Chapter 10 Flashcards
Line of Sight
A line of vision an observer’s eye (such as an audience) to a distant point (such as a stage).
Meeting Attendee Portal
A virtual gateway that brings many different information resources together for a meeting in an online environment.
Name-Handling Technology
A digitally controlled group discussion system that provides a given-chair-person the flexibility and discretion to control a meeting by identifying the individual and microphone location from a video control monitor.
Near-Field Communication (NFC)
A method for smartphones and similar devices to establish radio communication with each other by touching them together or bringing them into proximity, usually no more than a few centimeters.
Online Community
A virtual community where members communicate over the internet, etabling people with like interests to connect with one another year-round; social media platforms use this format in developing chat rooms, dicussion groups, etc.
Onsite Check-In
Manual or automated assistance for attendee check-in at events, offering convenience and reduced wait times.
Pavilion
1) A designated area within the event highlighting a special product category for marketing and exposure
2) A group presentation of different entities (such as within a single country) for the purpose of generating collective impact.
Priority Points
System of assigning points to exhibiting companies to determine the order in which firms will be allowed to select booth/stand space first for the next event.
Priority rating system.
Quick Response Code (QR)
Easily readable barcodes that when scanned with a QR decoder can be translated into a VRR, a telephone number, a bit of text or other data.
Real Time Webcast
When online activities take place at a designated time they are reserved 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.
Rigging
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
3) The structure to which hanging materials are attached.
Short Message Service (SMS)
A texting messaging service component of phone, web or mobile communication systems. It uses standardized communication protocals to allow fixed line or mobile phone devise to exchange short text messages.
Soundboard
Console with separate channels to control volume and sound quality produced by each microphone.
Streaming Media
A method for delivering audio and video over the web. Streaming refers to the ability of website visitors to access multi-media content without having to download an entire file first.
Switcher
1) Engineer (technical director) who is switching from camera to camera
2) Panel with rows of buttons that allows switching from one camera or sound source to another.
Trade Fair
An international term for an exhibition.
Trade Show
An exhibition of products and/or services held for members of common or related industry. Not open to the general public.
Exhibition, Gate Show, Public Show, Consumer Show
Truss
1) A frame to carry the room of a tent
2) A structure of steel bars used to suspend lighting or other technical equipment over a stage.
3) To tie or bind something tightly
Vertical Exhibition
An exhibition at which products or services being displayed represent one element of an industry or profession.
Virtual Trade Show
Exhibit of products or services that can be viewed over the internet
Wayfinding
Encompass all the ways in which people and animals orient themselves in physical space and navigate from place to place. Offering indoor maps for handheld devices is becoming common, as are digital informatoin kiosks.
Ellipsodial (Leko) Light
Type of adjustable spotlight. It is used to light lecterns, signs and areas that need a tightly focused pool of light.
End-Cap Booth
An exhibit space with aisles on (3) sides.
Exhibitor Prospectus
Promotional materials sent to current & prospective exhibitors to encourage participation. It promotes the value of exhibiting in a specific show and contains information about technical points, cost of exhibition, space, floor plan of space and an application for participation.
Extended Header Booth
A linear booth that is 20ft or longer with a center extended header.
Fresnel
Produces a very even light that is soft at the edges & tends to project a soft shadow because the edge of the light is soft.
Ellen - a spotlight employing a single fresnel lens that produces a soft edged beam and usually provided with a spherical reflector and a means to adjust the focus from spot to flood.
Gamification
The process of using game, social and reputation mechanics to drive desired behaviors at events. Including driving attendees to engage with one another, with exhibitors and with the event brand.
General Services Contractor (GSC)
An organization that provides event management & exhibitors with a wide range of services. Sometimes including but not limited to, distributing the exhibitor manual, installation/dismantle, creating and hanging signage/banners, laying carpet, drayage and providing booth/stand furniture.
Also known as decorator/official service contractor
Gobo
A pre-cut, etched pattern fabricated from metal or glass that fits in a lighting instrument to form projected light into a shape (logo, graphic, scenery, etc.)
Hybrid Event
A blend of face-to-face meeting & virtual meeting occurring in an internet platform; also known as blended meeting.
Island Booth/Stand
Booth/Stand space with aisles on all four sides
Light-Emitting Diode (LED)
Is a two-lead semiconductor light source. LEDs have many advantages over incandescent light. Sources including lower energy consumption, longer lifetime, improved physical robustness, smaller size and faster switching.
Linear Booth/Stand
In-line display.
Exhibit space that shares one or more borders with neighboring exhibits.
Material Handling Fee
Services performed by GSC 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 & delivering materials back to the dock for carrier loading. It is a two-way charge, incoming and outgoing - drayage or material handling.
Mixer
1) Audio unit by which sounds signals from all sources feed into one system; allows for dissimilar inputs (mics & line) to be combined and controlled into one output. SOUND BOARD
2) An informal get together to give members of a group an opportunity to meet one another.