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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. The inducement to a contract. The cause - motive - price - or impelling influence which induces a contracting party to enter a contract.
Uplink
Consideration
Bid
Smart card
2. Transportation for participants; usually by coach or van - provided on a continuous basis for a certain time period.
ISDN
In conjunction with (ICW)
Shuttle service
Audience reaction team
3. 1) Broadly - one who acts or has the power to act: more usually - one that acts as the representative of another. Most frequently in travel - a specific kind of agent such as a retail travel agent. 2) Person that obtains engagements for entertainers
Multi-management firm
Booking agent
Post-con
Air waybill
4. Digital light processor data/video projectors were developed with an entirely new processor using microscopic mirrors to recreate video images and display them in a number of settings. These projectors picked up where LCD left off by reproducing vide
Yield management
Production company
DLP projector
Group ware
5. Integrated services digital network. A single ISDN line carries data at 128 Kbps. Although video conferences are possible at slower speeds - ISDN is considered to be the minimum for acceptable-quality video transmission.
ISDN
Needs assessment
Professional congress organizer (PCO)
Rigging
6. 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.
Mitigation
American Plan (Full American Plan)
Exclusive
Continuing Legal Education (CLE)
7. An itemized statement furnished to a purchaser by a seller and usually specifying the price of goods or services and the terms of sale.
Customs
Commerical invoice
Network
Demonstration
8. 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.
Ground support
E-conferencing
Facilitator
Special event professional
9. 1) Banquet Russian: The food is fully prepared in the kitchen. All courses are served either from platters or an escoffier dish. Tureens are used for soup and special bowls for salad. The server places the proper plate in front of the guest. After th
Cut-off date
Russian banquet service
Manifest
Marshalling yard
10. To neglect to carry out an agreement.
Certificate of origin
Value proposition
Non-performance
American Society of Composers - Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
11. The organization providing alcohol to guests.
Etiquette
Social host
Assisted listening devices (ALD)
International event
12. In Conjunction With. An event or function that occurs because of another event.
Resolution
Pipe & drape
In conjunction with (ICW)
Linear booth
13. Method of doing research using a small group led by a facilitator.
Familiarization (fam) trip
Webcast
Focus group
Assisted listening devices (ALD)
14. 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
Travel agency
Post event report
On-demand
Commerical invoice
15. 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
In conjunction with (ICW)
Accessibility
Exclusive
Business exchange
16. 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.
Automated external defibrillator (AED)
Room-based videoconferencing
Lead retrieval
Zone fare
17. Web browser-based videoconferencing.
Force majeure
Flying
Liability
Webconferencing
18. Audio unit by which sound signals from all sources feed into one system; allows for dissimilar inputs (microphone and line) to be combined and controlled into one output.
Distance learning
Colloquium
Mixer
Publicity
19. When a company tries to sell its product or service on the show floor without the permission or consent of the event's management.
Platform
Opt-out
Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE)
Suitcasing
20. 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.
Assisted listening devices (ALD)
Attrition clause
Cancellation Clause
Balance sheet
21. Assortment of foods - offered on a table - self-served.
Stand
Complimentary
Buffet
Marketing collateral
22. Two or more computers or peripherals that are linked together for the purpose of sharing data.
Specialty contractor
Broadband
Network
Master account
23. EAC. Any company other than the designated "official" contractor providing a service to an exhibitor. Can refer to an Install & Dismantle Company (I&D House) - photographer - florist or any other type of contractor.
Exhibitor-appointed contractor (EAC)
Opt-out
Caterer
Floor plan
24. The projection of a computer signal from a personal computer - laptop or other computer device onto a screen from a LCD or equivalent projector for viewing by audience.
