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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. A bill of lading issued by the airline that covers both domestic and international flights transporting goods to a specified destination. Technically - it is a non-negotiable instrument of air transport that serves as a receipt for the shipper - indi
Press kit
Pre-registration
Rear projection
Air waybill
2. Categorization of people - organizations or businesses by professional discipline or primary areas of interest for the purposes of sales analysis or assignment.
Market segments
Familiarization (fam) trip
B2B
In-house contractor
3. Raised horizontal surface - stage - or flooring.
Podcast
Platform
Market segments
Telecommunications devices for the deaf (TDD)
4. 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
Production company
Post event report
APEX
Specialty contractor
5. 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
Room block
In-house contractor
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Paid-out
6. An organization that provides event management and exhibitors with a wide range of services - sometimes including - but not limited to - Installation & Dismantle - creating and hanging signage and banners - laying carpet - drayage - and providing boo
Van line
General service contractor GSC
Incremental budgeting
Confrontation
7. Magnetic Stripe. A lead retrieval system using a magnetic strip on either the back of a paper badge (similar to some airline tickets) or on plastic badges similar to credit cards.
Mag-stripe
On consumption
Radio frequency identification (RFID)
Style sheet
8. Weblogs or online journals. An application that may change the face of event marketing.
Value proposition
Zone fare
Blog
Conference reminder
9. A detailed section of a contract pertaining to a specific issue.
DVCam
Modified American Plan
Clause
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
10. 1) The act of showing how to do something. 2) A group of individuals organized to picket or protest against a group using placards - literature - songs - shouts and - sometimes - marches or sit-ins.
Floor plan
General liability insurance
Demonstration
ducational programming committee
11. The projection of a computer signal from a personal computer - laptop or other computer device onto a screen from a LCD or equivalent projector for viewing by audience.
Assisted listening devices (ALD)
Audiovisual A/V
Computer data projection
Exclusive
12. A stand upon which a speaker may rest notes or books. May be "standing -" which rests on the floor - or "table-top" which is placed on a table. Often confused with PODIUM.
Videoconferencing
Limited power of attorney
Lectern
Rebates
13. 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
Mediation
Pick-up
Business exchange
Overtime
14. Informative and instructional speech.
Straight time
In conjunction with (ICW)
Customs broker
Lecture
15. Raising and supporting sound - lighting or other equipment or décor from the ceiling.
Logistics
Flying
Complimentary
APEX
16. Large theatrical floodlight usually used for work lights or occasionally in place of strip lights to light a cyclorama or sky drop.
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
Shopping cart
Scoop
LED Light Emitting Diode
17. 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
Theater set-up
Ultraviolet lighting
Event profile
Theater set-up
18. Devices for the deaf or hearing imparied available in public phone banks and/or at the registration desk.
Telecommunications devices for the deaf (TDD)
Automated external defibrillator (AED)
T-1 line
Opt-out
19. MICROPHONE that picks up sound from all directions.
Modified American Plan
Booth
T-shape set-up
Omnidirectional microphone
20. 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.
APEX RFP
Cash flow
Continental breakfast
Ultraviolet lighting
21. Casting video images on monitors or on large screen.
Lecture
Demonstration
Video projection
APEX Post Event Report (PER)
22. A promise - proposal or other expression of willingness to make and carry out a contract under proposed terms with another party which has the ability to accept it upon receiving it. Space and rent proposal from a facility. It may be in the form of a
Survey
ISDN
Podcast
Offer
23. Two or more computers or peripherals that are linked together for the purpose of sharing data.
Peripheral block
Network
Opt-out
Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE)
24. Marketing tools or programs used to influence buying patterns and build customer loyalty.
Etiquette
Breakout session
Inducements
Value-added tax (VAT)
25. A type of exhibit construction in which the walls are of solid material - rather than fabric.
Backbone
Symposium
Hardwall
Export license
26. 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.
