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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. In which rows of tables with chairs face the front of a room and each person has a space for writing.
Schoolroom set-up
Wireless microphone
Post-con
Lifelong learning
2. 1) A statement of what one will give or take in return for something else (a price); proposal. 2) Proposal submitted by a convention & visitors bureau and/or hotel(s) to an event organizer that includes defined dates and room blocks.
Bid
Exhibitor service manual
Production company
Debate
3. A seating arrangement with a row of seats on low risers around a BOARDROOM SET-UP. A very space-intensive set-up.
Charter
Consideration
Island booth
Two-tiered set-up
4. 1) Regeneration of sound from audio speakers back through a microphone causing a squealing sound. 2) Response about an activity - policy - or idea.
Strategic plan
Protocol
National Speakers Association (NSA)
Feedback
5. A tax that is added to a product at each step of the manufacturing and marketing process reflecting value which has been added to the product by processing.
Value-added tax (VAT)
Hundredweight (CWT)
Concession
Minimum labor call
6. Shipment number designated by the common carrier to a single shipment - used in all cases where the shipment must be referred. Usually assigned at once.
Platform
Guest program
Slide
Pro number
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.
Chart of accounts
Buzz session
Budget
Commerical invoice
8. Booking before an event takes places. Allows attendees to register for an event before it actually takes place. Done through mail - phone - internet or fax.
Production company
Advance registration
Booth
Sampling
9. The inducement to a contract. The cause - motive - price - or impelling influence which induces a contracting party to enter a contract.
Installation and dismantle (I&D)
Chart of accounts
Consideration
Smart form
10. Multi-page pressure-sensitive form where multiple copies are made by writing on the top copy of the form. NCR stands for No-Carbon Required.
Download
NCR form
Logistics
Value-added tax (VAT)
11. Building an event budet by analyzing both the projected and actual figures from the previous year's budget.
Radio frequency identification (RFID)
Incremental budgeting
Installation and dismantle (I&D)
Convention services manager (CSM)
12. A statement of revenues and expenses. Also known as a profit & loss statement.
Concession
Dram shop laws
Income statement
Pad-wrapped
13. 1) A food service vendor - often used to describe a vendor who specializes in banquets and theme parties. 2) An exclusive food & beverage contractor within a facility.
Caterer
American Plan (Full American Plan)
Variable costs
Return on investment ROI
14. Type of adjustable spotlight used to light lecterns - signs and areas that need a tightly focused pool of light.
Leko
Publicity
Waiver of subrogation
National Speakers Association (NSA)
15. Facility that combines an exhibition space with a substantial number of smaller event spaces. The purpose of these buildings is to host trade shows - public shows - conventions - large food functions and other functions related to the convention indu
Real-time
Convention center
Liquidated damage clause
Internatinoal Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET)
16. 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
Dimensional weight
Line array
Casual attire
Platform
17. A hollow square whose corners are replaced by serpentine or half-moon tables.
Rounded hollow square
Cut-off date
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
Value-added tax (VAT)
18. Casting video images on monitors or on large screen.
Zone fare
T-shape set-up
Video projection
Exhibit house
19. A solid-state diode rectifier whose atomic properties cause it to emit light when electric current is passed through it. Current LED technology allows the emission of light from infrared through green frequencies - and visible light LEDs are availabl
Risk management
LED Light Emitting Diode
Liquidated damage clause
Marshalling yard
20. 1) Schematic drawing of an exhibit hall including dimensions - design - shape - entrances - aisles - numbered exhibit booth/stands - lounges - concession areas - restrooms - electrical/plumbing accessibility - etc. 2) Scale plan of the floor area of
Integrated marketing
Island booth
Floor plan
Post event report
21. An alternative plan that may replace the original plan when circumstances change.
Theater set-up
Message board
Contingency plan
Customs broker
22. A process of identifying human wants and needs - and developing a plan to meet those wants and needs. Refers to everything involved with convincing an attendee to come to the event. Also refers to providing information to support the exhibit sales fu
Smart card
Convention center
Exhibitor-appointed contractor (EAC)
Marketing
23. 1) Certified Meeting Professional. 2) Complete Meeting Package at conference centers; includes lodging - all food and beverage - support services - including audio visual equipment - room rental - etc.
Trade show facilitation website
Rigging
Certified Meeting Professional (CMP)
Paid-out
24. 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.
