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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. 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."
PCMA Space Verification Program
Force majeure
On-demand
Equalizer
2. An individual who guides discussion and/or decision making.
Facilitator
Shopping cart
Marshalling yard
Mailing list
3. A needs assessment is an essential setp in ensuring that educational offerings are relevant to attendees. The results of post-event evaluations can be as valuable as a needs assessment.
Manifest
Needs assessment
Pre-set
Audit
4. A manner of behavior that touches all elements of communication and the way that we interact with customers and colleagues.
Credit card badge
Casual attire
Etiquette
Installation and dismantle (I&D)
5. Assets minus liabilities.
Certificate of origin
Flying
Convention center
Net worth
6. An event that draws a national and international audience. Typically 15% or more of attendees reside outside of the host country.
Cash bar
International event
Overhead
Butler service
7. An organization that provides event management and exhibitors with a wide range of services - sometimes including - but not limited to - Installation & Dismantle - creating and hanging signage and banners - laying carpet - drayage - and providing boo
Application sharing
Provision
General service contractor GSC
Russian restaurant service
8. 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
Post-event meeting
Application sharing
Familiarization (fam) trip
Green event
9. 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
Housing company
Limited power of attorney
Two-tiered set-up
lanning committee
10. An event that incoporates environmental considerations throughout all states of the planning process in order to minimize the negative impact on the environment.
One-stop shop
Green event
T-3 line
Customs broker
11. Company which designs and handles some or all elements of incentive travel programs.
Pick-up
Rooming list
Post-event meeting
Incentive travel company
12. A type of digital telecommunication line that provides high speed internet access for mulitple users.
Smart form
ISDN
U-shape set-up
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
13. Marketing activities with a common focus on the marketplace or a customer segment. The execution of each individual piece of the integrated marketing plan is consistent with - and supportive of - each of the other pieces of the plan.
Focus group
Set top box solutions (STBS)
Integrated marketing
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)
14. Items that an exhibitor is allowed to carry unaided into a event facility without being charged.
Video projection
Incentive travel company
Slide
Hand carry
15. List of names and addresses of the persons to whom publicity material or other information is to be sent.
Poster session
Peninsula booth
Mailing list
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
16. Amount of money paid to secure a room - facility or service in advance.
Accrual accounting
Audience polling
Air waybill
Advance deposit
17. 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.
Banquet event order (BEO)
Desktop videoconferenceing (DVC)
Pro number
Professional congress organizer (PCO)
18. MICROPHONE attached to a lectern. See LECTERN.
Video projection
CODEC
Covers
Lectern microphone
19. Private room bar set up where guests do not pay for drinks.
Program design
Open bar (host bar)
Confrontation
Lectern
20. 1) Registering in advance to attend an event. See ADVANCE REGISTRATION. 2) At a facility - pre-assigned sleeping rooms available for occupancy.
Event-contracted block (ECB)
Exhibitor prospectus
Lifelong learning
Pre-registration
21. The point at which revenues are equal to expenses.
Freight forwarder
Conflict of interest statement
Break-even point
Production company
22. An interchange between an inner circle debating an issue and an outer circle of observers. Individuals occasionally move from one circle to the other.
Teleconferencing
Continuing education
Fishbowl
Lavaliere microphone
23. 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.
Tone
Two-tiered set-up
Chart of accounts
Convention center
24. A system in which revenue and expenses are counted as they are actually received.
Marshalling yard
Cash accounting
Speakers bureau
Streaming
25. Seating arrangement in which seats are in rows facing the stage area - no tables. See AUDITORIUM SET-UP.
Broadcast Music - Inc. (BMI)
Debate
Theater set-up
Customs broker
26. 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.
Rigging
ISDN
Certified Professional Catering Executive (CPCE)
Meeting Information Network (MINT)
27. Land-based system for videoconferencing designed to manage communication between one group of people - usually in a conference room setting - with another group or groups in similar settings elsewhere.
Booking agent
Rigging
Room-based videoconferencing
Workshop
28. 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.
Group specifications guide
Professional congress organizer (PCO)
Pipe & drape
Continuing Legal Education (CLE)
29. Placing plated foods on banquet tables prior to seating guests.
Set-up
Audience reaction team
Pre-set
Caterer
30. A pre-cut - etched pattern fabricated from metal or glass that fits in the focal plane of a lighting instrument to form projected light into a shape (logo - graphic or even scenery). Templates can form light images on ceilings and walls. The pattern
Gobo
ite inspection
Walk
Concession
31. Raised platform usually above the floor of a hall or large room.
Digital marketing
Document sharing
Dais
Authorized signatory
32. A statement of estimated revenues and expenditures for a specified period of time; divided into subject categories and arranged by principal areas of revenue and expense.
Category cable
Budget
LED Light Emitting Diode
Buffet
33. Type of adjustable spotlight used to light lecterns - signs and areas that need a tightly focused pool of light.
Shopping cart
Leko
Lot labeling
Audit
34. Proof of Registration - i.e. - a reservation number that will be accepted by the hotel holding the room.
Audiovisual A/V
Projector
Variable costs
Confirmation number
35. AP. A type of hotel rate that includes the price of the room and all meals. Also Called FULL AMERICAN PLAN (FAP).
Evaluation
American Plan (Full American Plan)
Pre-event meeting
Kiosk
36. Digital subscriber line. Brings high bandwidth via copper phone lines.
APEX
DSL
Mailing list
Press conference
37. Certified Professional Catering Executive. A certification program offered by the National Association of Catering Executives (NACE).
Trade-out
Fiber-optic cable
Certified Professional Catering Executive (CPCE)
Room block
38. 1) Airline lift into and out of a destination. 2) Capable of being used by people with physical challenges and disabilities. This is an important aspect of the United States' Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Broadband
Pad-wrapped
Smart card
Accessibility
39. System of assigning points to exhibiting companies to determine which firms will be allowed to select booth/stand space for the next event first. Also Called PRIORITY RATING SYSTEM.
Priority point system
Digital marketing
Style
Limited power of attorney
40. Donated financial or material support - usually in exchange for recognition; Paid opportunity for entity or an exhibitor to increase its visibility at the event.
Cafeteria service
Attrition clause
Audit
Sponsorship
41. Executive responsible for financial affairs of an organization.
Cancellation or Interruption Insurance
Integrated marketing
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Hand carry
42. 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.
National Speakers Association (NSA)
Ground support
Arbitration
Destination management company (DMC)
43. Notice as to how charges for an event should be handled and to whom invoices should be addressed.
Multi-point bridge
Style sheet
Billing instructions
Pad-wrapped
44. A document provided by an insurance company as proof that a policy has been issued and coverage is in effect.
Certificate of insurance
Radio frequency identification (RFID)
Floor plan
PAR
45. Structured educational and training experiences for personal or professional development.
Continuing education
Facilitator
Pad-wrapped
Stand
46. Person or firm which is licensed and specializes in travel related arrangements - such booking hotel rooms - meals - transportation - cruises - tours - vacation packages and other travel elements.
Indemnification clause
Travel agent
Force majeure
Overhead
47. 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.
Lectern
Multidisciplinary
2-D bar code
Exhibitor service manual
48. 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
Accrual accounting
American Society of Composers - Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
Full American Plan
Charter
49. Organizations offering this type of continuing education credits are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).
Conference center
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
B2B
Opt-out
50. 1) Publicizing an event. See PUBLICITY. 2) An advancement in rank or position.
Mailing list
Promotion
Platform
Resolution