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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. Other names for event order (EO) - function sheet - or Banquet Event Order (BEO)
Function set-up order
Rear projection
Customs broker
Exhibitor-appointed contractor (EAC)
2. Portable MICROPHONE operating on its own power source. Often used to pass through an audience for questions or comments. Also Called WIRELESS MICROPHONE.
LCD projector
Space assignment
Wireless microphone
Rider
3. 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.
Value-added tax (VAT)
Backwall
Broadband
LED Light Emitting Diode
4. AKA Pre Conference.Any event which is arranged for the period immediately preceeding the conference proper.
Pre-con
Accrual accounting
Freight forwarder
Mailing list
5. A government document which permits the "licensee" to engage in the export of designated goods to certain destinations.
Paid-out
Real-time
Export license
Professional
6. 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.
Casual attire
Jurisdiction
Modified American Plan
Booth
7. A third party vendor or company that offers complete turnkey organization support for an event - including administrative and event management services.
Indirect costs
APEX RFP
Secure digital certificate
Multidisciplinary
8. 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.
Jurisdiction
Whiteboarding
Market segments
Internatinoal Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET)
9. 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.
Waiver of subrogation
Straight time
Group ware
Mitigation
10. Net Profit divided by Net Worth. A financial ratio indicating the degree of profitability. To calculate - use event revenues minus program expenses divided by program expenses - multiplied by 100 to get the ROI %.
Return on investment ROI
Full American Plan
Simultaneous translation
Caterer
11. AKA Group Specification Guide or Resume. Spec Guide. The industry preferred term for a comprehensive document that outlines the complete requirements and instructions for an event. This document is typically authored by the event planner and is share
Minimum labor call
Group specifications guide
Mic level
ite inspection
12. 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
Material handling
Freight forwarder
Automated external defibrillator (AED)
Opt-in
13. Absence of obstacles preventing handicapped persons from moving freely to all public areas within a building.
DSL
Barrier-free
Professional
Audience polling
14. 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.
Breakout session
Slide
General service contractor GSC
Lavaliere microphone
15. Method to increase audience participation by dividing all participants in discussion groups each of which reports the group's findings and opinions during a following plenary session.
Citywide event
Buzz session
Cash bar
Priority point system
16. Web based conferencing - a vital component of the modern event professional's toolbox.
E-conferencing
Multi-point bridge
Audiovisual A/V
Post-con
17. Devices for the deaf or hearing imparied available in public phone banks and/or at the registration desk.
Exclusive
Telecommunications devices for the deaf (TDD)
Group specifications guide
Integrated marketing
18. A type of indemnity clause that requires one party to fully protect the other from a claim asserted. This would include the payment of costs or attorney fees.
Hold harmless
Certified Speaking Professional (CSP)
Network
Billing instructions
19. 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.
Destination management company (DMC)
Stacked speaker system
Conflict of interest statement
Override
20. 1) Common term for sealed beam spot or flood lamp with self-contained lens surfaced glass. 2) In golf - one less than bogey.
APEX Post Event Report (PER)
Space assignment
PAR
Fiber-optic cable
21. 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.
2-D bar code
Distance learning
Walk
Outsourcing
22. A list showing the number and kinds of items being shipped - as well as other information needed for transportation purposes.
Program design
Packing list
Audit
Balance sheet
23. 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
Consular invoice
Post event report
Simultaneous translation
Authorized signatory
24. Transportation for participants; usually by coach or van - provided on a continuous basis for a certain time period.
Shuttle service
LCD projector
Rigging
Meeting Information Network (MINT)
25. 1) Process of moving equipment and/or people from one point to another. 2) Transportation between terminals and hotels. 3) To copy a picture or sound that is transmitted by one recorder to another - or to make a tape copy from film.
Transfer
Installation and dismantle (I&D)
Cut-off date
Direct billing
26. 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
Destination Marketing Association International
Straight-row seating
Press kit
Confirmation number
27. 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
Jurisdiction
Pad-wrapped
Objective
28. Executive responsible for financial affairs of an organization.
Objective
Accessibility
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
General service contractor GSC
29. 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.
Cancellation or Interruption Insurance
NCR form
Group specifications guide
Paid-out
30. A single source provider of goods or services.
One-stop shop
Feedback
Trade-out
Rooming list
31. Comp. Service - space or item provided at no charge.
Limited power of attorney
Ultraviolet lighting
Message board
Complimentary
32. 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.
Meet and greet
lanning committee
Rear projection
Projector
33. 1) Banquet Russian: The food is fully prepared in the kitchen. All courses are served either from platters or an escoffier dish. Tureens are used for soup and special bowls for salad. The server places the proper plate in front of the guest. After th
Non-performance
Zero-based budgeting
Russian banquet service
Fresnel
34. 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
T-1 line
Music licensing
Commission
Virtual conferencing
35. 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.
Manifest
Equalizer
Marketing plan
Flate rate
36. A voluntary payment added to a bill (e.g. a restaurant check) - to signify good service.
Sampling
Convention and visitors bureau (CVB)
Gratuity
Target date
37. 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
On-demand
Schoolroom set-up
Material handling
Continuing Education Unit (CEU)
38. Period when the demand for a supplier's product or service is highest. Prices general increase in high season.
Limited power of attorney
Logistics
Citywide event
High season
39. Proof of Registration - i.e. - a reservation number that will be accepted by the hotel holding the room.
Confirmation number
B2B
Deposit
Audiovisual A/V
40. EAC. Any company other than the designated "official" contractor providing a service to an exhibitor. Can refer to an Install & Dismantle Company (I&D House) - photographer - florist or any other type of contractor.
Buffet
Kiosk
Exhibitor-appointed contractor (EAC)
Service charge
41. An insurance policy that provides protection against claims involving bodily injury and property damage to third parties.
Commission
Advance registration
General liability insurance
Marketing
42. 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.
Pre-con
Production company
General liability insurance
Music licensing
43. AKA CSEP or Certified Special Event Professional - a designation offered by the International Special Events Society (ISES) earned through education - perofrmance - experience - and service to the industry.
Special event professional
Focus group
In-house contractor
Group specifications guide
44. 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.
Mag-stripe
Convention services manager (CSM)
Concession
Integrated marketing
45. LTL. Rates applicable when the quantity of freight is less than the volume of truckload minimum weight.
Less than truckload
Riser
Real-time
Shuttle service
46. Dispute resolution process in which the parties use a third party to assist them in reaching a compromise. The mediator may work with both sides together - or may act as "go between" in an attempt to move the sides toward agreement. The mediator may
Buzz session
T-3 line
Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE)
Mediation
47. A supplier of a specific event service - such as photography - rental of furniture or audiovisual equipment - or floral decoration.
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Export license
Master account
Specialty contractor
48. Procurement - maintenance and transportation of materials. Involves all related functions and services.
Logistics
Continental breakfast
Opt-in
High season
49. Building an event budget on estimates of potential income and likely expenses because there is no financial history from prior events available to use.
Export license
Zero-based budgeting
V-shape set-up
Straight time
50. 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.
Accreditation
Outboarding
On consumption
CODEC