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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. Items that an exhibitor is allowed to carry unaided into a event facility without being charged.
Master account
Internatinoal Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET)
Cost center
Hand carry
2. 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.
Professional congress organizer (PCO)
Paid-out
Credit card badge
Walk
3. Carrier that specializes in shipping uncrated exhibits - high-tech equipment and delicate materials that require special handling.
Contract
Green event
Demonstration
Van line
4. When a company contracts space at a hotel or other adjacent venue to display their products and meet with exhibition attendees without paying show management for booth space or sponsorship fees.
Exhibitor prospectus
Outboarding
Specialty contractor
Familiarization (fam) trip
5. (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.
Rider
Objective
Category cable
Automated external defibrillator (AED)
6. An electronic message center or online discussion group - usually serving a special-interest group. They allow you to review messages left by others - and leave your own message if you choose. Also known as bulletin board systems or electronic forum.
Group specifications guide
Incentive travel company
Message board
Speakers bureau
7. Americans with Disabilities Act. U.S. legislation passed in 1992 requiring public buildings (offices - hotels - restaurants - etc.) to make adjustments meeting minimum standards to make their facilities accessible to individuals with physical disabil
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Sales lead
Covers
Common carrier
8. 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).
Housing company
Marshalling yard
T-1 line
Opt-out
9. Final official listing of all passengers and/or cargo aboard a transportation vehicle or vessel.
Manifest
Quick set
Bid
Provision
10. The organization who provides accrediation for Continuing Medical Education (CME).
Mitigation
Convention services manager (CSM)
Complimentary
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)
11. This beverage service includes both cash-bar and open-bar concepts. Guests are issued a certain number of tickets for free drinks and are then required to purchase additional drinks if desired.
Tone
Combination bar
Style sheet
Pad-wrapped
12. Structured educational and training experiences for personal or professional development.
V-shape set-up
Lead retrieval
Truckload
Continuing education
13. 1) Common term for sealed beam spot or flood lamp with self-contained lens surfaced glass. 2) In golf - one less than bogey.
Concession
Charter
PAR
Event specifications guide (ESG)
14. A facility that provides a dedicated environment for events - especially small events. May be certified by the International Association of Conference Centers.
Rooming list
Marketing
Conference center
Assisted listening devices (ALD)
15. Process of translating one language into another while the speaker is speaking.
Protocol
Lifelong learning
Simultaneous translation
Social host
16. The style of a document refers to choices writers make that create the tone to readers. A writing style could be either formal or informal.
DVCam
NCR form
Banquet event order (BEO)
Style
17. A service provider of videoconferencing which allows multiple sites to connect simultaneously. A bridge connects three or more tele- or videoconference sites for simultaneous communication.
Multi-point bridge
Peripheral block
Cut-off date
Incentive travel company
18. 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
Unopposed exhibit hours
Billing instructions
Computer assisted drawing (CAD)
19. Actual number of meals served at a catered meal function or in a restaurant. See AUDIENCE COUNT.
Colloquium
Continuing Education Unit (CEU)
Document sharing
Covers
20. 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
Certified Meeting Professional (CMP)
Unopposed exhibit hours
Multi-point bridge
Limited power of attorney
21. 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.
Advance registration
Application sharing
Continuing Education Unit (CEU)
Facilitator
22. Risk that an organization takes when dealing with foreign currency due to exchange rates fluctuating over time.
Common carrier
Post-con
Post-event report PER
Foreign exchange currency risk
23. A document provided by an insurance company as proof that a policy has been issued and coverage is in effect.
High season
Certificate of insurance
Packing list
Combination bar
24. 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
Wireless microphone
Fiber-optic cable
French cart service
Waiver of subrogation
25. 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
Gobo
American service
Mag-stripe
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
26. BEO. A form most often used by hotels to provide details to personnel concerned with a specific food and beverage function or event room set-up.
Pre-event meeting
Banquet event order (BEO)
Accrual accounting
Attrition clause
27. 1) The governmental authorities designated to collect duties levied by a country on imports and exports. The term also applies to the procedures involved in such collection. 2) Practices common to many of a particular group.
