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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. A seating arrangement with a row of seats on low risers around a BOARDROOM SET-UP. A very space-intensive set-up.
Overtime
Two-tiered set-up
Break-even point
Exhibitor-appointed contractor (EAC)
2. Transfer a file from a host computer to your computer.
Download
Customs broker
Videoconferencing
T-3 line
3. 1) An accounting method that enters income and expenses into the books at the time of contract versus when payment is received or expenses incurred (cash accounting). 2) A system in which revenue and expenses are accounted for as soon as they are com
Accrual accounting
Continuing Legal Education (CLE)
In conjunction with (ICW)
Relational databases
4. A videoconference of more than two sites.
Full American Plan
Broadcast Music - Inc. (BMI)
Point-to-multipoint videoconference
International event
5. Period when the demand for a supplier's product or service is neither high nor low.
Shoulder season
Distributed speaker system
Accessibility
Speakers bureau
6. 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.
Pre-set
Provision
Smart form
Convention center
7. Certified Special Event Professional; an earned designation from the International Special Events Society (ISES).
Consular invoice
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
Certified Special Event Professional (CSEP)
Arbitration
8. 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
Open bar (host bar)
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
Wireless microphone
CODEC
9. Movie - slide - or computer image presentation where the screen is between the viewer and the projector. Often used in terms of a FRONT PROJECTION SCREEN which is translucent to images being projected from the rear and can be viewed from the front.
CODEC
Rear projection
Budget
Kiosk
10. Also called overhead or administrative costs - these are expenses not directly related to the event. They can include salaries - rent - and building and equipment maintenance.
Covers
NCR form
Indirect costs
Non-performance
11. 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
Videoconferencing
Event profile
Release date
LCD projector
12. 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
Post-event report PER
Russian restaurant service
Transfer
Riser
13. A sleeping room or function room provided to an individual or organization at no cost. See COMPLIMENTARY RATIO.
Flying
Conflict of interest statement
Peninsula booth
Complimentary room
14. The right granted by one party to let a another party use live or recorded music through special agreements and fee structures.
Music licensing
CYC
lanning committee
APEX Post Event Report (PER)
15. 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.
Point-to-multipoint videoconference
Certification
Virtual conferencing
Slide
16. Guest holding confirmed sleeping room reservation is denied accommodations at the hotel where to reservation is held upon their arrival and is relocated to another hotel.
Walk
Buffet
Theater set-up
Needs assessment
17. 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.
Speakers bureau
Continuing Education Unit (CEU)
Meet and greet
Cost center
18. A manner of behavior that touches all elements of communication and the way that we interact with customers and colleagues.
Sampling
Cancellation or Interruption Insurance
Etiquette
APEX Post Event Report (PER)
19. 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
Peripheral block
Consideration
Platform
20. A labor organization - typically made up of workers from the same trade formed for the purpose of advancing its members' interests such as dealing collectively with their employer on issues of wages - hours - working conditions and other matters pert
Casual attire
Whiteboarding
Pad-wrapped
Union
21. Insurance that protects a event organizer against financial loss or expenses incurred when contractually specified perils necessitate canceling or relocating a event - or cause a reduction in attendance.
Schedule of services
Cancellation or Interruption Insurance
Special event professional
Video projection
22. 1) Exclusive use of all or some space on an airplane - bus - ship - or other vehicle for a special period of time and for a specific itinerary. 2) To create a new association - organization or chapter of an association or organization.
Omnidirectional microphone
Wireless microphone
American service
Charter
23. 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.
T-1 line
Bandwidth
Booth
VHS Video Home System
24. An advanced partial payment to secure product or service.
Deposit
Event specifications guide (ESG)
Incremental budgeting
Post-con
25. 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
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)
Network
B2B
26. 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
Certification
Open bar (host bar)
Pre-event meeting
Internatinoal Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET)
27. A single source provider of goods or services.
One-stop shop
Network
Backbone
Bandwidth
28. 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
Social host
Fiber-optic cable
Straight time
Exhibitor prospectus
29. Ability to transmit huge volumes of voice and video over a network or the internet - without jumpy images.
Smart form
Broadband
Cluster
Set-up
30. A statement that indicates overall financial status by subtracting expenses from income.
Balance sheet
Linear booth
Etiquette
Casual attire
31. Devices that help people who are hard of hearing connect to the speaker system and use their hearing aids to hear the speaker more clearly.
