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CMP: Certified Meeting Professional
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1. Procurement - maintenance and transportation of materials. Involves all related functions and services.
Publicity
Installation and dismantle (I&D)
Certificate of origin
Logistics
2. A voluntary payment added to a bill (e.g. a restaurant check) - to signify good service.
Overhead
Automated external defibrillator (AED)
Gratuity
Freight forwarder
3. 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
Concession
American service
Uplink
Equalizer
4. Solicitation of opinions regarding services; questionnaire.
Survey
American Bar Association (ABA)
Material handling (formerly drayage)
Acceptance
5. Portable videoconferencing system - usually mounted on a rolling cart or hard-sided case for ease of transport from room to room or across the globe.
Set top box solutions (STBS)
Pallet
Flate rate
Telecommunications devices for the deaf (TDD)
6. 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.
Customs broker
Cut-off date
Professional congress organizer (PCO)
Music licensing
7. A writtten plan that's purpose is to define the market for an event - outline a strategy for attracting and keeping participants - and prepare to adapt to changes in the market. This working document guides decisions about how - when - and where to e
ite inspection
Download
Mic level
Marketing plan
8. The point at which revenues are equal to expenses.
Break-even point
Event specifications guide (ESG)
Cafeteria service
Ground support
9. The person hired to review the content of advertising or marketing materials for consistency - accuracy - and to elminate repititious information.
Bid
Copy editor
Pre-registration
Zero-based budgeting
10. A type of barter. The exchange of goods and services instead of using money.
American Plan (Full American Plan)
Opt-out
Relational databases
Trade-out
11. A self-contained unit with a LCD (liquid crystal display) panel - light source and lens that works with both PC and Mac computers and duplicates the image being shown on the monitor without any need for special software or complex setting up.
Accessibility
LCD projector
Projector
Set-up
12. 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.
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
Style
Attrition clause
13. Lifts - trusses - pipe or other freestanding devices used to raise sound - lighting or other equipment above the heads of attendees and to support it from the floor.
ite inspection
Room block
Ground support
Incentive travel company
14. Series of tables set up in the shape of the letter U with chairs set all around on one or both sides.
Green event
U-shape set-up
Line array
Logistics
15. In Conjunction With. An event or function that occurs because of another event.
Function set-up order
In conjunction with (ICW)
Concession
Air waybill
16. The tone of a document refers to the feeling or impression a document conveys. Formal writing style tends to convey an objective tone that is deliberate and factual. The toneo f an informal document typically is relaxed - informative - helpful - casu
Indemnification clause
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Tone
Online registration
17. 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.
French banquet service
Exhibitor-appointed contractor (EAC)
PAR
Liquidated damage clause
18. This beverage service includes both cash-bar and open-bar concepts. Guests are issued a certain number of tickets for free drinks and are then required to purchase additional drinks if desired.
Combination bar
Flate rate
Modified American Plan MAP
General liability insurance
19. An extraordinary natural event such as extreme weather - flood - hurricanes - tornadoes - earthquake or similar natural disaster that cannot be reasonably foreseen or prevented over which a contracting party has no reasonable control - making perform
Act of God
Function set-up order
Official carrier
Multidisciplinary
20. 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.
Audience polling
Concession
Streaming
Gratuity
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.
Overhead
Smart form
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Contract
22. European term for booth or exhibit.
Distributed speaker system
Stand
Download
Line level
23. The organization who provides accrediation for Continuing Medical Education (CME).
Press release
Marketing collateral
Protocol
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)
24. 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
Accessibility
Continental breakfast
Real-time
Pre-event meeting
25. A manner of behavior that touches all elements of communication and the way that we interact with customers and colleagues.
Pad-wrapped
Etiquette
Transfer
Override
26. Donated financial or material support - usually in exchange for recognition; Paid opportunity for entity or an exhibitor to increase its visibility at the event.
DVCam
Sponsorship
Stand
Flate rate
27. Transfer a file from a host computer to your computer.
Download
Rounded hollow square
Rider
Style sheet
28. Ability to transmit huge volumes of voice and video over a network or the internet - without jumpy images.
Broadband
Ground support
Citywide event
Buzz session
29. 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
Quick set
Online registration
French banquet service
APEX Post Event Report (PER)
30. A requirement for entering into a binding contract. If a contract proposal (offer) is made - it is accepted if the offeree signs the offer as submitted. If the offeree makes any changes to the offer before signing - it is a counter offer - not accept
Multidisciplinary
Pick-up
Acceptance
Audit
31. 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
Colloquium
Charter
Complimentary room
Post-event meeting
32. Any group of rooms that is classified or separated differently than the general attendee block within the Event-Contracted Block (ECB).
Pad-wrapped
Sub-block
Commerical invoice
Material handling
33. Designated day when the facility will release a block of sleeping rooms to the general public.
Mic level
Exclusive
Reservation review date
Space assignment
34. Weblogs or online journals. An application that may change the face of event marketing.
Blog
Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE)
Clause
Material handling (formerly drayage)
35. 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.
Authorized signatory
Mixer
Rounded hollow square
Chart of accounts
36. AP. A type of hotel rate that includes the price of the room and all meals. Also Called FULL AMERICAN PLAN (FAP).
Certified Meeting Professional (CMP)
Dram shop laws
Gobo
American Plan (Full American Plan)
37. 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
Shuttle service
Citywide event
Russian banquet service
Cafeteria service
38. A document provided by an insurance company as proof that a policy has been issued and coverage is in effect.
Certificate of insurance
Marketing
Distance learning
Poster session
39. Any agreement which limits who may provide specific products or services under certain conditions to only one party. A general service contractor - for instance - may have an "exclusive" in a particular facility - meaning that no other contractor is
PAR
Common carrier
Exclusive
Arbitration
40. DMC. A professional services company possessing extensive local knowledge - expertise and resources - specializing in the design and implementation of events - activities - tours - transportation and program logistics. Depending on the company and th
Deposit
Destination Marketing Association International
Meeting Information Network (MINT)
Destination management company (DMC)
41. An event that incoporates environmental considerations throughout all states of the planning process in order to minimize the negative impact on the environment.
Arbitration
Green event
Rooming list
Mic level
42. A meeting of a number of experts in a particular field - at which papers are presented and discussed by specialists on particular subjects with a view to making recommendations concerning the problems under discussion.
Two-tiered set-up
Exhibitor service manual
Symposium
Internatinoal Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET)
43. Lighting instruments that can be computer controlled to move light around the room - and project color and patterns on screens - scenery - walls or floor.
Intelligent lighting
Relational databases
Mag-stripe
Waiver of subrogation
44. In-house facility form authorizing cash withdrawal to be charged to master account or individual guest.
Application service provider (ASP)
Paid-out
Liability
Group specifications guide
45. Devices for the deaf or hearing imparied available in public phone banks and/or at the registration desk.
Flying
Telecommunications devices for the deaf (TDD)
Charter
Pre-event meeting
46. Detailed section of a contract.
Provision
Evaluation
Overtime
Travel agent
47. 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
Stacked speaker system
Distance learning
Walk
Relational databases
48. 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
Lead retrieval
Chart of accounts
Credit card badge
Group specifications guide
49. An audio signal generated by a microphone.
Mic level
Demonstration
Catering manager
Professional
50. 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
General service contractor GSC
Feedback
Needs assessment
Theater set-up