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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. Raising and supporting sound - lighting or other equipment or décor from the ceiling.
Contract
Guest program
Flying
Fishbowl
2. Affordable videoconferencing equipment that is available and allows participants to use their computers indead of proprietary hardware for virtual meetings. They provide real-time interaction using a personal computer.
U-shape set-up
Tone
Modified American Plan
Desktop videoconferenceing (DVC)
3. 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.
V-shape set-up
Advance registration
Fresnel
E-conferencing
4. A labor organization - typically made up of workers from the same trade formed for the purpose of advancing its members' interests such as dealing collectively with their employer on issues of wages - hours - working conditions and other matters pert
Seminar
Union
Blog
Cancellation clause
5. An interchange between an inner circle debating an issue and an outer circle of observers. Individuals occasionally move from one circle to the other.
Fishbowl
Equalizer
Marshalling yard
Webcast
6. Anticipated dates and times of arrival of group members.
Arrival pattern
Audience reaction team
Budget
Social host
7. Part of a cancellation clause that outlines the amount of damages to be paid to the noncelling party in the event of a cancellation.
Inducements
Front projection
Liquidated damage clause
Walk
8. An audio signal generated by a microphone.
Complimentary room
Skid
Mic level
Audience polling
9. Relating to organizations whose membership hold common occupational credentials or interests.
Certificate of insurance
Break-even point
Professional
lanning committee
10. A speaker system that is typically used in ballrooms - exhibit hall venues - etc - and are most appropriate for voice reproduction.
Lectern microphone
Room block
Distributed speaker system
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
11. Using hypertext - a link is a selectable connection from one word - picture or information object to another. From a Web site - a link points to content.
Special event professional
Link
Whiteboarding
Interview
12. AKA Group Travel Agency. Company specializing in planning and handling group travel.
Travel agency
Mic level
Cut-off date
Certificate of insurance
13. Structured educational and training experiences for personal or professional development.
Production company
Shopping cart
Contract
Continuing education
14. Expenses that vary based upon various factors - such as the number of attendees .
LED Light Emitting Diode
Concession
Variable costs
Export declaration
15. Web browser-based videoconferencing.
Webconferencing
Charter
Broadcast Music - Inc. (BMI)
Schoolroom set-up
16. Manual or kit - usually developed by the service contractor for an event - containing general event information - labor/service order forms - rules and regulations and other information pertinent to an exhibitor's participation in an exhibition.
Sampling
Cluster
Sub-block
Exhibitor service manual
17. Any agreement which limits who may provide specific products or services under certain conditions to only one party. A general service contractor - for instance - may have an "exclusive" in a particular facility - meaning that no other contractor is
Production company
Exclusive
Export license
On consumption
18. Two or more computers or peripherals that are linked together for the purpose of sharing data.
Network
Whiteboarding
Attrition clause
American Bar Association (ABA)
19. A government document which permits the "licensee" to engage in the export of designated goods to certain destinations.
Zero-based budgeting
Export license
Sub-block
Site inspection
20. Weblogs or online journals. An application that may change the face of event marketing.
Blog
Green event
Automated external defibrillator (AED)
Point-to-multipoint videoconference
21. A type of room rate that includes breakfast and one other meal (usually dinner).
Link
Cash bar
Certificate of insurance
Modified American Plan MAP
22. 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.
Russian restaurant service
Broadband
Speakers bureau
Zero-based budgeting
23. Large theatrical floodlight usually used for work lights or occasionally in place of strip lights to light a cyclorama or sky drop.
Scoop
Truckload
Cancellation or Interruption Insurance
Balance sheet
24. Risk that an organization takes when dealing with foreign currency due to exchange rates fluctuating over time.
Opt-in
Post-con
Foreign exchange currency risk
Logistics
25. 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.
Protocol
PCMA Space Verification Program
Buzz session
Tip
26. Required for shipments valued at more than $2500; used by the U.S. government to monitor the dollar volume of export shipments.
Special event professional
Export declaration
Slide
Professional
27. List of names and addresses of the persons to whom publicity material or other information is to be sent.
B2B
Mailing list
Evaluation
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
28. An additional clause in artist's contract stipulating special requirements such as travel - dressing rooms - technical equipment - etc.
Rooming list
Pre-con
Open bar (host bar)
Rider
29. 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.
Jurisdiction
Professional congress organizer (PCO)
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
Clause
30. 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.
Arbitration
Deposit
Authorized signatory
Priority point system
31. AKA Post Conference.Any event which is arranged for the period immediately following the conference proper.
Symposium
Demonstration
Relational databases
Post-con
32. 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.
Cost center
Distance learning
Theater set-up
Cancellation or Interruption Insurance
33. Registration made via the Web.
Online registration
Travel agency
Deposit
Foreign exchange currency risk
34. A media campaign - normally consisting of a series of public notices and advertising activities - aimed at ensuring maximum attendance by focusing attention on an event.
Outsourcing
Publicity
ite inspection
American service
35. Business-to-Business.
B2B
Fresnel
Press release
Packing list
36. 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.
Van line
Sampling
Meeting Information Network (MINT)
Copy editor
37. A nonprofit organization representing specific destinations formerly known as the International Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus. Members have expert knowledge of their city and its surrounding areas; typically they represent local hotels
Gratuity
Butler service
Destination Marketing Association International
Cancellation or Interruption Insurance
38. A marketing plan should answer the question - What is the benefit to attending the event?
Outsourcing
Value proposition
Feedback
Assisted listening devices (ALD)
39. 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
Workshop
Incentive travel company
Destination management company (DMC)
Certificate of insurance
40. A statement of revenues and expenses. Also known as a profit & loss statement.
Complimentary room
Complimentary
Waiver of subrogation
Income statement
41. The tone of a document refers to the feeling or impression a document conveys. Formal writing style tends to convey an objective tone that is deliberate and factual. The toneo f an informal document typically is relaxed - informative - helpful - casu
Poster session
Opt-out
Tone
Schoolroom set-up
42. Final official listing of all passengers and/or cargo aboard a transportation vehicle or vessel.
Manifest
Liability
Arbitration
Quick set
43. 1) Any seat - berth - room - or service provided and/or sold to a guest - attendee or passenger. 2) Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - a step taken to allow a person with a disability to participate in an event or employment.
Marketing plan
Accommodation
Press release
Variable costs
44. Devices for the deaf or hearing imparied available in public phone banks and/or at the registration desk.
Professional congress organizer (PCO)
Facilitator
Colloquium
Telecommunications devices for the deaf (TDD)
45. 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.
Group ware
American Society of Composers - Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
Customs
Room-based videoconferencing
46. 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 -
Smart card
Customs broker
Floor plan
Booth
47. An email marketing campaign that only sends messages to users who have requested (or opted-in) to receive specific types of information. Email conference reminders and newsletters are examples of opt-in email marketing campaigns based upon permission
Opt-in
Exclusive
Pick-up
Barrier-free
48. Two or more computers or peripherals that are linked together for the purpose of sharing data.
Network
Audience polling
American service
Acceptance
49. CSM. Professional at a hotel - convention center or convention bureau who is responsible for event operations management on all levels.
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
Convention services manager (CSM)
Pre-con
Modified American Plan MAP
50. Number of facility guest rooms actually used out of a room block.
Pick-up
Exhibition service contractor
Room-based videoconferencing
Wireless microphone