Ground support
Assisted listening devices (ALD)
Audit
Style sheet
32. An email - bulk fax - or bulk mail broadcast that provides attendees and prospects with the latest news and information about an upcoming event. Such reminders are usually distributed on an opt-in basis. See EMAIL ALERT.
Green event
Conference reminder
Ground support
Travel agency
33. 1) A food service vendor - often used to describe a vendor who specializes in banquets and theme parties. 2) An exclusive food & beverage contractor within a facility.
Space assignment
Caterer
Professional congress organizer (PCO)
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
34. A company that offers complete turnkey organization support for an event - including administrative and event management services.
Housing company
Inducements
Radio frequency identification (RFID)
Multi-management firm
35. Series of tables set up in the shape of the block T with chairs set all around except at the head table.
Multi-point bridge
Balance sheet
Rider
T-shape set-up
36. A feature of many videoconferencing systems that allows two or more people to use the same software program - even if all do not have it on their computer or conferencing system.
Certified Meeting Professional (CMP)
Cash flow
Release date
Application sharing
37. An event that draws a national and international audience. Typically 15% or more of attendees reside outside of the host country.
Good faith
Blog
National Speakers Association (NSA)
International event
38. Official authorization or approval; to provide with credentials; to send (an envoy) with letters of authorization; to recognize or vouch for as conforming with a standard; to recognize a college as maintaining academic standards; to consider or recog
Customs broker
Accreditation
Outsourcing
Cash flow
39. In-house facility form authorizing cash withdrawal to be charged to master account or individual guest.
Transfer
Paid-out
Authorized signatory
Carnet
40. Continuning education requirements for legal professionals are adminstered by the American Bar Association (ABA).
Videoconferencing
DVCam
High season
Continuing Legal Education (CLE)
41. A needs assessment is an essential setp in ensuring that educational offerings are relevant to attendees. The results of post-event evaluations can be as valuable as a needs assessment.
Integrated marketing
Lavaliere microphone
Needs assessment
Application sharing
42. A document - required by some countries - describing a shipment of goods and showing information such as the consignor - consignee - and value of the shipment. Certified by a consular official of the foreign country - it is used by that country's cus
Teleconferencing
Mag-stripe
Space assignment
Consular invoice
43. The rooms that are contracted for by an event organizer with a hotel(s) or housing facility(s) for a particular event.
Chat room
General liability insurance
Event-contracted block (ECB)
Point-to-multipoint videoconference
44. 1) The back wall (either hardwall or draped) of a perimeter - booth/stand/exhibit - or inline. 2) Panel arrangement at rear of booth/stand area.
Sponsorship
Backwall
Certified Speaking Professional (CSP)
Lifelong learning
45. Designated day when the facility will release a block of sleeping rooms to the general public.
Copy editor
Message board
Demonstration
Reservation review date
46. 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
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Freight forwarder
Pro number
American Society of Composers - Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
47. Raising and supporting sound - lighting or other equipment or décor from the ceiling.
Quick set
Flying
Kiosk
Complimentary room
48. Facility that combines an exhibition space with a substantial number of smaller event spaces. The purpose of these buildings is to host trade shows - public shows - conventions - large food functions and other functions related to the convention indu
Convention center
Audience polling
Inducements
Mitigation
49. Casting video images on monitors or on large screen.
Material handling (formerly drayage)
Rider
Commerical invoice
Video projection
50. 1) Way in which a function room is arranged. 2) Erecting displays - installation - or - articles in their assembled condition. 3) Mixers - fruit - and glassware accompanying a liquor order.
Rounded hollow square
Interface
Audience reaction team
Set-up