IACEP Benefits

The IACEP was created to support both Producers and Suppliers of Corporate Entertainment and Business Communication events. Members benefit from education and leadership opportunities, as well as a wide pool of colleagues for networking. This organization is now more than a dream of its original eight creators. We are an organization that is growing and poised to serve and unite our industry. We can't do it alone. We need you. We need your input. We need your involvement, ideas, thoughts and direction. Join the IACEP today, and be on the ground floor of an organization that we believe will someday be the cornerstone of our industry.

“Finally an association of people who actually do what I do. All the other associations I belong to have their respective value, but IACEP provides a focus on my area of specialty and an opportunity to network and share ideas with the top professionals in MY line of business.” Steve Thomas, Partner, EastCoast Entertainment Atlanta, GA, IACEP Chairman Elect/ Vice Chair of Finance

Membership Fees:

Producer Membership Fees are $550 for the initial year and $350 for annual renewals thereafter.

Supplier Membership Fees are $750 for the intial year and $550 for annual renewals thereafter.

All Memberships Include:

  • An Annual IACEP Conference and Trade Show Registration Discount;

  • A $100 Discount on a new subscription or renewal to Celebrity Access;
  • Two (2) free subscriptions to American Entertainment Magazine; and
  • Discounted advertising rates with American Entertainment Magazine.

    "My membership has more than paid for itself in not only contacts and learning but in new business. I have had the opportunity to produce for several members since joining IACEP." Carmen Tomasetti,President CTO World Entertainment Productions, New York, NY, IACEP Board of Directors


A sample of some of the other benefits of joining this unique organization:

  • Quite possibly, the industry's best networking opportunities available
  • Sharing of best practices and emerging industry trends
  • Development of Industry Standards for member use such as:
    • Union Labor Issues
    • Artist cancellation clauses
    • Per diem rates
    • Deposit schedules
    • Responses to potential terrorist attacks, natural disasters
  • Educational opportunities, including the possible certification of member producers, artists and agencies
  • Sponsorship of industry recognitions/awards
  • Creation of showcasing and exhibiting opportunites for producers, artists and agencies
  • Compilation of a directory of artists, suppliers and agencies
  • Implementation of a performance report card that evaluates artists, agencies and suppliers
  • Preparation of a standardized event/entertainment planning/production checklist
  • Establishment of a mentoring/intern program
  • Determining how to measure the entertainment's impact on the event's or meeting's return on investment (ROI)


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2006 Trade Show: Clare O'Boyle, Jackie Miller-Knobbe and Bonnie Sugarman

     

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Production Costs Verses New Technolgy Benefits: Steve Thomas, Bruce Sirus,Larry Whitlow, and Don Garrity -2006 Conference

     

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"CelebrityAccess-More Versatile Than You Realize" presented by Ted Guggenheim at 2006 Conference

     

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2006 Conference Networking: Paul Creighton, Peter Berliner, and Carmen Tomassetti

     

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Attorney Sam Erkonen, Howe & Hutton, LTD spoke on "Legal Issues That Impact How We Do Business!"- 2006 Conference