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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. 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.
Cost center
Stand
Exhibitor service manual
LCD projector
2. 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.
Convention services manager (CSM)
Projector
Offer
Publicity
3. Facility form to advise departments of changes in reservations or functions.
Change order
Installation and dismantle (I&D)
Zero-based budgeting
Poster session
4. Provides the event's basic specifications and captures all the information gathered. A detailed event specifications package should include things like the goals and objectives of the event - attendee profile - prefered and optional dates - the numbe
Official carrier
Event profile
Streaming
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
5. When a company contracts space at a hotel or other adjacent venue to display their products and meet with exhibition attendees without paying show management for booth space or sponsorship fees.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Outboarding
Pre-registration
Message board
6. 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
Continental breakfast
Concession
Pre-registration
7. Structured educational and training experiences for personal or professional development.
E-conferencing
French banquet service
Exhibition service contractor
Continuing education
8. 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
Exclusive
Audience reaction team
Familiarization (fam) trip
Combination bar
9. 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."
Jurisdiction
Force majeure
Banquet event order (BEO)
Complimentary room
10. In Conjunction With. An event or function that occurs because of another event.
Caterer
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
One-stop shop
In conjunction with (ICW)
11. I&D. 1) The set-up and teardown of exhibits. 2) Firm that does I&D work.
Convention services manager (CSM)
Installation and dismantle (I&D)
Floor plan
Interview
12. 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.
Pallet
Pro number
Official carrier
French banquet service
13. AKA Brainstorming. Group decision-making software and services use technology on-site to maximize the group decision and brainstorming process. Often the set-up involves a network of computers that event participants use to respond to questions - pll
Exhibitor-appointed contractor (EAC)
Group ware
ISDN
Stakeholder
14. The amount of information that can be transmitted in an information channel such as a telephone line - ISDN - or Ethernet. Higher bandwidth means that images and sound will load more quickly for use in videoconferences or on the Internet.
Linear booth
Union
Bandwidth
Certificate of origin
15. Long range plan of action for a company or organization.
Network
Set top box solutions (STBS)
Strategic plan
Fiber-optic cable
16. 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.
Radio frequency identification (RFID)
Linear booth
Certified Meeting Professional (CMP)
Space assignment
17. Video tape recorder and player utilizing ½-inch (1.27 centimeter) tape. Not compatible with beta format.
Pre-con
Decorator
Direct billing
VHS Video Home System
18. A document - required by certain countries for tariff purposes - certifying as to the country of origin of specified goods.
ducational programming committee
Music licensing
Omnidirectional microphone
Certificate of origin
19. Wooden platform used to carry goods. See SKID.
Workshop
Style
Lectern
Pallet
20. An event that draws a national and international audience. Typically 15% or more of attendees reside outside of the host country.
Limited power of attorney
In conjunction with (ICW)
International event
Platform
21. A plastic credit card with an embedded integrated circuit chip that can store up to 16 -000 bits of data for lead retrieval and other functions.
Smart card
Multi-point bridge
Set-up
Leko
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
Dram shop laws
Radio frequency identification (RFID)
Catering manager
Buffet
23. To neglect to carry out an agreement.
Non-performance
Hand carry
Continuing education
International event
24. A permanently installed series of cable comprised of copper wire cable and/or fiber optic cable - utilized as the main thoroughfare in a building to transmit voice and data signals in or out of the facility.
Advance deposit
Cash accounting
Certificate of insurance
Backbone
25. A holding area where trucks or buses check in and wait for instructions before delivering or picking up freight or passengers.
Cancellation Clause
American Plan (Full American Plan)
Marshalling yard
Pay-per-view
26. Carrier that specializes in shipping uncrated exhibits - high-tech equipment and delicate materials that require special handling.
Bid
Shopping cart
Van line
Booth
27. 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
Tone
Release date
Sampling
Suitcasing
28. Comp. Service - space or item provided at no charge.
Complimentary
Schoolroom set-up
Break-even point
Concession
29. An individual or company which provides customs clearing services to shippers of goods to and from another country. Licensing and requirements vary from country to country. In the United States - a customs broker must be licensed by the Treasury Depa
Lot labeling
Event profile
Cash flow
Customs broker
30. 1) Enclosed lights used to illuminate the top of film and stage sets. 2) Group of speakers mounted in auditoriums - arenas - and theaters.
Linear booth
Trade-out
Cluster
Pro number
31. A document provided by an insurance company as proof that a policy has been issued and coverage is in effect.
Cafeteria service
Certificate of insurance
Theater set-up
Trade show facilitation website
32. Guest holding confirmed sleeping room reservation is denied accommodations at the hotel where to reservation is held upon their arrival and is relocated to another hotel.
Outsourcing
Marketing collateral
Wireless microphone
Walk
33. Audio unit by which sound signals from all sources feed into one system; allows for dissimilar inputs (microphone and line) to be combined and controlled into one output.
Commission
Pre-event meeting
Mixer
Style
34. Service for meeting and greeting a person upon arrival in a city - usually at the airport - pier or rail station and assisting him or her with entrance formalities - collecting baggage and obtaining transportation.
Destination Marketing Association International
Accreditation
Interview
Meet and greet
35. 1) Broadly - one who acts or has the power to act: more usually - one that acts as the representative of another. Most frequently in travel - a specific kind of agent such as a retail travel agent. 2) Person that obtains engagements for entertainers
Reservation review date
Van line
Booking agent
Audience reaction team
36. 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
Post event report
Truckload
Russian restaurant service
In conjunction with (ICW)
37. An advanced partial payment to secure product or service.
Deposit
Chat room
Group ware
Incremental budgeting
38. Hiring an outside firm or individual to perform the task instead of using in-house staff; to subcontract a task or responsibility to a third party.
Skid
Return on investment ROI
Outsourcing
2-D bar code
39. Two or more computers or peripherals that are linked together for the purpose of sharing data.
Network
Trade show facilitation website
Complimentary room
History
40. A prepared statement released to the news media. Can be "For immediate release -" or at a specified time or date; an article intended for use by the media about a company - product - service - individual - or show. Also Called NEWS RELEASE.
Press release
Certified Special Event Professional (CSEP)
NCR form
Chat room
41. Airline company designated airline of choice for an event in exchange for special rates or services.
Rebates
Low season
Official carrier
Transfer
42. Lens which produces a soft edged beam of light. Theatrical fixture with adjustable lens 150 W through 1500 W.
Fresnel
Music licensing
Specialty contractor
Event specifications guide (ESG)
43. Final official listing of all passengers and/or cargo aboard a transportation vehicle or vessel.
Mag-stripe
Exclusive
Cost center
Manifest
44. Accounts receivable made available to individuals or firms with established credit.
Butler service
Post-con
Demonstration
Direct billing
45. Placing plated foods on banquet tables prior to seating guests.
Lot labeling
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
Pre-set
Chart of accounts
46. Movie - slide - or computer image presentation where the screen is between the viewer and the projector. Often used in terms of a FRONT PROJECTION SCREEN which is translucent to images being projected from the rear and can be viewed from the front.
Direct billing
Confirmation number
Rear projection
Contract
47. The organization who provides accrediation for Continuing Medical Education (CME).
lanning committee
Hundredweight (CWT)
Virtual conferencing
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)
48. 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
Video projection
Direct billing
Destination Marketing Association International
Target date
49. 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.
Catering manager
Continuing education
Sampling
Non-performance
50. Other names for event order (EO) - function sheet - or Banquet Event Order (BEO)
Cash accounting
Function set-up order
Press release
Site inspection