Bid
Productivity ticket
Guest program
Rooming list
27. See BLANKET WRAP. Non-crated freight shipped via van line covered with protective blankets or padding.
Certified Special Event Professional (CSEP)
Pad-wrapped
Incremental budgeting
Shopping cart
28. Proof of Registration - i.e. - a reservation number that will be accepted by the hotel holding the room.
Conflict of interest statement
Complimentary
Convention center
Confirmation number
29. Professional Congress Organizer. European term for DMC (Destination Management Company). Local supplier who can arrange - manage and/or plan any function or service an event.
Real-time
Professional congress organizer (PCO)
Outsourcing
LED Light Emitting Diode
30. A single source provider of goods or services.
One-stop shop
Focus group
Style
Post-event meeting
31. 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.
Inducements
PAR
Contract
Meet and greet
32. 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
Credit card badge
Production company
Interface
Application sharing
33. Long range plan of action for a company or organization.
Cancellation clause
Strategic plan
Hundredweight (CWT)
Gobo
34. Amount of money paid to secure a room - facility or service in advance.
Value proposition
Advance deposit
Lecture
Event-contracted block (ECB)
35. Land-based system for videoconferencing designed to manage communication between one group of people - usually in a conference room setting - with another group or groups in similar settings elsewhere.
2-D bar code
Room-based videoconferencing
ISDN
Covers
36. Continuning education requirements for legal professionals are adminstered by the American Bar Association (ABA).
Reservation review date
Inducements
Continuing Legal Education (CLE)
Material handling (formerly drayage)
37. I&D. 1) The set-up and teardown of exhibits. 2) Firm that does I&D work.
Installation and dismantle (I&D)
Contract
Release date
Certified Special Event Professional (CSEP)
38. A music licensing organization that represents individuals who hold the copyrights to music written in the United States. It grants licensing agreements for the performance of music.
Broadcast Music - Inc. (BMI)
Contract
Floor plan
Cancellation clause
39. AKA Classroom set-up. Seating arrangement in which rows of tables with chairs face the front of a room and each person has a space for writing. Also Called SCHOOLROOM SET-UP.
Outboarding
Schoolroom set-up
Video projection
Marshalling yard
40. Building an event budet by analyzing both the projected and actual figures from the previous year's budget.
Carnet
Paid-out
Incremental budgeting
Exhibitor-appointed contractor (EAC)
41. A document provided by an insurance company as proof that a policy has been issued and coverage is in effect.
Audit
Integrated marketing
Customs broker
Certificate of insurance
42. 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.
Audience polling
Document sharing
Gobo
Contract
43. Total number of sleeping rooms that are utilized and attributable to one event.
Room block
Ground support
Master account
Unopposed exhibit hours
44. A sleeping room or function room provided to an individual or organization at no cost. See COMPLIMENTARY RATIO.
Outsourcing
Complimentary room
Full American Plan
2-D bar code
45. Names and contact information of potential customers. Attendee lists are often provided as sales leads to exhibitors as an incentive to participate in an exhibition.
Marketing plan
Sales lead
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)
Platform
46. An informal meeting for the purpose of discussion; usually of an academic or research nature and in order to ascertain areas of mutual interest through exchange of ideas. Conducted as and when convenient - but with little regularity.
Colloquium
Opt-out
2-D bar code
Exclusive
47. Association of Destination Management Executives. A member of the Convention Industry Council.
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
Linear booth
Chart of accounts
Shuttle service
48. Airline company designated airline of choice for an event in exchange for special rates or services.
Straight-row seating
Smart card
Line array
Official carrier
49. Written document requiring individuals to disclose any conflicts of interest that may be created by their involvement with an organization.
Post-con
Conflict of interest statement
Confrontation
Rooming list
50. A speaker system that is typically used in ballrooms - exhibit hall venues - etc - and are most appropriate for voice reproduction.
Offer
Mailing list
Exhibit house
Distributed speaker system