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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. 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
Booking agent
Zero-based budgeting
Opt-in
Production company
2. 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.
Point-to-multipoint videoconference
Cancellation clause
Simultaneous translation
Foreign exchange currency risk
3. Pre-program information distributed to tour guides - field representatives - venues or vendors - regarding the details of their program assignment for a given event or program.
Marketing plan
Rooming list
Schedule of services
2-D bar code
4. A voluntary payment added to a bill (e.g. a restaurant check) - to signify good service.
Audience polling
Needs assessment
Gratuity
Mitigation
5. Web based conferencing - a vital component of the modern event professional's toolbox.
E-conferencing
Packing list
Export license
Travel agent
6. Light morning meal consisting of pastries - juices - and hot beverages. Usually served buffet style.
Value proposition
Zero-based budgeting
Space assignment
Continental breakfast
7. Americans with Disabilities Act. U.S. legislation passed in 1992 requiring public buildings (offices - hotels - restaurants - etc.) to make adjustments meeting minimum standards to make their facilities accessible to individuals with physical disabil
Rebates
Interview
Smart card
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
8. 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.
Rebates
Logistics
Meeting Information Network (MINT)
Gratuity
9. Booth/stand space assigned to exhibiting companies or meeting rooms assigned to event groups.
Certified Special Event Professional (CSEP)
Front projection
Room block
Space assignment
10. A return of part of a payment.
Overhead
Marketing plan
Rebates
Theater set-up
11. Program and process by which a participant completes proscribed training and passes an assessment.
Attrition clause
Certification
Certified Professional Catering Executive (CPCE)
Room-based videoconferencing
12. A sleeping room or function room provided to an individual or organization at no cost. See COMPLIMENTARY RATIO.
Certified Special Event Professional (CSEP)
Complimentary room
Focus group
Meeting Information Network (MINT)
13. A commission over and above the normal base commission percentage.
Overhead
Truckload
Pre-set
Override
14. 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.
National Speakers Association (NSA)
Tone
Flate rate
Provision
15. 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
Virtual conferencing
Straight-row seating
Peripheral block
Familiarization (fam) trip
16. 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
Advance deposit
Override
T-1 line
Post-event meeting
17. A list - whether printed or electronic - by which an event organizer and/or their designates (e.g. a housing bureau) delivers multiple reservations to a hotel or other housing facility. Often the information contained in a rooming list is originally
Rooming list
Cash accounting
Priority point system
Pre-registration
18. See BLANKET WRAP. Non-crated freight shipped via van line covered with protective blankets or padding.
Fiber-optic cable
Site inspection
Pad-wrapped
Function set-up order
19. An itemized statement furnished to a purchaser by a seller and usually specifying the price of goods or services and the terms of sale.
Specialty contractor
Pipe & drape
Commerical invoice
American Bar Association (ABA)
20. A list of special spellings - terms and style points to be used consistently in publications related to an event.
Assisted listening devices (ALD)
Style sheet
Marketing collateral
Destination management company (DMC)
21. The activities that are undertaken to either reduce the probability that an emergency or crisis will occur or reduce the consequences if it does occur.
Mitigation
Waiver of subrogation
DVCam
American service
22. 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
Program design
Travel agency
Exhibitor Advisory Committee
23. Legal responsibility. An obligation to pay an amount in damages. In a non-legal context - something that is a negative factor.
Cluster
Liability
Evaluation
Continuing Education Unit (CEU)
24. Lens which produces a soft edged beam of light. Theatrical fixture with adjustable lens 150 W through 1500 W.
Fresnel
Rounded hollow square
Logistics
Budget
25. A third party vendor or company that offers complete turnkey organization support for an event - including administrative and event management services.
Marketing plan
Manifest
Overtime
Multidisciplinary
26. Comp. Service - space or item provided at no charge.
Complimentary
Booth
American Society of Composers - Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
Press conference
27. A manner of behavior that touches all elements of communication and the way that we interact with customers and colleagues.
Master account
Unopposed exhibit hours
Online registration
Etiquette
28. 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
Mediation
Exhibitor Advisory Committee
Acceptance
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
29. BEO. A form most often used by hotels to provide details to personnel concerned with a specific food and beverage function or event room set-up.
Marketing
Room-based videoconferencing
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
Banquet event order (BEO)
30. Airline company designated airline of choice for an event in exchange for special rates or services.
Lot labeling
Official carrier
Whiteboarding
Lead retrieval
31. 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
Convention center
Value proposition
Convention services manager (CSM)
Good faith
32. A self-contained unit with a LCD (liquid crystal display) panel - light source and lens that works with both PC and Mac computers and duplicates the image being shown on the monitor without any need for special software or complex setting up.
LCD projector
Transfer
High season
Income statement
33. 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
Less than truckload
Certificate of origin
APEX RFP
Floor plan
34. Formalized statement of outcomes to be anticipated as a result of the educational process.
Combination bar
Skid
Objective
Streaming
35. A videoconference of more than two sites.
Exclusive contractor
Point-to-multipoint videoconference
Objective
Full American Plan
36. 1) Ability of a projection system to distinguish and reproduce fine detail. 2) Motion put forward for a joint decision; usually has the force of a legislative decision.
Scoop
Conference reminder
Resolution
Survey
37. Efforts of a dissident group to obstruct the conduct of an event.
Overhead
Confrontation
Function set-up order
Evaluation
38. Carrier that specializes in shipping uncrated exhibits - high-tech equipment and delicate materials that require special handling.
Cancellation or Interruption Insurance
Good faith
Outsourcing
Van line
39. Devices for the deaf or hearing imparied available in public phone banks and/or at the registration desk.
Telecommunications devices for the deaf (TDD)
Paid-out
Customs
APEX Post Event Report (PER)
40. 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
Air waybill
Exclusive
Union
Pro number
41. Representatives of an event's exhibiting companies who act as advisers to show management on rules and procedures - and also update show management on industry trends and issues.
CYC
Peripheral block
Exhibitor Advisory Committee
DVCam
42. An interchange between an inner circle debating an issue and an outer circle of observers. Individuals occasionally move from one circle to the other.
Event profile
Fishbowl
Event-contracted block (ECB)
NCR form
43. An alternative plan that may replace the original plan when circumstances change.
Platform
Housing company
Internatinoal Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET)
Contingency plan
44. 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.
Room-based videoconferencing
Exclusive
Floor plan
Projector
45. Any meeting where people at two or more distant locations are linked using video - audio and data for two-way communication via satellite communications or the Internet. Each party sees and hears the other through a TV screen or computer monitor and
Virtual conferencing
Exhibition manager
Force majeure
Feedback
46. Items that an exhibitor is allowed to carry unaided into a event facility without being charged.
Hand carry
Mic level
Complimentary room
Mitigation
47. 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.
Attrition clause
Charter
Pre-con
Booth
48. A Web-based form that can be designed to guide the user through the process of completing the form and can alert the user to errors.
DVCam
Automated external defibrillator (AED)
Smart form
Attrition clause
49. A type of audio system for meetings and concerts. The speakers sit on the floor and project from each side of the room. The sound may be louder in the front than the back.
Exclusive
Protocol
Stacked speaker system
Service charge
50. A type of digital telecommunication line that provides high speed internet access for mulitple users.
ISDN
Exhibitor Advisory Committee
Gratuity
French cart service