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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. 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
Mic level
Poster session
T-3 line
2. Light morning meal consisting of pastries - juices - and hot beverages. Usually served buffet style.
CYC
Streaming
Continental breakfast
Downlink
3. Accepted Practices Exchange. An initiative of the meetings - conventions & exhibitions industry managed by the Convention Industry Council (CIC). APEX develops and manages the implementation of accepted practices (voluntary standards) for the industr
Green event
Contract
Stand
APEX
4. 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.
Freight forwarder
Trade show facilitation website
Specialty contractor
Production company
5. 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.
Dais
Backbone
Concession
Complimentary room
6. 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.
Flate rate
Packing list
Provision
Rear projection
7. A cable that is made up of tiny glass strands that are wrapped and bundled together to make up a cable. Fiber can transmit voice - data and video at gigabyte speed - or 1 billion bytes per second - with less signal loss than copper wire because the s
Fiber-optic cable
Simultaneous translation
Network
Installation and dismantle (I&D)
8. 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
CYC
Logistics
Tone
9. Seating arrangement in which chairs are arranged in rows slanted in a V shape and separated by a center aisle. They face the head table or speaker.
V-shape set-up
Balance sheet
Pre-set
Cancellation Clause
10. The style of a document refers to choices writers make that create the tone to readers. A writing style could be either formal or informal.
DLP projector
Style
Contract
Exhibitor-appointed contractor (EAC)
11. A date set by event management and/or general service contractor for the arrival of freight at a trade event. Usually shipments received before or after this date are assessed a penalty charge.
Target date
Priority point system
Continuing Legal Education (CLE)
In-house contractor
12. A marketing plan should answer the question - What is the benefit to attending the event?
Value proposition
Priority point system
Distance learning
Platform
13. 1) Ability of a projection system to distinguish and reproduce fine detail. 2) Motion put forward for a joint decision; usually has the force of a legislative decision.
Resolution
Stand
Hundredweight (CWT)
Objective
14. 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.
Modified American Plan
Trade show facilitation website
Cut-off date
Russian restaurant service
15. Designated date when the facility will release a block of sleeping rooms to the general public. The date is typically three to four weeks before the event.
Workshop
CYC
Digital marketing
Cut-off date
16. AP. A type of hotel rate that includes the price of the room and all meals. Also Called FULL AMERICAN PLAN (FAP).
CYC
Full American Plan
E-conferencing
Professional congress organizer (PCO)
17. A document provided by an insurance company as proof that a policy has been issued and coverage is in effect.
French cart service
Certificate of insurance
Carnet
Telecommunications devices for the deaf (TDD)
18. A facility that provides a dedicated environment for events - especially small events. May be certified by the International Association of Conference Centers.
Conference center
Outsourcing
Exhibition service contractor
Certified Special Event Professional (CSEP)
19. Continuning education requirements for legal professionals are adminstered by the American Bar Association (ABA).
Certificate of origin
Continuing Legal Education (CLE)
Debate
Attrition clause
20. The inducement to a contract. The cause - motive - price - or impelling influence which induces a contracting party to enter a contract.
Opt-out
Consideration
Charter
Cut-off date
21. 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.
Continuing Education Unit (CEU)
Relational databases
Webconferencing
Contract
22. 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
Contract
Opt-in
Buzz session
23. 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
Low season
Secure digital certificate
Booking agent
T-3 line
24. Web based conferencing - a vital component of the modern event professional's toolbox.
Desktop videoconferenceing (DVC)
Casual attire
Broadcast Music - Inc. (BMI)
E-conferencing
25. Web sites that give visitors a reason to return to the site and be exposed to new offers.
Housing company
Chat room
Multi-management firm
Cancellation Clause
26. Lens which produces a soft edged beam of light. Theatrical fixture with adjustable lens 150 W through 1500 W.
Authorized signatory
Fresnel
Ultraviolet lighting
T-shape set-up
27. Program and process by which a participant completes proscribed training and passes an assessment.
Certification
Risk management
Breakout session
Suitcasing
28. Placing plated foods on banquet tables prior to seating guests.
Flate rate
Application sharing
Pre-set
Request for proposal (RFP)
29. Final official listing of all passengers and/or cargo aboard a transportation vehicle or vessel.
Computer assisted drawing (CAD)
ite inspection
Manifest
Indemnification clause
30. 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.
Manifest
APEX RFP
PAR
Contract
31. Risk that an organization takes when dealing with foreign currency due to exchange rates fluctuating over time.
Foreign exchange currency risk
Priority point system
Downlink
Advance registration
32. 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
American Bar Association (ABA)
Lead retrieval
Common carrier
Distance learning
33. 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
Mailing list
Material handling
Fiber-optic cable
Lecture
34. Accounts receivable made available to individuals or firms with established credit.
Cut-off date
Override
Automated external defibrillator (AED)
Direct billing
35. Two or more computers or peripherals that are linked together for the purpose of sharing data.
Network
Waiver of subrogation
Overtime
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
36. When online activities take place at a designated time - they are referred to as real-time events. A Webcast of a keynote presenter that can be watched live over the Internet is an example of a real-time event.
Marketing plan
Real-time
Media relations
Conflict of interest statement
37. Building an event budet by analyzing both the projected and actual figures from the previous year's budget.
Teleconferencing
APEX
Continuing Legal Education (CLE)
Incremental budgeting
38. Private room bar set up where guests do not pay for drinks.
Open bar (host bar)
Confrontation
Message board
ducational programming committee
39. Written document requiring individuals to disclose any conflicts of interest that may be created by their involvement with an organization.
Conflict of interest statement
Zero-based budgeting
Platform
Low season
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.
Exhibitor-appointed contractor (EAC)
Russian restaurant service
Exhibitor Advisory Committee
Catering manager
41. A term used in food and beverage that refers to the purchasing option based on the amount utilized by the group. The organization pays for the food and beverage based on the actual food and beverage served.
U-shape set-up
On consumption
Concession
Evaluation
42. 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
Chart of accounts
Arbitration
Event profile
Needs assessment
43. Transportation for participants; usually by coach or van - provided on a continuous basis for a certain time period.
Linear booth
Shuttle service
Stand
Downlink
44. A speaker system that is typically used in ballrooms - exhibit hall venues - etc - and are most appropriate for voice reproduction.
ISDN
Distributed speaker system
Category cable
Convention and visitors bureau (CVB)
45. Private dispute resolution process - Often referred to as alternate dispute resolution - in which the parties agree to submit their dispute to an impartial third party for a decision. Depending on the type of arbitration - the arbitrator's decision m
Continuing Education Unit (CEU)
Arbitration
Barrier-free
Fixed costs
46. The rooms that are contracted for by an event organizer with a hotel(s) or housing facility(s) for a particular event.
Skid
Event-contracted block (ECB)
Mediation
Overhead
47. Mandatory continuning education requirements for legal professionals are adminstered by the American Bar Association (ABA).
Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE)
Direct billing
Survey
Air waybill
48. An audio signal generated by a microphone.
Equalizer
Risk management
Common carrier
Mic level
49. 1) Customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality - precedence - and etiquette. 2) A formal description of message formats and the rules two computers must follow to exchange messages.
Protocol
Commerical invoice
Smart form
LCD projector
50. The point at which revenues are equal to expenses.
Certificate of origin
Conflict of interest statement
Break-even point
Certified Special Event Professional (CSEP)