Certification
Exhibitor-appointed contractor (EAC)
Official carrier
Certified Professional Catering Executive (CPCE)
25. Exhibit hours that do not overlap other programming - which encourages attendees to visit the exhibition and increases the value for exhibitors.
Unopposed exhibit hours
CODEC
Catering manager
Accessibility
26. The station used to transmit signals from Earth to a satellite (videoconferencing).
Front projection
Etiquette
Uplink
Mic level
27. Generally refers to air-freight and van line shipments. Invoices are calculated with two weights - actual and dimensional. The dimensional weight is based upon the volume of the shipment. The billing weight is the larger of the two.
Style
Symposium
Dimensional weight
Fresnel
28. This pattern of service involves the use of serving pieces (usually silver); heating and garnishing of food table-side by a captain; and the serving of food on a heated plate - which is then served to the guest by a server. Plated entrees are usually
Bandwidth
Intelligent lighting
Strategic plan
French cart service
29. MICROPHONE attached to a lectern. See LECTERN.
Lectern microphone
Continuing Legal Education (CLE)
Riser
Meet and greet
30. The station which receives data transmissions from a communications satellite.
Fresnel
Straight-row seating
LED Light Emitting Diode
Downlink
31. Abbreviation for "hundred weight." This is the unit of measure used in drayage and freight shipments.
One-stop shop
Radio frequency identification (RFID)
Hundredweight (CWT)
Customs broker
32. 1) Meeting of several persons for intensive discussion. The workshop concept has been developed to compensate for diverging views in a particular discipline or on a particular subject. 2) Informal and public session of free discussion organized to ta
Workshop
Colloquium
Relational databases
Trade show facilitation website
33. Assets minus liabilities.
Net worth
Post event report
Liquidated damage clause
Accommodation
34. Raised horizontal surface - stage - or flooring.
Lead retrieval
Modified American Plan
Official carrier
Platform
35. Private dispute resolution process - Often referred to as alternate dispute resolution - in which the parties agree to submit their dispute to an impartial third party for a decision. Depending on the type of arbitration - the arbitrator's decision m
Arbitration
Online registration
Strategic plan
Breakout session
36. 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
CYC
Set top box solutions (STBS)
Rounded hollow square
Peripheral block
37. Equipment which projects an image on a screen by passing light through a transparent slide or other transparency.
Budget
Overhead
Audit
Style sheet
38. Assortment of foods - offered on a table - self-served.
Indemnification clause
Buffet
Contingency plan
DVCam
39. Procurement - maintenance and transportation of materials. Involves all related functions and services.
Logistics
Net worth
Hold harmless
Material handling
40. Business-to-Business.
B2B
Paid-out
Butler service
Request for proposal (RFP)
41. A requirement for entering into a binding contract. If a contract proposal (offer) is made - it is accepted if the offeree signs the offer as submitted. If the offeree makes any changes to the offer before signing - it is a counter offer - not accept
Advance registration
Freight forwarder
Straight-row seating
Acceptance
42. Average (power) level at which a signal is output from devices like mixers - cassette decks and other devices which process sound. Technically - this corresponds to -30 dBM (one microwatt) to +30 dBM (one watt).
Exhibitor Advisory Committee
Line level
Smart form
Virtual conferencing
43. 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.
Suitcasing
Projector
Modified American Plan
Less than truckload
44. 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.
Theater set-up
Liquidated damage clause
Contract
Continuing Legal Education (CLE)
45. An alternative procedure that can be specified in contracts instead of going through the process of filing a complaint and pursuing the claim in court.
Rider
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
Event-contracted block (ECB)
Balance sheet
46. 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.
Outboarding
Flate rate
Sales lead
Two-tiered set-up
47. 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
Seminar
APEX Post Event Report (PER)
Pipe & drape
Confrontation
48. Accredited designation offered by the National Speakers Association. This designation is earned for extensive - documented speaking experience and client satisfaction.
Simultaneous translation
Certified Speaking Professional (CSP)
Scoop
lanning committee
49. Accounts receivable made available to individuals or firms with established credit.
Direct billing
Fishbowl
Pre-event meeting
Group ware
50. A list of special spellings - terms and style points to be used consistently in publications related to an event.
Broadcast Music - Inc. (BMI)
Style sheet
Russian restaurant service
Mixer