Corporate Sponsors – How to Find, Attract and Keep Them
Are you ready to generate additional revenue for your programs and facilities? Hear secrets from the world’s most innovative business leaders which will help you find, nurture, and “speak the language” of your corporate sponsor prospects. This seminar will take the mystery out of securing dollars, in-kind contributions, media coverage and other valuable resources by showing you how to uncover and share your priceless assets.
Needs Assessment: Most park and recreation agencies are currently or will soon be asked to find ways to fund programs and activities by securing sponsorship dollars. This concept, while not new to traditional charitable organizations, can be full of mystery to novice and experienced agencies, alike. Mistakes can be costly but easily avoided with a little insight gained from this workshop.
Duration: 1.25 hours
Learning Outcomes:
You will learn:
- Why “Cause Related Marketing” is one of the fastest growing areas in promotion today
- How to match the right sponsor to the right project
- Ways to double and triple sponsor involvement
- How to assess needs and assets in order to set sponsorship goals
- Understand the steps necessary to develop a sponsorship campaign and timeline
- Learn how to avoid the biggest mistakes when looking for sponsors
Session Format: Lecture combined with visual examples, case histories will be explored. Participants will demonstrate learning by completing a simple sponsorship strategy included in their handouts
Target Audience: All
CEU Session: Yes
Proposed Chair:
Speaker: Jodi Rudick
Equipment: VCR/TV, Flip Chart, LCD Projector