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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. A single source provider of goods or services.
One-stop shop
Provision
Speakers bureau
Buffet
2. A list showing the number and kinds of items being shipped - as well as other information needed for transportation purposes.
Packing list
Category cable
Production company
Stacked speaker system
3. 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
Continuing education
DVCam
Waiver of subrogation
PCMA Space Verification Program
4. Designated date when the facility will release a block of sleeping rooms to the general public. The date is typically three to four weeks before the event.
Gobo
Sub-block
Cut-off date
Continuing education
5. Two or more computers or peripherals that are linked together for the purpose of sharing data.
Network
Facilitator
Set top box solutions (STBS)
In conjunction with (ICW)
6. 1) The process of attaching the cable on a crane to a piece of machinery or equipment. 2) The process for hanging materials or signs.
Exhibit house
V-shape set-up
Rigging
Cluster
7. 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.
Modified American Plan MAP
Priority point system
Certificate of insurance
Stacked speaker system
8. AKA Pre-con meeting. A meeting at the primary facility at which an event will take place just prior to the event beginning. Attendees generally include the primary event organizer - representatives of the event organizer/host organization - departmen
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)
Wireless microphone
Poster session
Pre-event meeting
9. A group of rooms that is reserved by a party outside of the ECB but is present in the city as a result of the Main Event (for example - some exhibitors - some international tour groups). A Peripheral Block's consumed room nights should be credited to
PAR
Concession
Island booth
Peripheral block
10. 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.
DSL
Indirect costs
Line level
ducational programming committee
11. 1) Servers offer a variety of both hot and cold hors d'oeuvres on platters to guests at receptions. 2) A style of table service where guests serve themselves from platters presented by the server. 3) Specialized in-room service offered by a hotel.
DVCam
Exhibitor service manual
B2B
Butler service
12. Portable MICROPHONE operating on its own power source. Often used to pass through an audience for questions or comments. Also Called WIRELESS MICROPHONE.
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
Less than truckload
Wireless microphone
Distance learning
13. An individual who guides discussion and/or decision making.
Style sheet
Zero-based budgeting
Facilitator
CODEC
14. See BLANKET WRAP. Non-crated freight shipped via van line covered with protective blankets or padding.
Riser
Pad-wrapped
Shopping cart
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)
15. In-person on-site review and evaluation of a venue or location for an event.
2-D bar code
ite inspection
Document sharing
Post-event report PER
16. Airline company designated airline of choice for an event in exchange for special rates or services.
Cancellation Clause
Official carrier
Press conference
Flate rate
17. 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.
Smart card
NCR form
E-conferencing
Official carrier
18. Raised platform.
Post-event report PER
Floor plan
Focus group
Riser
19. Final official listing of all passengers and/or cargo aboard a transportation vehicle or vessel.
Full American Plan
Official carrier
Colloquium
Manifest
20. 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
Packing list
ducational programming committee
Post-event meeting
Rooming list
21. When a company tries to sell its product or service on the show floor without the permission or consent of the event's management.
Certification
Real-time
PAR
Suitcasing
22. Association of Destination Management Executives. A member of the Convention Industry Council.
Event specifications guide (ESG)
Audiovisual A/V
Network
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
23. Digital subscriber line. Brings high bandwidth via copper phone lines.
French cart service
DSL
DVCam
Production company
24. Labor performed and paid at standard rate for work during normal business hours as established by unions.
Straight time
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Open bar (host bar)
Fishbowl
25. Lifts - trusses - pipe or other freestanding devices used to raise sound - lighting or other equipment above the heads of attendees and to support it from the floor.
Mixer
Application service provider (ASP)
Authorized signatory
Ground support
26. An informal meeting for the purpose of discussion; usually of an academic or research nature and in order to ascertain areas of mutual interest through exchange of ideas. Conducted as and when convenient - but with little regularity.
Downlink
Colloquium
Marketing
Override
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
Net worth
Exclusive
Projector
Confrontation
28. 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.
Podcast
Professional congress organizer (PCO)
Accommodation
Covers
29. I&D. 1) The set-up and teardown of exhibits. 2) Firm that does I&D work.
Installation and dismantle (I&D)
Gobo
Relational databases
Deposit
30. Unpublished rates offered from the areas of the U.S. and Canada to specified event destinations; they do not require Saturday night stay over.
Shopping cart
Continental breakfast
CYC
Zone fare
31. Exhibit hours that do not overlap other programming - which encourages attendees to visit the exhibition and increases the value for exhibitors.
Unopposed exhibit hours
Omnidirectional microphone
Indirect costs
Commission
32. Educational and/or social events planned for spouses and guests of event participants.
Guest program
Sales lead
Travel agent
Force majeure
33. A seating arrangement with a row of seats on low risers around a BOARDROOM SET-UP. A very space-intensive set-up.
Act of God
T-1 line
Yield management
Two-tiered set-up
34. 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.
Smart form
Poster session
Air waybill
On consumption
35. An event that incoporates environmental considerations throughout all states of the planning process in order to minimize the negative impact on the environment.
American Bar Association (ABA)
Style
Green event
Exhibition manager
36. 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.
T-3 line
Mixer
Concession
Unopposed exhibit hours
37. A Web site that serves as a year-round online marketplace for buyers and sellers within a given marketplace. Such sites are also referred to as business-to-business (B2B) marketplaces - business-to-consumer (B2C) marketplaces or consumer-to-consumer
Set-up
Business exchange
Pallet
Income statement
38. Recognizing the possibility of injury - damage or loss - and having a means to prevent it or provide insurance.
Exhibitor service manual
Risk management
Balance sheet
Export license
39. An account (usually a number) to which expenses for a function or activity are charged.
Cost center
Evaluation
Walk
Shopping cart
40. An independent business which handles export shipments for compensation. At the request of the shipper - the forwarder makes the actual arrangements and provides the necessary services for expediting the shipment to its overseas destination. The forw
Freight forwarder
Colloquium
Riser
Lavaliere microphone
41. 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.
Caterer
Demonstration
Commission
Contract
42. 1) Regeneration of sound from audio speakers back through a microphone causing a squealing sound. 2) Response about an activity - policy - or idea.
Feedback
Chat room
Application service provider (ASP)
Pallet
43. Representatives of an event's exhibiting companies who act as advisers to show management on rules and procedures - and also update show management on industry trends and issues.
ISDN
Exhibitor Advisory Committee
Confrontation
Cut-off date
44. 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
Trade-out
Customs
Downlink
45. Light morning meal consisting of pastries - juices - and hot beverages. Usually served buffet style.
Continental breakfast
Application service provider (ASP)
Value-added tax (VAT)
Special event professional
46. A wired or wireless microphone that hooks around the neck or is clipped to clothing. Sometimes called a NECKLACE - LAPEL - or PENDANT MICROPHONE.
Exhibitor Advisory Committee
Lavaliere microphone
Publicity
History
47. Apparatus used for projecting photographic slides onto a screen. It will often have a remote (either wired or wireless) that can be used to advance the slides.
PAR
Slide
Distance learning
Publicity
48. Record of an event over time.
Skid
Publicity
History
Paid-out
49. 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.
Flate rate
Relational databases
Certified Speaking Professional (CSP)
Event profile
50. Automated External Defibrillator. Device installed in many large public areas (e.g. airports - hotels - convention centers). Can be used by any individual to administer life-saving care to person experiencing a heart attack.
Copy editor
Automated external defibrillator (AED)
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Gobo