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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. 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.
Clause
Non-performance
Billing instructions
Commission
2. Digital light processor data/video projectors were developed with an entirely new processor using microscopic mirrors to recreate video images and display them in a number of settings. These projectors picked up where LCD left off by reproducing vide
DLP projector
Copy editor
Projector
Ultraviolet lighting
3. 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.
Audience polling
APEX
Priority point system
Blog
4. 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.
Riser
Zero-based budgeting
Cancellation or Interruption Insurance
Request for proposal (RFP)
5. Capture - manipulation and storage of video in digital format on a computer. Can be displayed on a computer as part of a graphic presentation.
Digital video
Income statement
Covers
Cash flow
6. Detailed section of a contract.
Strategic plan
Provision
Continuing education
Room-based videoconferencing
7. Devices that help people who are hard of hearing connect to the speaker system and use their hearing aids to hear the speaker more clearly.
Exhibitor Advisory Committee
Assisted listening devices (ALD)
Advance registration
V-shape set-up
8. Contract wording that outlines potential damages or fees that a party may be required to pay in the event that it does not fulfill minimum commitments in the contract.
VHS Video Home System
Computer assisted drawing (CAD)
Attrition clause
Streaming
9. A speaker system that is typically used in ballrooms - exhibit hall venues - etc - and are most appropriate for voice reproduction.
Change order
Distributed speaker system
Flate rate
Site inspection
10. Raised horizontal surface - stage - or flooring.
Outboarding
Green event
Platform
Break-even point
11. When a company tries to sell its product or service on the show floor without the permission or consent of the event's management.
Suitcasing
E-conferencing
Pipe & drape
Digital marketing
12. Registration made via the Web.
Demonstration
Trade-out
Online registration
Program design
13. An independent business which handles export shipments for compensation. At the request of the shipper - the forwarder makes the actual arrangements and provides the necessary services for expediting the shipment to its overseas destination. The forw
Value-added tax (VAT)
Speakers bureau
Zero-based budgeting
Freight forwarder
14. Booth/stand space assigned to exhibiting companies or meeting rooms assigned to event groups.
Opt-out
T-1 line
Space assignment
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)
15. Organizations offering this type of continuing education credits are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).
Automated external defibrillator (AED)
Point-to-multipoint videoconference
Contract
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
16. Lens which produces a soft edged beam of light. Theatrical fixture with adjustable lens 150 W through 1500 W.
Fresnel
Peripheral block
Marketing collateral
Accreditation
17. A single source provider of goods or services.
Logistics
Complimentary
ite inspection
One-stop shop
18. A seating arrangement with a row of seats on low risers around a BOARDROOM SET-UP. A very space-intensive set-up.
Two-tiered set-up
Material handling
U-shape set-up
Official carrier
19. A popular digital format for meeetings with a good quality image - an extended recording time up to 184 minutes - with a tape stock that is less expensive than BetaSP.
Zero-based budgeting
DVCam
Exhibitor-appointed contractor (EAC)
Fiber-optic cable
20. Sequential numbering as part of a total number of pieces indicated on each package - carton - or crate. For example - box number 2 of 12.
Commerical invoice
Group ware
Open bar (host bar)
Lot labeling
21. 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.
Professional
Russian restaurant service
Conference reminder
Request for proposal (RFP)
22. A collection of publicity items that includes: 1) pertinent data on the meeting - such as agenda - historical data - guest speakers - special events - etc. The property - such as photos - descriptions of public space areas - local entertainment - etc
Music licensing
Sampling
Promotion
Press kit
23. International Association for Continuing Education and Training.
Exclusive
Internatinoal Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET)
APEX
Breakout session
24. Raised horizontal surface - stage - or flooring.
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
Platform
Skid
Common carrier
25. 1) A research method based upon selecting a portion of a population for study. 2) Paperwork and fees paid to a building by exhibitors for the right to serve food product.
