Sponsor Opportunities
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ELEVATE Your Visibility!
Take your pick from the below array of options or contact CalSAE to custom-design the perfect opportunity for your company!
All sponsors will receive the following benefits:
Mailing list of ELEVATE participants for one post-conference communication (email addresses for participants who opt-in). Recognition in conference marketing such as signage, in digital presentations, in printed program, and in the post-conference issue of The Executive magazine.
Registration to attend the conference is not included with a sponsorship and is an additional fee.
Interested or have questions?
Contact Lindsay Poss, CMP | CalSAE Director of Meeting & Events
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- Concurrent Learning Session Room Host - 2 SOLD!
Price: $1,000 each (11 opportunities)- Host one of the concurrent learning session rooms for a day. Includes branded signage outside of the room, a high boy display table at the meeting room entrance, and the ability to put your branded marketing materials out at the participant place settings.
- General Session - SOLD!
Price: $2,500- Keep the energy going on Day 2 with our General Session. This sponsorship includes the opportunity to showcase your company while introducing the General Session and promoting your brand at the beginning of the program (<5 minutes at the podium including a promotional video).
- Keynote & Awards Ceremony - SOLD!
Price: $2,500- Kick-off ELEVATE by supporting the celebration of our outstanding volunteers in three categories. Promote your brand at the beginning of this prestigious occasion and introduce the Keynote (<5 minutes at the podium including a promotional video).
- MAXIMIZE-New Member Orientation - SOLD!
Price: $500- Promote your brand at the beginning of the orientation (< 5 minutes) and introduce the facilitator(s) to approximately 25 participants. Includes recognition on signage.
- PreConference Learning Program (NEW THIS YEAR!)
Price: $1,000- Promote your brand at the beginning of the preconference learning program and introduce the facilitator to approximately 25 attendees. Includes recognition on signage and <5 minutes at the podium including a promotional video.
Purchase Education/Keynote Sponsorship
- After Party - SOLD!
Price: $1,000- Keep the party going a couple of hours longer after the Tuesday night Dinner & Silent Auction. Provide ambiance such as a live musician or DJ for an added experience (food and beverage costs are additional).
- Keep the party going a couple of hours longer after the Tuesday night Dinner & Silent Auction. Provide ambiance such as a live musician or DJ for an added experience (food and beverage costs are additional).
- CEO/CAE Breakfast - SOLD!
Price: $2,500- Host an exclusive invite-only breakfast for association CEOs as well as those with the Certified Association Executive (CAE) credential. Get one-on-one face time with approximately 50 participants. Introduce yourself, play a promo video (<5 minute), and help facilitate the conversation.
- Host an exclusive invite-only breakfast for association CEOs as well as those with the Certified Association Executive (CAE) credential. Get one-on-one face time with approximately 50 participants. Introduce yourself, play a promo video (<5 minute), and help facilitate the conversation.
- Departure Experience - SOLD!
Price: $500- Send ELEVATE participants back home with a goodie bag to sustain them on their travels back to their final destination.
- Send ELEVATE participants back home with a goodie bag to sustain them on their travels back to their final destination.
- Dinner & Silent Auction - SOLD!
Price: $2,500- Close out the last night of ELEVATE by promoting your brand at the beginning of the networking time (<5 minutes). Provide ambiance such as live music for an added experience.
- Close out the last night of ELEVATE by promoting your brand at the beginning of the networking time (<5 minutes). Provide ambiance such as live music for an added experience.
- Dinner & Silent Auction Wine
Price: In-Kind- Provide 6 total cases of red (3 cases) and white (3 cases) wine for participants to enjoy at the last night's Dinner & Silent Auction.
- Provide 6 total cases of red (3 cases) and white (3 cases) wine for participants to enjoy at the last night's Dinner & Silent Auction.
- First Timers Meet & Greet - SOLD!
Price: $1,000- Welcome the ELEVATE first-time participants on Day 1 before the conference begins with a casual gathering (food and beverage costs are additional). Get one-on-one face time with approximately 30-40 participants.
- Sunrise Energizer Activities
Price: $500 each (multiple opportunities)- Be the first thing on participants' minds in the morning by hosting a wellness activity. Potential activities may include spin class, yoga, HIIT, meditation, scavenger hunt walks...anything that gets participants up and ready for the day.
- Be the first thing on participants' minds in the morning by hosting a wellness activity. Potential activities may include spin class, yoga, HIIT, meditation, scavenger hunt walks...anything that gets participants up and ready for the day.
- Virtual Silent Auction - SOLD!
Price: $1,000- Support a major fundraising effort for CalSAE by having an ongoing presence in the virtual Silent Auction platform with your logo and website link on the landing page of the event (which will be online before, during, and after the conference). The Silent Auction will be open to all CalSAE members and non-members, so the reach is much greater than just the ELEVATE participants!
- Support a major fundraising effort for CalSAE by having an ongoing presence in the virtual Silent Auction platform with your logo and website link on the landing page of the event (which will be online before, during, and after the conference). The Silent Auction will be open to all CalSAE members and non-members, so the reach is much greater than just the ELEVATE participants!
