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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. Sequential numbering as part of a total number of pieces indicated on each package - carton - or crate. For example - box number 2 of 12.
Lot labeling
Outsourcing
Special event professional
APEX Post Event Report (PER)
2. 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
LCD projector
Automated external defibrillator (AED)
Fiber-optic cable
Incentive travel company
3. A speaker system that is typically used in ballrooms - exhibit hall venues - etc - and are most appropriate for voice reproduction.
Distributed speaker system
National Speakers Association (NSA)
Program design
Cancellation clause
4. 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.
Lead retrieval
Advance registration
Professional
Open bar (host bar)
5. 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.
Document sharing
Social host
Pro number
Reservation review date
6. 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
Marshalling yard
Tone
V-shape set-up
Familiarization (fam) trip
7. A type of education where students work on their own at home or from an office - and communicate with faculty and other students via email - electronic forums - chat - webconferencing and other forms of online communication. Includes correspondence c
Consideration
Distance learning
Housing company
Ultraviolet lighting
8. Program and process by which a participant completes proscribed training and passes an assessment.
Event-contracted block (ECB)
Pad-wrapped
Income statement
Certification
9. An organization who locates and books speakers according to my specifications and budget.
Simultaneous translation
Speakers bureau
Risk management
Accrual accounting
10. Method of doing research using a small group led by a facilitator.
Barrier-free
Focus group
Two-tiered set-up
Sampling
11. Digital subscriber line. Brings high bandwidth via copper phone lines.
Teleconferencing
Mailing list
DSL
Pallet
12. Association of Destination Management Executives. A member of the Convention Industry Council.
Certified Meeting Professional (CMP)
Accessibility
Fiber-optic cable
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
13. 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
Videoconferencing
French cart service
Speakers bureau
Lead retrieval
14. A seating arrangement with a row of seats on low risers around a BOARDROOM SET-UP. A very space-intensive set-up.
Income statement
Two-tiered set-up
Pallet
VHS Video Home System
15. The complete package of marketing materials used to promote an event such as brochures - emails - direct mail - etc. Organizations should consider developing a style sheet to ensure consistency across all marketing collateral.
APEX
Break-even point
Marketing collateral
Cancellation or Interruption Insurance
16. When online activities take place at a designated time - they are referred to as real-time events. A Webcast of a keynote presenter that can be watched live over the Internet is an example of a real-time event.
Real-time
Exhibitor prospectus
Clause
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
17. List of names and addresses of the persons to whom publicity material or other information is to be sent.
Mailing list
Russian restaurant service
Lectern
Zone fare
18. MAP. A type of room rate that includes breakfast and one other meal (usually dinner).
Truckload
Mag-stripe
Modified American Plan
Kiosk
19. An exhibit with aisles on three sides.
Peninsula booth
Slide
Strategic plan
Export declaration
20. Structure of event program elements to achieve specific goals and objectives.
B2B
Program design
Familiarization (fam) trip
Rigging
21. 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.
Chart of accounts
Kiosk
Liability
Social host
22. A new development using computer chips that can be read from a distance (similar to a bar code without the need for line of sight). This type of technology holds promise to help attendees - event managers and exhibitors share information - log into c
Pipe & drape
Balance sheet
Radio frequency identification (RFID)
Shopping cart
23. A black light used to make phosphorescent and fluorescent paints glow in the dark.
Ultraviolet lighting
Exhibitor Advisory Committee
PAR
Message board
24. Certified Professional Catering Executive. A certification program offered by the National Association of Catering Executives (NACE).
Peripheral block
Ultraviolet lighting
Certified Professional Catering Executive (CPCE)
Stakeholder
25. A marketing plan should answer the question - What is the benefit to attending the event?
Foreign exchange currency risk
Value-added tax (VAT)
U-shape set-up
Value proposition
26. Convention and visitor bureaus are not-for-profit organizations charged with representing a specific destination and helping the long-term development of communities through a travel and tourism strategy. Convention and visitor bureaus are usually me
Convention and visitors bureau (CVB)
French cart service
Cost center
Lecture
27. 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.
Theater set-up
Professional congress organizer (PCO)
Flate rate
Mag-stripe
28. 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.
Theater set-up
Ground support
Indirect costs
Marketing
29. A single source provider of goods or services.
Program design
Platform
Gratuity
One-stop shop
30. A document provided by an insurance company as proof that a policy has been issued and coverage is in effect.
Certificate of insurance
Streaming
Release date
History
31. Ability to transmit huge volumes of voice and video over a network or the internet - without jumpy images.
Broadband
Mailing list
Van line
Platform
32. Assets minus liabilities.
Net worth
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)
Paid-out
Webconferencing
33. A payment to a sales representative for meeting or exceeding a sales revenue goal. Or a payment made to an individual or organization for bringing business to another individual or organization.
Sub-block
Commission
Schedule of services
Change order
34. The point at which revenues are equal to expenses.
Break-even point
T-shape set-up
Credit card badge
Backwall
35. Insurance that protects a event organizer against financial loss or expenses incurred when contractually specified perils necessitate canceling or relocating a event - or cause a reduction in attendance.
Cancellation or Interruption Insurance
Attrition clause
Computer assisted drawing (CAD)
Contract
36. Official authorization or approval; to provide with credentials; to send (an envoy) with letters of authorization; to recognize or vouch for as conforming with a standard; to recognize a college as maintaining academic standards; to consider or recog
Accreditation
Webcast
Specialty contractor
Exclusive
37. A commission over and above the normal base commission percentage.
T-shape set-up
On-demand
Audiovisual A/V
Override
38. 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.
Overtime
Certified Meeting Professional (CMP)
Accessibility
General service contractor GSC
39. AKA Post Conference.Any event which is arranged for the period immediately following the conference proper.
Strategic plan
Professional congress organizer (PCO)
Post-con
Stand
40. A list of special spellings - terms and style points to be used consistently in publications related to an event.
Liquidated damage clause
Style sheet
Focus group
Export declaration
41. Structured educational and training experiences for personal or professional development.
Continuing education
Fresnel
Stakeholder
Style
42. An advanced partial payment to secure product or service.
Deposit
Interview
Point-to-multipoint videoconference
Cafeteria service
43. Proof of Registration - i.e. - a reservation number that will be accepted by the hotel holding the room.
Hospitality suite
Confirmation number
Material handling (formerly drayage)
International event
44. Device used to compensate for undesired sound system characteristics or room acoustics.
Covers
Straight time
Equalizer
LCD projector
45. Preferred term for the specific person responsible for all aspects of planning - promoting - and producing an exhibition. Also Called SHOW MANAGER - SHOW ORGANIZER.
Exhibition manager
Island booth
PCMA Space Verification Program
Intelligent lighting
46. 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
Travel agency
Post-event meeting
Videoconferencing
Peripheral block
47. 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).
French cart service
Professional
LCD projector
Line level
48. 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.
Request for proposal (RFP)
Pre-registration
Chart of accounts
Audit
49. 1) Exclusive use of all or some space on an airplane - bus - ship - or other vehicle for a special period of time and for a specific itinerary. 2) To create a new association - organization or chapter of an association or organization.
Travel agent
Room block
Download
Charter
50. 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
Air waybill
Change order
Exhibition manager
Internatinoal Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET)