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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. An organization who locates and books speakers according to my specifications and budget.
Speakers bureau
Income statement
Quick set
Hold harmless
2. Official authorization or approval; to provide with credentials; to send (an envoy) with letters of authorization; to recognize or vouch for as conforming with a standard; to recognize a college as maintaining academic standards; to consider or recog
Pre-con
Pay-per-view
Lectern microphone
Accreditation
3. A wired or wireless microphone that hooks around the neck or is clipped to clothing. Sometimes called a NECKLACE - LAPEL - or PENDANT MICROPHONE.
Sponsorship
Peripheral block
Lavaliere microphone
Sampling
4. Part of a cancellation clause that outlines the amount of damages to be paid to the noncelling party in the event of a cancellation.
Zero-based budgeting
Liquidated damage clause
Style
Truckload
5. A document - required by some countries - describing a shipment of goods and showing information such as the consignor - consignee - and value of the shipment. Certified by a consular official of the foreign country - it is used by that country's cus
Complimentary room
Slide
Consular invoice
Poster session
6. The station which receives data transmissions from a communications satellite.
Incremental budgeting
Downlink
French cart service
LCD projector
7. 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
Russian restaurant service
Floor plan
Buffet
Exhibition service contractor
8. A company that presents special effects and theatrical acts. This type of company may contract to put on an entire event or only parts of one. They sometimes hire speakers as part of their contract.
Hospitality suite
T-shape set-up
Interface
Production company
9. A release of rights to substitute one party for another party. The release of an insurance company right to succeed to the insured's rights to sue for damages against the tortfeasor - after the insurance company pays an insured's claim of loss due to
Smart form
Overtime
Waiver of subrogation
Omnidirectional microphone
10. 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
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
Change order
Press kit
Opt-in
11. 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
Poster session
Riser
Interview
Acceptance
12. 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.
Multidisciplinary
Return on investment ROI
Bid
Mic level
13. Contractor appointed by event or building management as the sole agent to provide specific services or products.
Exclusive contractor
Exhibit house
Request for proposal (RFP)
Hospitality suite
14. A list of special spellings - terms and style points to be used consistently in publications related to an event.
Jurisdiction
Style sheet
High season
Copy editor
15. In which rows of tables with chairs face the front of a room and each person has a space for writing.
Conference reminder
Distributed speaker system
Schoolroom set-up
Outboarding
16. 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.
One-stop shop
Exhibition service contractor
Certificate of insurance
Russian restaurant service
17. An agreement between two or more parties that creates in each party a duty to do or not do something and a right to performance of the other's duty or a remedy for the breach of the other's duty.
Professional
Streaming
Banquet event order (BEO)
Contract
18. The right granted by one party to let a another party use live or recorded music through special agreements and fee structures.
Mic level
Music licensing
Marketing
Certificate of insurance
19. Small group sessions - panels - workshops or presentations - offered concurrently within the event - formed to focus on specific subjects. The event is apart from the general session - but within the event format - formed to focus on specific subject
Production company
Radio frequency identification (RFID)
Breakout session
Exhibitor service manual
20. Certified Professional Catering Executive. A certification program offered by the National Association of Catering Executives (NACE).
Dimensional weight
Document sharing
Certified Professional Catering Executive (CPCE)
Outsourcing
21. Apparatus used for projecting photographic slides onto a screen. It will often have a remote (either wired or wireless) that can be used to advance the slides.
Desktop videoconferenceing (DVC)
Rooming list
Slide
Mediation
22. 1) Meeting of several persons for intensive discussion. The workshop concept has been developed to compensate for diverging views in a particular discipline or on a particular subject. 2) Informal and public session of free discussion organized to ta
Kiosk
Workshop
Online registration
Rigging
23. 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 -
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
Overtime
Mediation
Booth
24. A sleeping room or function room provided to an individual or organization at no cost. See COMPLIMENTARY RATIO.
Lifelong learning
Multi-point bridge
Certification
Complimentary room
25. 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.