- Welcome Experience - SOLD!
Price: $500- Greet ELEVATE participants at the hotel with a goodie bag to sustain them until their first meal at the hotel.
- Greet ELEVATE participants at the hotel with a goodie bag to sustain them until their first meal at the hotel.
- Welcome Happy Hour
Price: $1,000- Welcome the participants to ELEVATE and promote your brand at the beginning of the networking time (<5 minutes). Provide ambiance such as a live musician for an added experience (food and beverage costs are additional).
- Welcome the participants to ELEVATE and promote your brand at the beginning of the networking time (<5 minutes). Provide ambiance such as a live musician for an added experience (food and beverage costs are additional).
- Welcome Happy Hour Wine - SOLD!
Price: In-Kind- Provide 6 total cases of red (3 cases) and white (3 cases) wine for participants to enjoy at the Welcome Happy Hour.
- Provide 6 total cases of red (3 cases) and white (3 cases) wine for participants to enjoy at the Welcome Happy Hour.
Purchase Special Events/Experience Sponsorship
- AM and/or PM Snack Break - 2 SOLD!
Price: $1,000 each (4 opportunities)- Nourish our learners in between sessions! Includes a high boy display table near the snack break set up.
- Nourish our learners in between sessions! Includes a high boy display table near the snack break set up.
- Board Installation & Volunteer Recognition Luncheon - SOLD!
Price: $2,500- Promote your brand from the podium (<5 minutes including a promotional video). Includes branded signage outside of the room, a high boy display table at the meeting room entrance, and the ability to put your branded marketing materials out at the participant place settings.
- Continental Breakfast - 2 SOLD!
Price: $1,000 each (3 opportunities)- Meet and greet the participants first thing in the morning by hosting their first meal of the day. Includes a high boy display table near the continental breakfast set up.
- Meet and greet the participants first thing in the morning by hosting their first meal of the day. Includes a high boy display table near the continental breakfast set up.
- Opening Luncheon - SOLD!
Price: $2,500- Promote your brand from the podium (<5 minutes including a promotional video). Includes branded signage outside of the room, a high boy display table at the meeting room entrance, and the ability to put your branded marketing materials out at the participant place settings.
- Promote your brand from the podium (<5 minutes including a promotional video). Includes branded signage outside of the room, a high boy display table at the meeting room entrance, and the ability to put your branded marketing materials out at the participant place settings.
Purchase Food & Beverage Sponsorship
- Device Charging Stations - 1 SOLD!
Price: $500/each or In-Kind- Make sure our participants can keep in touch while away from the office. Includes logo on charging stations, opportunity to distribute marketing materials at charging stations, and recognition on signage.
- Make sure our participants can keep in touch while away from the office. Includes logo on charging stations, opportunity to distribute marketing materials at charging stations, and recognition on signage.
- Featured Industry Partner Advertorial
Price: $1,000/each – 5 opportunities- Be the "Featured Industry Partner" in a CalSAE-produced marketing email blast to over 1,900 potential participants. The featured piece includes a company logo and a 100-word advertorial (logo linked and links may be included in the advertorial).
- Be the "Featured Industry Partner" in a CalSAE-produced marketing email blast to over 1,900 potential participants. The featured piece includes a company logo and a 100-word advertorial (logo linked and links may be included in the advertorial).
- Guest Room Key Cards - SOLD!
Price: $1,900 (available to business services/technology providers and CVBs only)- Put your message directly in the hands of participants with guest room key cards.
- Put your message directly in the hands of participants with guest room key cards.
- Participant Brochure Mailer
Price: $2,400 or In-Kind- Your logo on the front cover of approximately 1,350 mailed participant brochures.
- Your logo on the front cover of approximately 1,350 mailed participant brochures.
- Onsite Program - SOLD!
Price: $1,700 or In-Kind- Place a color ad on the inside front and outside back covers of the participant on-site program.
- Onsite Program Ad: Full-Page Color - 1 SOLD!
Price: $1,000/each – unlimited opps- Showcase your company in a color advertisement in the attendee onsite program.
- Showcase your company in a color advertisement in the attendee onsite program.
- Onsite Program Ad: 1/2-Page Color
Price: $750/each – unlimited opps- Showcase your company in a color advertisement in the attendee onsite program.
- Showcase your company in a color advertisement in the attendee onsite program.
- Onsite Program Ad: 1/4-Page Color - 1 SOLD!
Price: $500/each – unlimited opps - Showcase your company in a color advertisement in the attendee onsite program.
- Signage - SOLD!
Price: In-Kind- Print conference signage with your company logo in the footer of each.
- Print conference signage with your company logo in the footer of each.
- Welcome Gift / Turndown Amenity - 1 SOLD!
Price: $1,750 (which includes the hotel's fee for the room amenity delivery) plus your gift/amenity (3 opportunities)- Provide an item with your logo to be delivered to the guest room of each of the approximately 150 Association Professionals in attendance.