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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. 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
CODEC
Caterer
Radio frequency identification (RFID)
Certificate of origin
2. (Unshielded Twisted Pair Cable or UTP) Usually referred to as Cat 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 or 5 cable. Cat 5 transmits data the fastest. Fast Ethernet requires enhanced Cat 5 cable or Cat 5 to operate at its full potential.
Mediation
Category cable
Russian banquet service
Interface
3. A meeting of a number of experts in a particular field - at which papers are presented and discussed by specialists on particular subjects with a view to making recommendations concerning the problems under discussion.
Packing list
Good faith
Guest program
Symposium
4. A document provided by an insurance company as proof that a policy has been issued and coverage is in effect.
Backbone
Provision
Certificate of insurance
Etiquette
5. Web browser-based videoconferencing.
Credit card badge
Webconferencing
Exclusive contractor
Productivity ticket
6. 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.
Promotion
Accrual accounting
Barrier-free
Attrition clause
7. A media campaign - normally consisting of a series of public notices and advertising activities - aimed at ensuring maximum attendance by focusing attention on an event.
General liability insurance
Objective
Group ware
Publicity
8. 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.
Travel agency
ducational programming committee
Exhibitor prospectus
History
9. The rooms that are contracted for by an event organizer with a hotel(s) or housing facility(s) for a particular event.
Non-performance
DSL
Event-contracted block (ECB)
Evaluation
10. Downloadable audio and video programs playable on MP3 players. This type of application may change the face of event marketing.
Exhibitor service manual
Complimentary room
Podcast
Floor plan
11. 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.
Convention center
Online registration
Flate rate
Russian restaurant service
12. Type of meeting which brings together three or more people in two or more locations through telecommunications.
Teleconferencing
Tip
Shuttle service
Intelligent lighting
13. An event that requires the use of a convention center or event complex - as well as multiple hotels in the host city.
Banquet event order (BEO)
Target date
Cash bar
Citywide event
14. Formalized statement of outcomes to be anticipated as a result of the educational process.
Objective
Housing company
Reservation review date
Buzz session
15. A voluntary and selective amount of money - given at will for special or excellent service.
Tip
National Speakers Association (NSA)
Backwall
Indirect costs
16. A list of special spellings - terms and style points to be used consistently in publications related to an event.
Zone fare
Linear booth
Style sheet
Cash bar
17. Weblogs or online journals. An application that may change the face of event marketing.
U-shape set-up
Riser
Blog
Application service provider (ASP)
18. A bill of lading issued by the airline that covers both domestic and international flights transporting goods to a specified destination. Technically - it is a non-negotiable instrument of air transport that serves as a receipt for the shipper - indi
French cart service
Videoconferencing
Packing list
Air waybill
19. A speaker system that is typically used in ballrooms - exhibit hall venues - etc - and are most appropriate for voice reproduction.
Distributed speaker system
Automated external defibrillator (AED)
Event specifications guide (ESG)
Music licensing
20. 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.
Mediation
Space assignment
Certificate of origin
Contract
21. A voluntary payment added to a bill (e.g. a restaurant check) - to signify good service.
Pallet
Gratuity
Program design
Two-tiered set-up
22. A discussion which takes place within a meeting - a public or private sitting or in one of the various types of assembly or meeting.
American service
Debate
Room-based videoconferencing
Fixed costs
23. A Web-site whose primary function is to provide attendees (buyers) and exhibitors (sellers) with online tools that help facilitate participation in an upcoming event.
Good faith
Trade show facilitation website
Waiver of subrogation
Consideration
24. A stand upon which a speaker may rest notes or books. May be "standing -" which rests on the floor - or "table-top" which is placed on a table. Often confused with PODIUM.
