Your National MCA-I Benefits
One of the goals of any professional association is to provide the membership with valuable tools for improving performance and increasing profits. MCA-I members also make invaluable friendships. Here's the short list of what your MCA-I Membership offers.

Connections
Work
Discounts
Insurance
Professional Development
Recognition
Information
Inspiration

Connections
Membership in a local Chapter is included at no extra cost. With nearly 100 chapters across North America, there's sure to be one near you. MCA-I chapters hold regular monthly networking and professional development meetings and events, and provide other valuable services to members.

If there's no local chapter within driving distance, you can gain many of the benefits of "local" membership by taking advantage of our many online eCommunities and other resources available via the website.

Resource/Membership Directory
The members-only online Member Search database make the MCA-I member network available whether you're at home or away. Find members by name, company, specialty or geographic region.

eCommunity
MCA-I connects members with other members through our member-driven listservs. Finding the right piece of equipment or software, brainstorming a creative approach to your yearly employee appreciation program, or redesigning your company intranet become easier when you look to MCA-I members for help. And help is as close as your computer- just log on and connect with the MCA-I community.

International Network
MCA-I provides members with global production assistance through our International Affiliates, sister organizations and individual media professionals in countries around the world. Our global reach means you can access professional, friendly, knowledgeable production help in just about every inhabited place on earth.

Work
Find A Pro™
The Find A Pro™ database showcases creative MCA-I professionals who provide production services to companies, organizations and institutions on a contract, freelance or consulting basis. Find A Pro™ keeps MCA-I members open for business 24/7.

Job Hotline
If you're in the market for full-time staff employment, MCA-I membership gives you free access to the Job Hotline for positions open near you or across the country. Those with positions to fill can target their search by following up with qualified professionals who respond to the resume posting service available to MCA-I members.

Discounts
Members-only discounts are available on:

Production Resources including music libraries, stock footage, software, hardware, training materials, production equipment, webcasting, streaming media services.

Business Services/Supplies like shipping, office supplies, production insurance, medical and dental plans, hotel discounts and more.

Professional Development at a wide variety of seminars, trade shows and conferences, where MCA-I members can learn to communicate better, faster and cheaper.

Health Benefits
Members-only discounts are available on:

Pinnacle Choice Health Savings Card and Fixed Benefit Plan Insurance
A nationally recognized healthcare product, Pinnacle Choice Health Savings Card is a comprehensive national healthcare discount program. Members have convenient access to medical, prescription drug, chiropractic, complementary alternative medicine, dental, vision, nurse advisory service and hearing care at substantial savings. (See accompanying article on MCA-I Health Benefits.)
The Pinnacle Choice Fixed Benefit Plan Insurance is a Mini Medical - Limited Benefit Policy. When you apply for Basic Care Choice Insurance, you get a Health Savings Card with everything in the stand alone package, minus Medical which is covered by the Basic Care Choice Insurance.

Find out more information about the Healthcare Benefits Plans. You may find more information about both programs on the website at www.mca-i.org. Or contact MCA-I Executive Director at execdirect@mca-i.org or call 608-443-2464.

Professional Development
Discounts on conferences, trade shows and seminars that cover many aspects of communications, media production and technology are an MCA-I members-only benefit. The MCA-I website also has articles, forms and links to even more resources for professional development.

Recognition
MCA-I's prestigious annual Media Festival Awards recognizes excellence in communications. Good work deserves to be celebrated, and MCA-I has been shining the spotlight for over 35 years. Get the recognition you deserve.

Information
Free Member2Member e-newsletter, where members share tips and tricks of their art and craft with other members. A valuable free online Handbook of Forms developed by MCA-I members to help other members do their jobs efficiently and effectively is available to members.

The Members-Only website contains extensive links to valuable industry resources, articles on many aspects of media production and access to the valuable Member Search database. New information is being added all the time, so you'll want to check often.

Inspiration
eCommunity
MCA-I connects members with other members through our listservs. Members share ideas and inspiration, and tips and tricks of the business, art and craft of media communication.

Spread the word and help build MCA-I.


Click or email below to join as an International or Associate member. Associate Memberships are limited and depend on the current number of International Members in the Chapter. You may ask for an application form at a chapter meeting or send an email with your request.