Overview and Purpose

The IAVM Education & Service Award recognizes member involvement through community outreach, education opportunities, mentorships, and internships that demonstrate excellence within our industry as well as giving back to the community. Some examples that have been shared include: active in high school programs and career development; offering internships for local college students within the company/venue; mentoring through community outreach or within a university setting; educational offerings to staff within the company/venue; community involvement with youth and young adults.

IAVM takes pride in its members that excel in providing their communities with an enjoyable space for all types of events and educational opportunities. Professional members, university faculty, allied companies as well as retired members are encouraged to apply. The IAVM Education & Service Award is given annually to no more than two companies/universities/venues and one individual who meet the criteria outlined below.

Eligibility

Any allied company or individual, faculty or university venue, public assembly venue, (publicly or privately owned and operated) is eligible to apply. Individuals or companies/venues may be nominated by others or themselves and must have at least one current employee who is an IAVM member in good standing.

Each application submitted will be eligible for consideration for a three-year period. As an example, an application submitted for the 2024 award will remain in the application pool for 2025 and 2026 unless the applicant wins. No further action is required. However, applicants may update or modify their application prior to the annual submission deadline in 2025 & 2026. Please contact Angela Coleman, if you’d like to update or modify your past submission.

Deadline to Apply

Monday, March 24, 2025 – All materials must be received via this form.

Application Requirements

Application Format

Applications must be submitted in a MS WORD document. It must include a header and a word count at the top of each section

Applicants must demonstrate how they excel in one or more of the areas listed. (1000 words max per area):

  • Educational offerings (internal and/or external)
  • Community outreach and awareness of the venue management industry
  • Internships
  • Mentoring opportunities

The above areas are shared in this application as a framework to help demonstrate the ways in which the applicant exhibits outstanding service through the community and through education.

Photographs

Applicants should provide at least one photo (but no more than 5) depicting the services above. Photos need to be at least 300 dpi (print resolution), no smaller than 2MB nor larger than 30MB, and in .jpg format.

Scoring

Scoring of the IAVM Education & Service Award reflects IAVM’s six Value Statements: integrity, service, safety, education, advocacy and people first. Scoring of the Education & Service Award applications is performed by the Awards & Recognition Committee, with final approval by the IAVM Board of Directors. Award winners will be honored during VenueConnect.