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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. A statement that indicates overall financial status by subtracting expenses from income.
Indirect costs
Indemnification clause
Balance sheet
Promotion
2. Company that fabricates displays.
Van line
Network
Arbitration
Exhibit house
3. Preferred term for the specific person responsible for all aspects of planning - promoting - and producing an exhibition. Also Called SHOW MANAGER - SHOW ORGANIZER.
Cash flow
Platform
Focus group
Exhibition manager
4. An insurance policy that provides protection against claims involving bodily injury and property damage to third parties.
General liability insurance
Exhibitor prospectus
Mediation
Desktop videoconferenceing (DVC)
5. A document provided by an insurance company as proof that a policy has been issued and coverage is in effect.
Russian restaurant service
Certificate of insurance
Banquet event order (BEO)
NCR form
6. Devices for the deaf or hearing imparied available in public phone banks and/or at the registration desk.
DSL
Multi-point bridge
Telecommunications devices for the deaf (TDD)
DVCam
7. 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
Post-event meeting
Freight forwarder
Distance learning
Webconferencing
8. A record of transactions during an event where the resulting balance is paid directly by the group. May include room - tax - incidentals - food and beverage - audiovisual equipment - decor - etc. Also Called MASTER BILL.
Download
Complimentary
Conference reminder
Master account
9. Written document requiring individuals to disclose any conflicts of interest that may be created by their involvement with an organization.
Press release
Indirect costs
Paid-out
Conflict of interest statement
10. 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)
Consideration
APEX Post Event Report (PER)
Exclusive
11. Items that an exhibitor is allowed to carry unaided into a event facility without being charged.
Charter
Hand carry
ISDN
T-1 line
12. The transfer of monies into and out of an enterprise.
Cash flow
Breakout session
Service charge
Concession
13. Large theatrical floodlight usually used for work lights or occasionally in place of strip lights to light a cyclorama or sky drop.
Clause
Confrontation
Value proposition
Scoop
14. Part of a cancellation clause that outlines the amount of damages to be paid to the noncelling party in the event of a cancellation.
Target date
Multi-point bridge
Green event
Liquidated damage clause
15. Period when the demand for a supplier's product or service is lowest. Prices general decrease in low season.
Low season
Overtime
Air waybill
Income statement
16. Certification of measurements of meeting space through the Function Space Verification Program offered by the Professional Convention Management Association or through graphics layout software companies - e.g. MeetingMatrix.
PCMA Space Verification Program
Rigging
T-3 line
Hardwall
17. 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
Group specifications guide
Material handling
Facilitator
Jurisdiction
18. 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.
Style
Media relations
Workshop
Computer assisted drawing (CAD)
19. The organization providing alcohol to guests.
Social host
American Bar Association (ABA)
Desktop videoconferenceing (DVC)
Post-con
20. The newest development in audio systems that can take traditional distributed systems - which require delay speakers to be hung throughout the room - to a new level. The advantage is that you can cover a room from a single line of speakers over the r
T-shape set-up
Line array
Advance registration
Minimum labor call
21. Registration made via the Web.
Good faith
Online registration
Russian restaurant service
Export license
22. A type of indemnity clause that requires one party to fully protect the other from a claim asserted. This would include the payment of costs or attorney fees.
Value proposition
Fishbowl
Hold harmless
Certified Meeting Professional (CMP)
23. 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.
Hospitality suite
Stand
Attrition clause
Conference center
24. A person who is authorized to legally bind an individual or organization to a contract - to sign checks on behalf of an organization - or charge to an organization's master account.
2-D bar code
PCMA Space Verification Program
Authorized signatory
Russian banquet service
25. A government document which permits the "licensee" to engage in the export of designated goods to certain destinations.
On-demand
Export license
Professional congress organizer (PCO)
Charter
26. 1) Publicizing an event. See PUBLICITY. 2) An advancement in rank or position.
Set top box solutions (STBS)
Promotion
Certificate of insurance
Fiber-optic cable
27. 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
Blog
Backwall
Air waybill
History
28. 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
Internatinoal Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET)
Rigging
Hundredweight (CWT)
Pay-per-view
29. Ability to transmit huge volumes of voice and video over a network or the internet - without jumpy images.
Broadband
Liquidated damage clause
Material handling (formerly drayage)
Demonstration
30. Dispute resolution process in which the parties use a third party to assist them in reaching a compromise. The mediator may work with both sides together - or may act as "go between" in an attempt to move the sides toward agreement. The mediator may
Distributed speaker system
Complimentary room
Event profile
Mediation
31. Certified Professional Catering Executive. A certification program offered by the National Association of Catering Executives (NACE).
Material handling (formerly drayage)
Certified Professional Catering Executive (CPCE)
Incentive travel company
Outsourcing
32. The rooms that are contracted for by an event organizer with a hotel(s) or housing facility(s) for a particular event.
Focus group
Net worth
Event-contracted block (ECB)
Inducements
33. Company which designs and handles some or all elements of incentive travel programs.
Budget
Incentive travel company
Marshalling yard
Colloquium
34. 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.
Flying
NCR form
Transfer
Continuing Education Unit (CEU)
35. 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.
Lead retrieval
Broadcast Music - Inc. (BMI)
Straight time
Lectern
36. A type of exhibit construction in which the walls are of solid material - rather than fabric.
Line array
Hardwall
High season
On consumption
37. Meeting Industry Network (formerly CINET or Convention Industry Network). On-line information network tracking historical and future site/booking information. CINET is provided by IACVB to its members.
Meeting Information Network (MINT)
Uplink
Liability
Protocol
38. AKA Brainstorming. Group decision-making software and services use technology on-site to maximize the group decision and brainstorming process. Often the set-up involves a network of computers that event participants use to respond to questions - pll
Group ware
Net worth
Pay-per-view
2-D bar code
39. 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
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Post-event report PER
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Pick-up
40. Abbreviation for "hundred weight." This is the unit of measure used in drayage and freight shipments.
Point-to-multipoint videoconference
Hundredweight (CWT)
Continuing Education Unit (CEU)
Pre-set
41. An event (e.g. war - labor strike - extreme weather - or other disruptive circumstances) or effect that cannot be reasonably anticipated or controlled: a "fortuitous event."
Tone
Audiovisual A/V
Conference reminder
Force majeure
42. 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 -
Automated external defibrillator (AED)
2-D bar code
Acceptance
Videoconferencing
43. 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.
LED Light Emitting Diode
Hardwall
Master account
Set-up
44. Categorization of people - organizations or businesses by professional discipline or primary areas of interest for the purposes of sales analysis or assignment.
Market segments
Rear projection
Multi-management firm
Music licensing
45. A black light used to make phosphorescent and fluorescent paints glow in the dark.
Request for proposal (RFP)
Catering manager
Ultraviolet lighting
Survey
46. A voluntary payment added to a bill (e.g. a restaurant check) - to signify good service.
Automated external defibrillator (AED)
Gratuity
Platform
Barrier-free
47. A food service operation in which customers carry their own trays and select food from a display counter or counters. It is similar to a buffet - but food is served by attendants.
Etiquette
French banquet service
Cafeteria service
Business exchange
48. Raising and supporting sound - lighting or other equipment or décor from the ceiling.
Flying
Variable costs
Override
Mag-stripe
49. 1) Customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality - precedence - and etiquette. 2) A formal description of message formats and the rules two computers must follow to exchange messages.
Speakers bureau
Protocol
APEX
Pre-con
50. Provision in a contract which outlines damages to be paid to the non-canceling party if cancellation occurs - due the canceling party's breach of the contract.
Authorized signatory
Cancellation clause
Accessibility
Pro number