mic level
Relational databases
36. A statement of estimated revenues and expenditures for a specified period of time; divided into subject categories and arranged by principal areas of revenue and expense.
Interface
Budget
Exhibitor service manual
Intelligent lighting
37. Company that fabricates displays.
Exhibit house
Rear projection
Mic level
Bid
38. 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.
Certified Professional Catering Executive (CPCE)
French banquet service
Rider
Smart form
39. 1) Pallet. 2) Wooden platform used to support machinery or a collection of objects for easier handling. 3) Thick wood blocks attached to crates which allow forklift access for easier handling. 4) Wood runners protecting the exterior of a shipping cas
Marketing collateral
Skid
Flate rate
Pre-event meeting
40. 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
Workshop
Mixer
Exclusive
Risk management
41. AKA Group Travel Agency. Company specializing in planning and handling group travel.
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)
Travel agency
Credit card badge
Manifest
42. Sequential numbering as part of a total number of pieces indicated on each package - carton - or crate. For example - box number 2 of 12.
Catering manager
Pad-wrapped
Feedback
Lot labeling
43. A list showing the number and kinds of items being shipped - as well as other information needed for transportation purposes.
Packing list
Charter
Authorized signatory
Post event report
44. The software that makes Webcasting work. These "stream" audio and video from a central source - or media server - to recipients on their personal computers.
Confrontation
Customs broker
Streaming
Linear booth
45. The presenter is questioned by a moderator on behalf of the audience.
Interview
Barrier-free
Straight-row seating
Function set-up order
46. MICROPHONE that picks up sound from all directions.
Omnidirectional microphone
Accessibility
Less than truckload
Evaluation
47. Accredited designation offered by the National Speakers Association. This designation is earned for extensive - documented speaking experience and client satisfaction.
Copy editor
Certified Speaking Professional (CSP)
Pre-registration
Travel agency
48. Private dispute resolution process - Often referred to as alternate dispute resolution - in which the parties agree to submit their dispute to an impartial third party for a decision. Depending on the type of arbitration - the arbitrator's decision m
Cost center
Arbitration
Hardwall
Liability
49. 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.
Commerical invoice
Schedule of services
Van line
Butler service
50. A list - whether printed or electronic - by which an event organizer and/or their designates (e.g. a housing bureau) delivers multiple reservations to a hotel or other housing facility. Often the information contained in a rooming list is originally
Front projection
Rooming list
Confrontation
Promotion