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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. 1) Regeneration of sound from audio speakers back through a microphone causing a squealing sound. 2) Response about an activity - policy - or idea.
Download
Feedback
LCD projector
Contract
2. In-house facility form authorizing cash withdrawal to be charged to master account or individual guest.
Backwall
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Paid-out
Event specifications guide (ESG)
3. 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.
Value-added tax (VAT)
Group specifications guide
Familiarization (fam) trip
Export license
4. 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.
Hardwall
Chat room
Lead retrieval
Post-event meeting
5. 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.
Zone fare
lanning committee
PAR
Contract
6. An itemized statement furnished to a purchaser by a seller and usually specifying the price of goods or services and the terms of sale.
Ground support
Meet and greet
Liquidated damage clause
Commerical invoice
7. In which rows of tables with chairs face the front of a room and each person has a space for writing.
Lectern microphone
Download
Schoolroom set-up
Carnet
8. 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.
Green event
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
Flate rate
Backbone
9. Company which designs and handles some or all elements of incentive travel programs.
Incentive travel company
DSL
Site inspection
Survey
10. The transfer of monies into and out of an enterprise.
High season
Omnidirectional microphone
Cash flow
Set top box solutions (STBS)
11. Long range plan of action for a company or organization.
Strategic plan
Incentive travel company
General service contractor GSC
Export declaration
12. PER. 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
Post event report
Risk management
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
Walk
13. The inducement to a contract. The cause - motive - price - or impelling influence which induces a contracting party to enter a contract.
DSL
Media relations
Familiarization (fam) trip
Consideration
14. 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.
Schoolroom set-up
Integrated marketing
Citywide event
Ground support
15. Portable MICROPHONE operating on its own power source. Often used to pass through an audience for questions or comments. Also Called WIRELESS MICROPHONE.
Wireless microphone
Group ware
Walk
Direct billing
16. 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.
Business exchange
On consumption
Production company
Focus group
17. This pattern of service involves the use of serving pieces (usually silver); heating and garnishing of food table-side by a captain; and the serving of food on a heated plate - which is then served to the guest by a server. Plated entrees are usually
Convention services manager (CSM)
Lead retrieval
French cart service
Press kit
18. Process of translating one language into another while the speaker is speaking.
Accommodation
Audience reaction team
Simultaneous translation
History
19. AKA Group Travel Agency. Company specializing in planning and handling group travel.
Poster session
Contract
Provision
Travel agency
20. Raised horizontal surface - stage - or flooring.
Lead retrieval
Platform
Rider
Flying
21. Linear exhibits are generally 10' deep. They are offered in 10' or 15' widths and can be combined to create an exhibit of almost any length.
Professional congress organizer (PCO)
Linear booth
Intelligent lighting
Opt-in
22. Risk that an organization takes when dealing with foreign currency due to exchange rates fluctuating over time.
Foreign exchange currency risk
Force majeure
Continuing Education Unit (CEU)
Category cable
23. Expenses that vary based upon various factors - such as the number of attendees .
Opt-out
Variable costs
Truckload
Contract
24. In-person on-site review and evaluation of a venue or location for an event.
Site inspection
ducational programming committee
Copy editor
Hardwall
25. Required for shipments valued at more than $2500; used by the U.S. government to monitor the dollar volume of export shipments.
Stakeholder
Overhead
Export declaration
Advance deposit
26. Placing plated foods on banquet tables prior to seating guests.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Pre-set
Walk
Speakers bureau
27. 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
Point-to-multipoint videoconference
Focus group
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
Arbitration
28. International Association for Continuing Education and Training.
Whiteboarding
Peninsula booth
Internatinoal Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET)
Request for proposal (RFP)
29. A person who is authorized to legally bind an individual or organization to a contract - to sign checks on behalf of an organization - or charge to an organization's master account.
Cash flow
Booth
Real-time
Authorized signatory
30. An encrypted file that authenticates the source of financial data - usually for an online credit card transaction.
Secure digital certificate
Desktop videoconferenceing (DVC)
Export declaration
Marshalling yard
31. Transportation for participants; usually by coach or van - provided on a continuous basis for a certain time period.
Full American Plan
Professional
Shuttle service
Low season
32. Items that an exhibitor is allowed to carry unaided into a event facility without being charged.
Hand carry
Event profile
Modified American Plan
Customs
33. 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
Group ware
Fiber-optic cable
Incentive travel company
Straight-row seating
34. 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.
Mixer
Program design
Meeting Information Network (MINT)
Charter
35. Business-to-Business.
Platform
B2B
Distributed speaker system
Digital marketing
36. 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.
Mixer
Union
Mailing list
Special event professional
37. 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.
Video projection
Mitigation
Webcast
Application service provider (ASP)
38. Multi-page pressure-sensitive form where multiple copies are made by writing on the top copy of the form. NCR stands for No-Carbon Required.
NCR form
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
Priority point system
Arbitration
39. Record of an event over time.
Mag-stripe
Media relations
Press conference
History
40. Weblogs or online journals. An application that may change the face of event marketing.
Commerical invoice
Slide
Balance sheet
Blog
41. Event held to communicate information to media representatives.
Set top box solutions (STBS)
Press conference
Charter
Booking agent
42. Private room bar set up where guests do not pay for drinks.
Category cable
Ultraviolet lighting
Open bar (host bar)
Exclusive
43. Direct mail promotional materials sent to current and prospective exhibitors to encourage participation and promote the benefits of exhibiting in a specific show. Contains information about technical points - cost of exhibition space - floor plan of
Butler service
Schoolroom set-up
Exhibitor prospectus
Sampling
44. A supplier of a specific event service - such as photography - rental of furniture or audiovisual equipment - or floral decoration.
Specialty contractor
Buffet
Foreign exchange currency risk
Contract
45. 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.
Bandwidth
Booking agent
Sampling
Rigging
46. 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)
APEX
American Bar Association (ABA)
Line level
47. 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.
Intelligent lighting
Export declaration
Professional congress organizer (PCO)
Mixer
48. Seating arrangement in which seats are in rows facing the stage area - no tables. See AUDITORIUM SET-UP.
Theater set-up
Intelligent lighting
Mic level
Seminar
49. This beverage service includes both cash-bar and open-bar concepts. Guests are issued a certain number of tickets for free drinks and are then required to purchase additional drinks if desired.
Projector
Platform
Guest program
Combination bar
50. Service for meeting and greeting a person upon arrival in a city - usually at the airport - pier or rail station and assisting him or her with entrance formalities - collecting baggage and obtaining transportation.
Complimentary room
Priority point system
Meet and greet
Program design