Provision
Pro number
Budget
Network
26. 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
Shuttle service
American Plan (Full American Plan)
Arrival pattern
27. Period when the demand for a supplier's product or service is lowest. Prices general decrease in low season.
Assisted listening devices (ALD)
Buzz session
Change order
Low season
28. A commission over and above the normal base commission percentage.
Limited power of attorney
Override
Lead retrieval
Lot labeling
29. 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
Protocol
Outsourcing
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Continental breakfast
30. A tax that is added to a product at each step of the manufacturing and marketing process reflecting value which has been added to the product by processing.
Bid
Value-added tax (VAT)
Opt-out
Automated external defibrillator (AED)
31. A process of identifying human wants and needs - and developing a plan to meet those wants and needs. Refers to everything involved with convincing an attendee to come to the event. Also refers to providing information to support the exhibit sales fu
Accommodation
Marketing plan
Exhibitor prospectus
Marketing
32. Process of translating one language into another while the speaker is speaking.
Projector
Simultaneous translation
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
Cost center
33. Solicitation of opinions regarding services; questionnaire.
Survey
ducational programming committee
Low season
Function set-up order
34. An alternative procedure that can be specified in contracts instead of going through the process of filing a complaint and pursuing the claim in court.
Continental breakfast
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
Unopposed exhibit hours
Network
35. Items that an exhibitor is allowed to carry unaided into a event facility without being charged.
Casual attire
Bid
Cancellation Clause
Hand carry
36. The software that makes Webcasting work. These "stream" audio and video from a central source - or media server - to recipients on their personal computers.
Event profile
Streaming
Request for proposal (RFP)
Transfer
37. 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
Hardwall
Exclusive
Good faith
Projector
38. A feature of videoconferencing systems which allows the placement of shared documents on an on-screen shared space or "whiteboard." Participants can edit and mark up the document just as on a physical whiteboard.
Quick set
Liquidated damage clause
Whiteboarding
Audience polling
39. Period when the demand for a supplier's product or service is highest. Prices general increase in high season.
Press kit
Exclusive contractor
Outsourcing
High season
40. 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
Material handling (formerly drayage)
Multidisciplinary
Skid
Convention services manager (CSM)
41. 1) A mandatory and automatic amount added to standard food and beverage charges - usually used to defray the cost of labor - such as housemen - servers - technicians - etc. and which the facility receives a portion of the charge. In return - the gues
Target date
Credit card badge
Service charge
Professional congress organizer (PCO)
42. MICROPHONE that picks up sound from all directions.
Pick-up
Freight forwarder
Booth
Omnidirectional microphone
43. An ongoing process in which an individual actively seeks to understand and contribute to change.
Lifelong learning
Digital video
In conjunction with (ICW)
On consumption
44. Platters of food are composed in the kitchen. Each food item is then served from the guest's left by the server from platters to individual plates. Any course can be 'Frenched' by having the dressing put on the salad or having sauce added to a entrée
NCR form
Uplink
French banquet service
Certification
45. Devices for the deaf or hearing imparied available in public phone banks and/or at the registration desk.
Pipe & drape
Telecommunications devices for the deaf (TDD)
Peripheral block
Tone
46. 1) Enclosed lights used to illuminate the top of film and stage sets. 2) Group of speakers mounted in auditoriums - arenas - and theaters.
Cluster
Music licensing
Exhibitor prospectus
Shuttle service
47. Company which designs and handles some or all elements of incentive travel programs.
Incentive travel company
Income statement
Link
Pro number
48. An event that broadcasts the audio and/or video portion of a keynote presentation or other educational sessions over the Web in real-time or on-demand.
Convention and visitors bureau (CVB)
Music licensing
Hand carry
Webcast
49. Automated External Defibrillator. Device installed in many large public areas (e.g. airports - hotels - convention centers). Can be used by any individual to administer life-saving care to person experiencing a heart attack.
Decorator
Fiber-optic cable
Opt-in
Automated external defibrillator (AED)
50. 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.
Variable costs
Style sheet
Export declaration
Advance registration