T-3 line
Theater set-up
Network
Sampling
26. Donated financial or material support - usually in exchange for recognition; Paid opportunity for entity or an exhibitor to increase its visibility at the event.
American Society of Composers - Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
American service
Pay-per-view
Sponsorship
27. 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.
Bandwidth
American Bar Association (ABA)
Facilitator
Projector
28. FP. Projection of an image onto the front surface of a light reflecting screen from a projector placed within or behind the audience.
Pick-up
Tip
Style
Front projection
29. 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.
Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE)
Arbitration
Contingency plan
Charter
30. 1) Way in which a function room is arranged. 2) Erecting displays - installation - or - articles in their assembled condition. 3) Mixers - fruit - and glassware accompanying a liquor order.
Simultaneous translation
Set-up
Podcast
Line level
31. AKA Pre-con meeting. A meeting at the primary facility at which an event will take place just prior to the event beginning. Attendees generally include the primary event organizer - representatives of the event organizer/host organization - departmen
Pre-event meeting
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
Lavaliere microphone
APEX
32. Services performed by GENERAL SERVICE CONTRACTOR that includes delivery of exhibit materials from the dock to assigned space - removing empty crates - returning crates at the end of the event for re-crating - and delivering materials back to the dock
Incentive travel company
Acceptance
Material handling
Contingency plan
33. A music licensing organization that represents individuals who hold the copyrights to music written in the United States. It grants licensing agreements for the performance of music.
Uplink
Broadcast Music - Inc. (BMI)
Overtime
Copy editor
34. 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
Acceptance
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
Attrition clause
Cost center
35. Building an event budget on estimates of potential income and likely expenses because there is no financial history from prior events available to use.
lanning committee
Gobo
Zero-based budgeting
Unopposed exhibit hours
36. A company that offers complete turnkey organization support for an event - including administrative and event management services.
Covers
Floor plan
Multi-management firm
Real-time
37. Absence of obstacles preventing handicapped persons from moving freely to all public areas within a building.
Clause
Barrier-free
In-house contractor
Music licensing
38. Transmitting data at speeds of up to 1.544 Mbps - operates at a much higher capacity than an ISDN line and can be split to accommodate several users at one time (known as a fractional T-1).
Export license
T-1 line
Material handling
Interview
39. In which rows of tables with chairs face the front of a room and each person has a space for writing.
Backbone
Schoolroom set-up
Travel agent
B2B
40. Process of translating one language into another while the speaker is speaking.
Marketing collateral
Simultaneous translation
APEX RFP
Liquidated damage clause
41. PER. 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
Internatinoal Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET)
Post event report
American Plan (Full American Plan)
Booth
42. The process whereby exhibitors receive a potential customer's contact information in a standardized manner. A system for capturing and following-up on leads generated at an exhibition.
Lead retrieval
Fiber-optic cable
Gratuity
American Plan (Full American Plan)
43. 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
Press release
LED Light Emitting Diode
Riser
Lectern microphone
44. 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
Theater set-up
Sponsorship
Net worth
45. Light morning meal consisting of pastries - juices - and hot beverages. Usually served buffet style.
Continental breakfast
Peninsula booth
Covers
Cancellation clause
46. Seating arrangement in which seats are in rows facing the stage area - no tables. See AUDITORIUM SET-UP.
Message board
Relational databases
Function set-up order
Theater set-up
47. Magnetic Stripe. A lead retrieval system using a magnetic strip on either the back of a paper badge (similar to some airline tickets) or on plastic badges similar to credit cards.
Confirmation number
B2B
Floor plan
Mag-stripe
48. 1) Merchandise or refreshments sold on site - to individuals - in conjunction with an event. 2) Contractual agreement where one party provides something of value to the other party in exchange for something else - pending certain conditions.
Concession
Sales lead
Hold harmless
Distributed speaker system
49. 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.
PCMA Space Verification Program
Dimensional weight
Sponsorship
Copy editor
50. Assortment of foods - offered on a table - self-served.
Buffet
Speakers bureau
Advance deposit
Accreditation