[citation needed] He also has been involved in fundraising for City of Hope, March of Dimes, Keep a Child Alive[5] and the American Cancer Society.
He moved to New York, where Beckman was Field Sales Executive for Reuben H. Donnelly, a provider of Yellow Pages in United States.
He created GQ's Men of The Year,[11] The Vogue/VH1 Fashion Awards[12] and the Movies Rock which was broadcast on NBC, VH1, and CBS respectively.
[21] In 1999, following an ad sales meeting, Beckman attempted to get two of his female employees—an advertising director and a fashion director—to kiss by banging their heads together, causing one of the women to suffer a broken nose.
[22] Condé Nast paid a seven-figure settlement to the injured woman, and Beckman was forced to apologize to the Vogue staff and undergo counseling.
Also at Prometheus Global Media, he led the consolidation of Adweek, Mediaweek and Brandweek and expanded the Clio Awards[39] by bringing the show back to network television (NBC).