MICHAEL CERBELLI

For over 30 years Michael Cerbelli has been entertaining and producing events all over the world. He built his career from a block party DJ in Brooklyn, New York to one of the most polished and professional entertainers in the special events industry. His many titles have included; COO, Creative Director, and (worldrenowned) Master of Ceremonies. Michael has established himself as one of the most highly regarded professionals in the event and entertainment industry. Michael is truly a pioneer who started many trends that are now customary in the entertainment field.

Currently, Michael is the President of Special Events for the New York / New Jersey based company, Total Entertainment, as an Event Specialist and has been traveling internationally, doing what he does best: producing one-of-a-kind events around the globe. Total Entertainment’s impressive portfolio includes producing such events as Sir Paul McCartney & Heather Mills’ Wedding, Billy Joel’s nuptials, The Kennedy Center Honors in Washington D.C., The World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, The King of Morocco’s Birthday Bash & New Years Eve Party, and an event at President Putin’s Summer Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia. Luckily enough, Michael gets to party with the best of them. Besides performing for this very high-end social market, Michael has worked with some of the most prestigious corporations in the world, again producing events that astound and amaze.

Due to his superior talents and efforts, Michael has been honored with several of the event industry’s top awards. Most recently, Michael was honored at the International Special Events Society (ISES) NY Metro 7th Annual Big Apple Awards Gala 2008 as one of the 20 individuals that have influenced the New York event industry and supported ISES NY Metro during it’s 20 year history. During this ISES Big Apple Awards Gala, Michael also received three prestigious awards: “Best Entertainment Program,” “Best Social Event” and “Best ISES NY Metro Collaboration.” Michael is also the proud recipient of the Steve Kemble Leadership Foundation 2008 “Award of Excellence”. This is an extremely prestigious award given only to those that have shown exceptional leadership skills and have made huge contributions to the event industry. The mission of the Steve Kemble Leadership Foundation is to develop and nurture leadership skills for special event and meeting industry professionals through recognition of leadership achievements. Add to this the 2007 Event Solutions Spotlight Award for Samaritan Service and the 2005 Event Solutions Spotlight Award for Entertainer of the Year and, without a doubt, you know you are in the presence of a respected professional. His peers have also recognized Michael with his recent role as Chairman (2005 – 2007), of the Special Events Assistance and Resources with a Caring Heart (SEARCH) Foundation an event industry-based charity that assists event professionals in crisis.

Over the past two years, Michael helped raise awareness about the foundation throughout his many speaking appearances, including ISES and Meeting Planners International (MPI) communities. With the help of his Board of Directors and through contributions from the event industry, he raised record numbers of donations to help the event community. He also represents and believes in ISES by traveling the world and teaching his knowledge to the new-generation of event professionals. ISES has been so impressed with these efforts that they have decided to combine their own foundation, International Special Events Education Foundation (ISEF) with the SEARCH Foundation. They have asked Michael and his board from SEARCH to take control and merge ISEF and SEARCH into one foundation. Today SEARCH is internationally recognized as the source for event professionals confronted with a catastrophic occurrence while also fostering, developing, and promoting educational initiatives for the advancement of the industry.

In addition, Michael has made yet another mark in the event and entertainment industry with his innovative presentation “Michael Cerbelli’s: Hot Event & Entertainment Ideas TM”. About six years ago, Michael was attending conferences on a regular basis and was truly frustrated that he was not able to leave with enough tangible information and resources. As a result, Michael found a way to give back to the industry, by opening his “little black book” of ideas to his peers. Combined with his quick wit, natural charisma, and yes…his good looks, Michael’s presentation has quickly grown popular, recently presenting his 6th version of “Michael Cerbelli’s: Hot Event & Entertainment Ideas: 2008TM” in the past 5 years! In fact, due to it’s popularity, Michael recently returned from New Delhi, India where he was invited to give his presentation to international event professionals, as well as speak and educate based on his experience in the event and entertainment industry. From conventions to corporations to universities, Michael is scheduled throughout 2009 & 2010 to continue presenting “Michael Cerbelli’s: Hot Event & Entertainment IdeasTM” spreading the knowledge and all he knows about entertainment with this unique and one-of-a kind presentation.

Contact Information:
Michael Cerbelli
Total Entertainment Inc.
314 16th Street Carlstadt,
New Jersey 07072
o 201-894-0055 x202
f 201-894-1958
e michael@totalentertainment.com
Please contact Jaclyn Ownes or Julie Estes for information regarding having Michael
meeting your team and presenting his original one-of-a-kind seminar:
“Michael Cerbelli’s: Hot Event & Entertainment IdeasTM”
e jownes@totalentertainment.com
o 201-894-0055 x231
e jestes@totalentertainment.com
o 201-894-0055 x210