Line array
Computer data projection
Lectern
Act of God
25. An individual who guides discussion and/or decision making.
Poster session
Booking agent
Facilitator
Concession
26. Services performed by GENERAL SERVICE CONTRACTOR that includes delivery of exhibit materials from the dock to assigned space - removing empty crates - returning crates at the end of the event for re-crating - and delivering materials back to the dock
American Bar Association (ABA)
Cancellation or Interruption Insurance
Material handling
Hardwall
27. 1) Publicizing an event. See PUBLICITY. 2) An advancement in rank or position.
National Speakers Association (NSA)
Promotion
International event
Risk management
28. 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.
Strategic plan
Russian restaurant service
Indirect costs
Backbone
29. 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 -
Blog
Booth
Opt-in
Reservation review date
30. 1) The act of showing how to do something. 2) A group of individuals organized to picket or protest against a group using placards - literature - songs - shouts and - sometimes - marches or sit-ins.
Stakeholder
Cafeteria service
Demonstration
Logistics
31. 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.
Zone fare
Outboarding
Simultaneous translation
2-D bar code
32. An audio signal generated by a microphone.
Unopposed exhibit hours
Mic level
Booth
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
33. A document that stipulates what services the organization wants from an outside contractor and requests a bid to perform such services. Same As BID MANUAL/SPECIFICATIONS.
Confrontation
APEX RFP
Billing instructions
Hold harmless
34. Preferred term for the specific person responsible for all aspects of planning - promoting - and producing an exhibition. Also Called SHOW MANAGER - SHOW ORGANIZER.
Destination management company (DMC)
Exhibition manager
Radio frequency identification (RFID)
Set-up
35. Transmitting data at speeds of up to 1.544 Mbps - operates at a much higher capacity than an ISDN line and can be split to accommodate several users at one time (known as a fractional T-1).
Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE)
Cost center
T-1 line
Leko
36. A methodical examination and review of records pertaining to an event. For instance - an independent verification of attendance figures submitted by an exhibition's producers.
Audit
Sampling
Pad-wrapped
Contract
37. Informative and instructional speech.
Citywide event
DSL
Flying
Lecture
38. In-person on-site review and evaluation of a venue or location for an event.
National Speakers Association (NSA)
Publicity
Site inspection
Room-based videoconferencing
39. A self-contained unit with a LCD (liquid crystal display) panel - light source and lens that works with both PC and Mac computers and duplicates the image being shown on the monitor without any need for special software or complex setting up.
Smart form
Income statement
Meet and greet
LCD projector
40. The type of platform that multi-purpose technology solutions designed to handle many event planning and management tasks are built on. They range in price from a few hundred dollars for a basic single-user program to hundreds of thousands of dollars
Relational databases
Exhibitor Advisory Committee
Continuing education
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
41. 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.
Network
Contingency plan
Multidisciplinary
Flate rate
42. Transfer a file from a host computer to your computer.
Continuing Legal Education (CLE)
Download
Line array
Scoop
43. Comp. Service - space or item provided at no charge.
Copy editor
Arbitration
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Complimentary
44. Executive responsible for financial affairs of an organization.
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Exhibition manager
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Bandwidth
45. A discussion which takes place within a meeting - a public or private sitting or in one of the various types of assembly or meeting.
Continental breakfast
Balance sheet
Debate
Online registration
46. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers. A membership organization that represents individuals who hold the copyrights to music written in the United States and grants licensing agreements for the performance of that music.
Specialty contractor
American Society of Composers - Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
B2B
Platform
47. A statement that indicates overall financial status by subtracting expenses from income.
Certified Professional Catering Executive (CPCE)
Intelligent lighting
Workshop
Balance sheet
48. Risk that an organization takes when dealing with foreign currency due to exchange rates fluctuating over time.
Marketing collateral
Broadband
Foreign exchange currency risk
Export declaration
49. 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.
VHS Video Home System
Pre-set
Chart of accounts
Etiquette
50. Video tape recorder and player utilizing ½-inch (1.27 centimeter) tape. Not compatible with beta format.
VHS Video Home System
Trade-out
Lot labeling
Webcast