Butler service
Opt-in
Customs
Deposit
28. DMC. A professional services company possessing extensive local knowledge - expertise and resources - specializing in the design and implementation of events - activities - tours - transportation and program logistics. Depending on the company and th
Audiovisual A/V
Destination management company (DMC)
Exhibitor service manual
Indemnification clause
29. A cable that is made up of tiny glass strands that are wrapped and bundled together to make up a cable. Fiber can transmit voice - data and video at gigabyte speed - or 1 billion bytes per second - with less signal loss than copper wire because the s
ducational programming committee
Marketing
Green event
Fiber-optic cable
30. An account (usually a number) to which expenses for a function or activity are charged.
Cost center
Conflict of interest statement
Buzz session
E-conferencing
31. 1) The jobs that may be performed by a specific labor union. 2) The locality where a contractual dispute is decided. 3) In law - the ability of a court to hear and decide a matter brought before it.
Assisted listening devices (ALD)
Smart form
Jurisdiction
Bandwidth
32. 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
Colloquium
American Bar Association (ABA)
Marketing collateral
33. Lens which produces a soft edged beam of light. Theatrical fixture with adjustable lens 150 W through 1500 W.
Fishbowl
Production company
Fresnel
In-house contractor
34. 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
Transfer
Walk
Casual attire
Accrual accounting
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.
Pre-set
Mag-stripe
Meet and greet
Complimentary
36. Familiarization Trip. Offered to potential buyers of a venue - a program designed to acquaint participants with specific destinations or services and to stimulate the booking of an event. Often offered in groups - but sometimes on an individual basis
Familiarization (fam) trip
Desktop videoconferenceing (DVC)
Sub-block
Official carrier
37. Date beyond which a facility is free to rent the unused sleeping rooms or function space to other groups.
Release date
Whiteboarding
Uplink
Computer assisted drawing (CAD)
38. 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
Override
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Continental breakfast
39. ASP. A company that manages and distributes software-based solutions to customers across a wide area network from a central data center. In essence - ASPs are a way for organizations to outsource some or almost all aspects of their information techno
Category cable
Set-up
Application service provider (ASP)
Incentive travel company
40. Device used to compensate for undesired sound system characteristics or room acoustics.
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)
ite inspection
Customs
Equalizer
41. 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.
Slide
Contract
Style sheet
Island booth
42. An additional clause in artist's contract stipulating special requirements such as travel - dressing rooms - technical equipment - etc.
Lead retrieval
Rider
Focus group
Guest program
43. 1) Ability of a projection system to distinguish and reproduce fine detail. 2) Motion put forward for a joint decision; usually has the force of a legislative decision.
Press release
Resolution
Publicity
Packing list
44. Record of an event over time.
Contract
Promotion
History
Priority point system
45. In Conjunction With. An event or function that occurs because of another event.
Certificate of insurance
In conjunction with (ICW)
Exhibit house
Continuing education
46. Company which designs and handles some or all elements of incentive travel programs.
Incentive travel company
French cart service
French banquet service
Post event report
47. The point at which revenues are equal to expenses.
Cut-off date
Destination Marketing Association International
Break-even point
Cancellation or Interruption Insurance
48. Small group sessions - panels - workshops or presentations - offered concurrently within the event - formed to focus on specific subjects. The event is apart from the general session - but within the event format - formed to focus on specific subject
Exclusive
Breakout session
Contingency plan
Risk management
49. Primary uses of satellite videoconferencing today are major announcements - product launches - and other presentations for which timeliness and a top-quality broadcaset is desired. they are typically sent to a large - geographically remote audience -
Change order
Videoconferencing
Marketing plan
Digital marketing
50. A meeting at the primary facility at which an event occurred just after it has ended. Attendees generally include the primary event organizer - representatives of the event organizer/host organization - department heads at the facility - other facili
Convention and visitors bureau (CVB)
Post-event meeting
Opt-in
National Speakers Association (NSA)