Event and meeting planners, also known as event professionals, events planners, event producers or special event coordinators plan everything from red carpet events, product launches and corporate dinners to birthday parties, baby showers, charity events and even weddings, golf tournaments, and holiday parties – you name it, event and meeting planners professionals plan it! While planning such events is most certainly a “calling” filled with passion and purpose, event and meeting planners professionals must also have business acumen to be as successful as business owners.

Event Planners Association membership for events planners provides the foundational elements needed for a successful business. Proper legal agreements, liability insurance, risk management practices and business structure all contribute to the viability of a business. Continuing education strengthens areas where knowledge is needed.

The EPA also provides the support system needed for personal and professional growth for event and meeting planners. One of the greatest resources for events planners’ professional and personal development is the connection between professionals in the same events planners industry. Access to other’s events planners experiences and events planners knowledge will allow members to broaden their insights, solve challenges and develop innovative ways to build businesses. The relationships formed through event and meeting planners networking can be long-lasting and fulfilling from a personal and professional perspective.

Our goal is to give members the opportunity to work together and build their event planner career. Event professionals typically work in clusters or teams with those they know, like and trust. EPA membership facilitates this symbiotic relationship through local chapters and the soon-to-be released membership directory designed to build your client base.