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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. Method of doing research using a small group led by a facilitator.
Real-time
VHS Video Home System
Focus group
Combination bar
2. Process of translating one language into another while the speaker is speaking.
Peripheral block
Mic level
Certified Meeting Professional (CMP)
Simultaneous translation
3. Private room bar set up where guests do not pay for drinks.
Combination bar
B2B
Open bar (host bar)
Charter
4. A marketing plan should answer the question - What is the benefit to attending the event?
Cluster
Pad-wrapped
Value proposition
Multi-management firm
5. An ongoing effort by an organization to develop relationships with key media representatives before - during - and after an event.
Radio frequency identification (RFID)
Media relations
Business exchange
Incremental budgeting
6. An event that incoporates environmental considerations throughout all states of the planning process in order to minimize the negative impact on the environment.
Green event
Modified American Plan MAP
Cafeteria service
Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE)
7. Other names for event order (EO) - function sheet - or Banquet Event Order (BEO)
Style sheet
Function set-up order
Interview
LCD projector
8. Actual number of meals served at a catered meal function or in a restaurant. See AUDIENCE COUNT.
Social host
Interview
Flying
Covers
9. One of the advantages of a web-based event planning software solution or ASP is that clients already have the necessary tools available: a computer and a web browser. This familiar interface is cross-platforming - meaning that PCs - MACs - and large
Value-added tax (VAT)
Material handling
Interface
Stakeholder
10. A music licensing organization that represents individuals who hold the copyrights to music written in the United States. It grants licensing agreements for the performance of music.
Exclusive
Broadcast Music - Inc. (BMI)
Exhibitor service manual
Conflict of interest statement
11. All individuals who are invested in a project or event such as the sponsors - attendees - vendors - media and others.
Commission
Stakeholder
Event-contracted block (ECB)
Covers
12. Informative and instructional speech.
Slide
Lecture
Billing instructions
Lavaliere microphone
13. 1) Process of moving equipment and/or people from one point to another. 2) Transportation between terminals and hotels. 3) To copy a picture or sound that is transmitted by one recorder to another - or to make a tape copy from film.
Business exchange
Space assignment
Transfer
Straight time
14. Accredited designation offered by the National Speakers Association. This designation is earned for extensive - documented speaking experience and client satisfaction.
Gobo
Certified Speaking Professional (CSP)
T-shape set-up
Incremental budgeting
15. 1) Regeneration of sound from audio speakers back through a microphone causing a squealing sound. 2) Response about an activity - policy - or idea.
Teleconferencing
Feedback
Style
Pallet
16. 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
Acceptance
Relational databases
Certificate of insurance
Pay-per-view
17. 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.
Professional congress organizer (PCO)
Press release
Interface
Wireless microphone
18. The software that makes Webcasting work. These "stream" audio and video from a central source - or media server - to recipients on their personal computers.
Streaming
Complimentary
Videoconferencing
Incremental budgeting
19. Time worked by an employee outside of - or in addition to - regular working time or beyond the standard forty-hour workweek.
Exhibitor-appointed contractor (EAC)
Limited power of attorney
Overtime
Lead retrieval
20. Raised platform usually above the floor of a hall or large room.
ISDN
Marketing collateral
Rigging
Dais
21. 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
Distributed speaker system
Desktop videoconferenceing (DVC)
Zone fare
22. 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
Outboarding
Inducements
Skid
Limited power of attorney
23. Solicitation of opinions regarding services; questionnaire.
APEX
Accessibility
Survey
T-3 line
24. Wooden platform used to carry goods. See SKID.
In conjunction with (ICW)
Program design
Pallet
VHS Video Home System
25. Person or firm which is licensed and specializes in travel related arrangements - such booking hotel rooms - meals - transportation - cruises - tours - vacation packages and other travel elements.
Projector
Set-up
Travel agent
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
26. 1) The opposite of real-time. 2) Audio and/or video programming available on a Web site after the completion of an event - providing this content so Web site visitors can listen or view at their discretion. 3) FAX system for sending out faxed materia
Guest program
Streaming
On-demand
Pre-event meeting
27. 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
DSL
Lecture
Peripheral block
Kiosk
28. Business-to-Business.
B2B
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Schoolroom set-up
Broadband
29. Device used to compensate for undesired sound system characteristics or room acoustics.
Hospitality suite
Equalizer
Indirect costs
Cut-off date
30. Record of an event over time.
Smart form
APEX Post Event Report (PER)
History
Commerical invoice
31. Risk that an organization takes when dealing with foreign currency due to exchange rates fluctuating over time.
Common carrier
Cash bar
Gobo
Foreign exchange currency risk
32. 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
Audiovisual A/V
Direct billing
Trade show facilitation website
33. Food is plated in the kitchen and placed before the guest. Side dishes are used for bread and butter and salad. Food is served from the left - beverages from the right - and all items are removed from the right. This is generally the service used for
Internatinoal Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET)
Overhead
Return on investment ROI
American service
34. Proof of Registration - i.e. - a reservation number that will be accepted by the hotel holding the room.
Flying
Full American Plan
Hundredweight (CWT)
Confirmation number
35. 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
Less than truckload
Cash bar
Opt-out
Accrual accounting
36. An exhibit with aisles on three sides.
Sampling
Peninsula booth
Air waybill
Caterer
37. Assets minus liabilities.
National Speakers Association (NSA)
Decorator
Net worth
Contract
38. Ability to transmit huge volumes of voice and video over a network or the internet - without jumpy images.
Broadband
Lectern microphone
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
Seminar
39. A statement that indicates overall financial status by subtracting expenses from income.
Van line
Marketing plan
Balance sheet
Schoolroom set-up
40. Two or more computers or peripherals that are linked together for the purpose of sharing data.
Exhibitor-appointed contractor (EAC)
Network
Green event
Program design
41. Formalized statement of outcomes to be anticipated as a result of the educational process.
Objective
Post-event meeting
Rear projection
Indemnification clause
42. 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
Rooming list
Automated external defibrillator (AED)
Dram shop laws
Provision
43. Names and contact information of potential customers. Attendee lists are often provided as sales leads to exhibitors as an incentive to participate in an exhibition.
Sales lead
Sponsorship
Productivity ticket
Audiovisual A/V
44. 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.
French cart service
Colloquium
Teleconferencing
Booth
45. Net Profit divided by Net Worth. A financial ratio indicating the degree of profitability. To calculate - use event revenues minus program expenses divided by program expenses - multiplied by 100 to get the ROI %.
Survey
Facilitator
Exhibitor-appointed contractor (EAC)
Return on investment ROI
46. Booth/stand space assigned to exhibiting companies or meeting rooms assigned to event groups.
Clause
Space assignment
Fixed costs
Budget
47. Series of tables set up in the shape of the letter U with chairs set all around on one or both sides.
Russian banquet service
Breakout session
U-shape set-up
Destination Marketing Association International
48. A company that offers complete turnkey organization support for an event - including administrative and event management services.
Cafeteria service
Material handling (formerly drayage)
Foreign exchange currency risk
Multi-management firm
49. Foods are cooked tableside. Servers put the food on platters and present themt ot he seated guests who serve themselves. Russian service requires sufficient space between tables for the servers to move about freely.
Group specifications guide
Pipe & drape
Cluster
Russian restaurant service
50. Supplier of booth/stand equipment - rental furnishings - floor coverings - labor - drayage and signs for exhibitions and trade shows. See GENERAL SERVICE CONTRACTOR.
Exhibition service contractor
Broadcast Music - Inc. (BMI)
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