Message board
Multi-management firm
Lectern
Customs broker
25. Private room bar set up where guests pay for drinks individually.
Trade show facilitation website
Slide
Income statement
Cash bar
26. A seating arrangement with a row of seats on low risers around a BOARDROOM SET-UP. A very space-intensive set-up.
Concession
Press kit
Audiovisual A/V
Two-tiered set-up
27. Absence of obstacles preventing handicapped persons from moving freely to all public areas within a building.
Barrier-free
Schoolroom set-up
Podcast
Risk management
28. A contract clause in which one party agrees to pay damages or claims that the other party may be required to pay to another. For example - if a hotel is sued by an attendee that is injured at an event due to the fault of the group - an indemnificatio
History
Application sharing
Indemnification clause
Multi-management firm
29. Certified Special Event Professional; an earned designation from the International Special Events Society (ISES).
Citywide event
B2B
Consular invoice
Certified Special Event Professional (CSEP)
30. Sequential numbering as part of a total number of pieces indicated on each package - carton - or crate. For example - box number 2 of 12.
Lot labeling
Fishbowl
Unopposed exhibit hours
Room-based videoconferencing
31. Business-to-Business.
Yield management
Balance sheet
B2B
Blog
32. Booth/stand space with aisles on all four sides.
Event-contracted block (ECB)
Island booth
Line level
Cancellation Clause
33. List of names and addresses of the persons to whom publicity material or other information is to be sent.
Continuing Legal Education (CLE)
Modified American Plan MAP
Mailing list
Market segments
34. 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
Unopposed exhibit hours
Online registration
Full American Plan
35. 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.
Continuing Education Unit (CEU)
Mag-stripe
Cash accounting
LCD projector
36. Complimentary tickets awarded by the official airline after the event according to the number of attendees who used the airline.
Waiver of subrogation
Relational databases
Debate
Productivity ticket
37. Items that an exhibitor is allowed to carry unaided into a event facility without being charged.
Accessibility
Hand carry
Air waybill
Survey
38. Part of a cancellation clause that outlines the amount of damages to be paid to the noncelling party in the event of a cancellation.
Value proposition
Liquidated damage clause
E-conferencing
Cut-off date
39. The point at which revenues are equal to expenses.
Confirmation number
Outsourcing
Radio frequency identification (RFID)
Break-even point
40. MICROPHONE that picks up sound from all directions.
International event
Gobo
Event profile
Omnidirectional microphone
41. Period when the demand for a supplier's product or service is highest. Prices general increase in high season.
Act of God
Front projection
Incremental budgeting
High season
42. One or more standard units of exhibit space. In the US - a standard unit is generally known to be a 10' x 10' space (one standard booth/stand unit - equaling 100 nsf). However - if an exhibitor purchases multiple units side-by-side or back-to-back -
Booth
Liability
Style sheet
Balance sheet
43. 1) Some Web-based content such as event Webcasts are made available to online customers on a pay-per-view basis - which means that customers have to pay to access this programming. 2) Video productions accessible to customers who pay for access to th
Pay-per-view
Customs broker
Dais
Authorized signatory
44. 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.
Post-event meeting
Chart of accounts
Customs
Travel agent
45. 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
Fishbowl
Network
Sub-block
Rooming list
46. Series of tables set up in the shape of the block T with chairs set all around except at the head table.
Cut-off date
Advance registration
Waiver of subrogation
T-shape set-up
47. Marketing tools or programs used to influence buying patterns and build customer loyalty.
Application service provider (ASP)
lanning committee
Lifelong learning
Inducements
48. An apparatus for projecting a picture on a screen. Whether the device is an overhead projector - data (LCD) projector - slide projector - or a film projector - it is usually referred to as simply a projector.
Projector
French banquet service
Focus group
American Plan (Full American Plan)
49. Digital subscriber line. Brings high bandwidth via copper phone lines.
DSL
Cluster
Seminar
CODEC
50. An alternative plan that may replace the original plan when circumstances change.
Foreign exchange currency risk
Cut-off date
Simultaneous translation
Contingency plan