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Corporate sponsors play an important role in the success of charitable fundraising events, from providing in-kind donations to engaging in cross-promotion and employee involvement. Join us for a presentation on how your organization can bring more value to corporate sponsors and thereby increase the success of your event. During the webinar we’ll discuss: • What Corporate Sponsors care about • Defining your value to a Corporate Sponsor • Finding Corporate Sponsors • Packaging Sponsorships • Incorporating websites, social media and email marketing to cross-promote your fundraising event
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5 Steps to Maximizing Fundraising Events
with Corporate Sponsors
Eric Schrader
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5 Steps to Maximizing Fundraising Events with Corporate Sponsors
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Agenda
• What Corporate Sponsors Care About
• Defining your value to a Corporate Sponsor
• Finding Corporate Sponsors
• Packaging Sponsorships
• Incorporating websites, social media and email marketing
to cross-promote your fundraising event
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What do Sponsors care about?
Employees &
Community
Marketing &
Sales
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What do Sponsors care about?
Aligned with Company
Mission/Values and at
Which Companies
Connected with employees
and at Which Companies
Going to deliver
promotional value
How your organization is...
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Size of audience that will be reached via event promotion
Demographics of audience and attendees
Specific promotional opportunities
Support of community or employee initiatives
Alignment with other company related goals: •environment, health, education, children, etc.
X number of employees are supporters
Y number of employees have volunteered
Z members of the community have benefited from our org
Defining Your Value...
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Finding Sponsors
Sources Where
Local, Local, Local
Your Board
Your Supporters
Your Vendors
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Finding Sponsors
Your Group Companies People
Updates
Discussions
Sub-Groups
Board
Donors
Volunteers
Employers Members
Start a LinkedIn Group for your Supporters
Past
Employer
Current
Employer Interested
in Cause
Tools to find sponsors....
and also keep in touch with supporters
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Finding Sponsors
Tools to find sponsors....
and also keep in touch with supporters
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Import
Address Book Analyze it against
the social web Find out company connections
and latest updates
Leverage org’s address book to build stronger
relationships
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Packaging Sponsorships
Promotional
Package Event Package
Uniqueness
Impressions
Size of Audience
Sponsorship Level
Tickets to Event (eg. Table of 8, Foursome of golf)
Special Additions Wine
Limo
Parking
Gift Basket
Access to Special Pre-Event Area
Donation
10% - 50% of the
Final Sponsorship
Fee
$X $Y $Z
$X
$Y $Z
+ overhead _________
Price
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Packaging Sponsorships
Create a range of Sponsorship Levels
Platinum Sponsor
Gold Sponsor
Silver Sponsor
Bronze Sponsor
Diva Sponsor
Vogue Sponsor
Fashionista Sponsor
More Traditional Themed*
*“Women and the City” Event
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Packaging Sponsorships
Examples
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Packaging Sponsorships
Examples
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Promoting your Event
Sponsors
Newsletters Flyers
Websites Social Web
Email Print Newspaper Program Invitations Reminders Thank You
Event Page Org
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Promoting your Event on your site
Sponsor Section on
Event Landing Page Promotional Widget on
organization website
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Promoting your Event on Sponsor’s site
Event Widgets for Corporate Sponsors
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Promoting your Event on Facebook Page
Sponsor Section on
Facebook Event Page
Event Badge on
Facebook Page
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Promoting your Event
Thanks to a special sponsor @albertsons for helping
to make our annual #Dinner #Event
http://bit.ly/4r1Wkt - 3 wks left to get tickets
Join us at St Louis Botanic Garden’s annual
dinner/auction @stlbg - Nature & Harmony #Dinner
#Event http://bit.ly/4r1Wkt
I’m going to St Louis Botanic Garden’s annual
dinner/auction @stlbg - Nature & Harmony #Dinner
#Event http://bit.ly/4r1Wkt - go signup!
A Supporter
Your Organization
A Sponsor
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Promoting your Event
Email Invitations Email Reminders
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Thanking Your Sponsors
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Always take time to thank
your sponsors and let
them know the Event
results
Green Tip...
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Summary - What you have learned
• What Corporate Sponsors Care About
• How to define your value to a Corporate Sponsor
• Tools and strategies for finding Corporate Sponsors
• How to package Sponsorships for maximum value
• How to incorporate websites, social media and email
marketing to cross-promote your fundraising event
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