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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. A type of education where students work on their own at home or from an office - and communicate with faculty and other students via email - electronic forums - chat - webconferencing and other forms of online communication. Includes correspondence c
T-shape set-up
Van line
Distance learning
Podcast
2. An alternative plan that may replace the original plan when circumstances change.
Contingency plan
Stand
Rounded hollow square
Link
3. An individual or company providing installation & dismantle and booth/stand and hall dressing services for a trade show and/or its exhibitors. Decorator services may be provided by carpenters - sign painters or others depending upon union jurisdictio
Target date
Smart card
Incremental budgeting
Decorator
4. One of the advantages of a web-based event planning software solution or ASP is that clients already have the necessary tools available: a computer and a web browser. This familiar interface is cross-platforming - meaning that PCs - MACs - and large
Set top box solutions (STBS)
Program design
Production company
Interface
5. 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.
Attrition clause
Gobo
Concession
Cluster
6. Food is plated in the kitchen and placed before the guest. Side dishes are used for bread and butter and salad. Food is served from the left - beverages from the right - and all items are removed from the right. This is generally the service used for
Unopposed exhibit hours
Arbitration
American service
High season
7. Affordable videoconferencing equipment that is available and allows participants to use their computers indead of proprietary hardware for virtual meetings. They provide real-time interaction using a personal computer.
Island booth
Cost center
Installation and dismantle (I&D)
Desktop videoconferenceing (DVC)
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
Smart form
Shopping cart
Specialty contractor
Familiarization (fam) trip
9. 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.
Dais
Uplink
Pro number
Simultaneous translation
10. 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.
Ultraviolet lighting
Schedule of services
Flying
Gobo
11. Risk that an organization takes when dealing with foreign currency due to exchange rates fluctuating over time.
Foreign exchange currency risk
Post-con
Schedule of services
Destination Marketing Association International
12. A group of voluntary committee members with vested interests in program content who are commonly used to establish direction for educational programs offered at association meetings.
Barrier-free
ducational programming committee
Professional congress organizer (PCO)
Rider
13. Multi-page pressure-sensitive form where multiple copies are made by writing on the top copy of the form. NCR stands for No-Carbon Required.
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Mic level
Barrier-free
NCR form
14. ASP. A company that manages and distributes software-based solutions to customers across a wide area network from a central data center. In essence - ASPs are a way for organizations to outsource some or almost all aspects of their information techno
Application service provider (ASP)
Dimensional weight
T-1 line
Shopping cart
15. 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.
Decorator
Certified Speaking Professional (CSP)
Cancellation Clause
Clause
16. All individuals who are invested in a project or event such as the sponsors - attendees - vendors - media and others.
Stakeholder
Continuing Legal Education (CLE)
Dimensional weight
Symposium
17. A marketing plan should answer the question - What is the benefit to attending the event?
Cash bar
Schoolroom set-up
Value proposition
Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE)
18. Type of meeting which brings together three or more people in two or more locations through telecommunications.
Straight time
Teleconferencing
Opt-in
Uplink
19. 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.
Lavaliere microphone
Release date
NCR form
Outboarding
20. Date beyond which a facility is free to rent the unused sleeping rooms or function space to other groups.
Cash bar
Quick set
VHS Video Home System
Release date
21. 1) Publicizing an event. See PUBLICITY. 2) An advancement in rank or position.
Green event
Promotion
Foreign exchange currency risk
Exclusive
22. Part of a cancellation clause that outlines the amount of damages to be paid to the noncelling party in the event of a cancellation.
Mic level
Destination management company (DMC)
Liquidated damage clause
Certificate of insurance
23. 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
Buzz session
Rebates
Convention center
Pre-event meeting
24. A company that offers complete turnkey organization support for an event - including administrative and event management services.
Multi-management firm
Bid
Stakeholder
Mic level
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.
Familiarization (fam) trip
Desktop videoconferenceing (DVC)
Transfer
Sponsorship
26. Integrated services digital network. A single ISDN line carries data at 128 Kbps. Although video conferences are possible at slower speeds - ISDN is considered to be the minimum for acceptable-quality video transmission.
