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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. 1) Display of reports and papers - usually scientific - accompanied by authors or researchers. 2) A session dedicated to the discussion of the posters shown inside the meeting area. When this discussion is not held in a special session - it can take
Link
U-shape set-up
Poster session
Event specifications guide (ESG)
2. AKA Pre-con meeting. A meeting at the primary facility at which an event will take place just prior to the event beginning. Attendees generally include the primary event organizer - representatives of the event organizer/host organization - departmen
Material handling
Net worth
Pre-event meeting
Digital marketing
3. In the United States - a legal term for laws covering the liability of people serving alcoholic beverages. Under dram shop laws - a party injured by an intoxicated person can sue establishments contributing to that person's intoxication. Many dram sh
Dram shop laws
Contract
Cluster
Cancellation clause
4. Company which designs and handles some or all elements of incentive travel programs.
Incentive travel company
Speakers bureau
Destination Marketing Association International
Yield management
5. 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.
Real-time
Integrated marketing
Bandwidth
Cash flow
6. Lens which produces a soft edged beam of light. Theatrical fixture with adjustable lens 150 W through 1500 W.
Hold harmless
Simultaneous translation
Fresnel
Commission
7. A contract clause in which one party agrees to pay damages or claims that the other party may be required to pay to another. For example - if a hotel is sued by an attendee that is injured at an event due to the fault of the group - an indemnificatio
Indemnification clause
Tip
Marketing plan
Computer assisted drawing (CAD)
8. A single source provider of goods or services.
Consideration
Charter
Exhibition service contractor
One-stop shop
9. 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.
Risk management
Arbitration
Rigging
Specialty contractor
10. Association of Destination Management Executives. A member of the Convention Industry Council.
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
Style sheet
Jurisdiction
11. 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.
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
ISDN
Pre-event meeting
Master account
12. Compression/Decompression or Coder/Decoder. Videoconferencing standard - included in hardware and/or software - used to compress or code video - audio - and data signals for transmission and decompress or decode the signal at the other end of the tra
Act of God
American Society of Composers - Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
CODEC
Continuing education
13. 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.
Consideration
Exhibitor-appointed contractor (EAC)
Force majeure
Cut-off date
14. A member of the Convention Industry Council.
National Speakers Association (NSA)
Program design
Group ware
Pre-con
15. 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.
American Bar Association (ABA)
Mag-stripe
ducational programming committee
Combination bar
16. A supplier of a specific event service - such as photography - rental of furniture or audiovisual equipment - or floral decoration.
Backbone
Specialty contractor
Certificate of insurance
Modified American Plan
17. Number of facility guest rooms actually used out of a room block.
Two-tiered set-up
Social host
Pick-up
Bandwidth
18. 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.
Real-time
Value-added tax (VAT)
Indemnification clause
Convention and visitors bureau (CVB)
19. Raised platform.
Site inspection
Air waybill
Guest program
Riser
20. Event held to communicate information to media representatives.
Interface
Pick-up
American Plan (Full American Plan)
Press conference
21. A videoconference of more than two sites.
Point-to-multipoint videoconference
Platform
CODEC
Credit card badge
22. 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.
International event
Lectern
Demonstration
Digital video
23. 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.
Confirmation number
Commission
Schoolroom set-up
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
24. Program and process by which a participant completes proscribed training and passes an assessment.
Certification
Charter
Lecture
Pre-event meeting
25. A voluntary payment added to a bill (e.g. a restaurant check) - to signify good service.
Gratuity
Cancellation or Interruption Insurance
Speakers bureau
Broadcast Music - Inc. (BMI)
26. Unpublished rates offered from the areas of the U.S. and Canada to specified event destinations; they do not require Saturday night stay over.
ISDN
Professional
Backwall
Zone fare
27. 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.
Break-even point
Ground support
Projector
NCR form
28. 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
Service charge
Space assignment
Evaluation
29. A customs document permitting the holder to carry or send merchandise temporarily into certain foreign countries (for display - demonstration or similar purposes) without paying duties or posting bonds.
Chart of accounts
Outboarding
Carnet
Barrier-free
30. 1) The back wall (either hardwall or draped) of a perimeter - booth/stand/exhibit - or inline. 2) Panel arrangement at rear of booth/stand area.
Familiarization (fam) trip
Facilitator
Multidisciplinary
Backwall
31. Accounts receivable made available to individuals or firms with established credit.
Direct billing
Jurisdiction
Attrition clause
Category cable
32. Supplier of booth/stand equipment - rental furnishings - floor coverings - labor - drayage and signs for exhibitions and trade shows. See GENERAL SERVICE CONTRACTOR.
Exhibition service contractor
Leko
Incentive travel company
Post-event meeting
33. The complete package of marketing materials used to promote an event such as brochures - emails - direct mail - etc. Organizations should consider developing a style sheet to ensure consistency across all marketing collateral.
Webconferencing
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Marketing collateral
Special event professional
34. Organizations offering this type of continuing education credits are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).
Caterer
Commission
Press conference
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
35. Any group of rooms that is classified or separated differently than the general attendee block within the Event-Contracted Block (ECB).
Certificate of insurance
Suitcasing
Press kit
Sub-block
36. Period when the demand for a supplier's product or service is lowest. Prices general decrease in low season.
Manifest
Low season
Complimentary room
Covers
37. Raised horizontal surface - stage - or flooring.
American Plan (Full American Plan)
Platform
Streaming
Demonstration
38. The right granted by one party to let a another party use live or recorded music through special agreements and fee structures.
Chart of accounts
Overtime
Music licensing
One-stop shop
39. Booth/stand space assigned to exhibiting companies or meeting rooms assigned to event groups.
Russian restaurant service
Space assignment
Download
Marketing plan
40. Recognizing the possibility of injury - damage or loss - and having a means to prevent it or provide insurance.
Point-to-multipoint videoconference
Line level
Risk management
Reservation review date
41. 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
Advance registration
T-shape set-up
Booking agent
Certificate of insurance
42. The station used to transmit signals from Earth to a satellite (videoconferencing).
Blog
Uplink
Broadcast Music - Inc. (BMI)
Rooming list
43. A feature of many videoconferencing systems that allows two or more people to use the same software program - even if all do not have it on their computer or conferencing system.
Direct billing
Billing instructions
Application sharing
Platform
44. Web based conferencing - a vital component of the modern event professional's toolbox.
Convention services manager (CSM)
Videoconferencing
E-conferencing
Real-time
45. A plastic credit card with an embedded integrated circuit chip that can store up to 16 -000 bits of data for lead retrieval and other functions.
Etiquette
Inducements
Certified Professional Catering Executive (CPCE)
Smart card
46. An email - bulk fax - or bulk mail broadcast that provides attendees and prospects with the latest news and information about an upcoming event. Such reminders are usually distributed on an opt-in basis. See EMAIL ALERT.
Conference reminder
Straight-row seating
Less than truckload
Destination Marketing Association International
47. A popular digital format for meeetings with a good quality image - an extended recording time up to 184 minutes - with a tape stock that is less expensive than BetaSP.
Pallet
Travel agent
DVCam
Balance sheet
48. AKA Pre Conference.Any event which is arranged for the period immediately preceeding the conference proper.
Income statement
Two-tiered set-up
Lectern
Pre-con
49. Notice as to how charges for an event should be handled and to whom invoices should be addressed.
ISDN
Billing instructions
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Contract
50. 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
Jurisdiction
Press kit
Network
Carnet