Conference reminder
Distance learning
Computer assisted drawing (CAD)
ISDN
27. Casting video images on monitors or on large screen.
Video projection
Chart of accounts
Return on investment ROI
Minimum labor call
28. 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.
Style sheet
Modified American Plan MAP
Automated external defibrillator (AED)
Jurisdiction
29. 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 -
Booth
Overtime
Buzz session
Telecommunications devices for the deaf (TDD)
30. 1) A food service vendor - often used to describe a vendor who specializes in banquets and theme parties. 2) An exclusive food & beverage contractor within a facility.
Direct billing
Good faith
Caterer
Accessibility
31. 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.
Publicity
Caterer
Dimensional weight
Van line
32. 1) Some Web-based content such as event Webcasts are made available to online customers on a pay-per-view basis - which means that customers have to pay to access this programming. 2) Video productions accessible to customers who pay for access to th
Cash bar
Pay-per-view
APEX
Resolution
33. Complimentary tickets awarded by the official airline after the event according to the number of attendees who used the airline.
Productivity ticket
Speakers bureau
Reservation review date
Quick set
34. 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
Radio frequency identification (RFID)
Concession
CODEC
Manifest
35. RFP. A document that stipulates what services the organization wants from an outside contractor and requests a bid to perform such services. Same As BID MANUAL/SPECIFICATIONS.
Rebates
T-shape set-up
Shoulder season
Request for proposal (RFP)
36. Accounts receivable made available to individuals or firms with established credit.
Seminar
French cart service
Cut-off date
Direct billing
37. 1) The process of attaching the cable on a crane to a piece of machinery or equipment. 2) The process for hanging materials or signs.
Export declaration
Set-up
Rigging
Pay-per-view
38. 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
Desktop videoconferenceing (DVC)
Virtual conferencing
Post-event meeting
Publicity
39. Supplier of booth/stand equipment - rental furnishings - floor coverings - labor - drayage and signs for exhibitions and trade shows. See GENERAL SERVICE CONTRACTOR.
Hold harmless
Non-performance
Event-contracted block (ECB)
Exhibition service contractor
40. The standard seating supplied by most facilities. This kind of seating in wide rooms has the disadvantage of restricting the view of attendees sitting at the row ends. Best for presentations in which audience interaction is not required.
Pallet
Objective
Straight-row seating
Equalizer
41. 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 - whi
Opt-out
Post-event report PER
Official carrier
Convention services manager (CSM)
42. 1) Room or suite of rooms used to entertain guests. 2) An event in the United States usually separate from the exhibit - in which refreshments are served and exhibitor personnel and visitors socialize.
Rebates
LED Light Emitting Diode
Hospitality suite
Opt-out
43. An account (usually a number) to which expenses for a function or activity are charged.
T-3 line
Cost center
Chart of accounts
Value proposition
44. A seating arrangement with a row of seats on low risers around a BOARDROOM SET-UP. A very space-intensive set-up.
Consular invoice
Certificate of insurance
Two-tiered set-up
Rigging
45. A detailed list of the individual line items that make up the revenue and expense categories in a budget. A numbering system used to identify every line item in a budget - so income and expenses are posted to the correct accounts.
Chart of accounts
Rigging
Assisted listening devices (ALD)
Familiarization (fam) trip
46. An event that incoporates environmental considerations throughout all states of the planning process in order to minimize the negative impact on the environment.
Green event
Caterer
Shopping cart
T-3 line
47. Assortment of foods - offered on a table - self-served.
Certified Professional Catering Executive (CPCE)
Teleconferencing
Buffet
Chat room
48. Two or more computers or peripherals that are linked together for the purpose of sharing data.
PAR
Gobo
Network
Value-added tax (VAT)
49. 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
Linear booth
Chart of accounts
Press kit
Cash flow
50. 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 -
Kiosk
Casual attire
Multidisciplinary
Booth