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Sponsorship Proposal Guide

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This is a guide that provides event organizers with information about how to prepare a sponsorship proposal. This guide provides information about the event and how sponsoring the event can benefit a company. Additionally, this guide provides tips on how to properly negotiate the terms of a sponsorship agreement. This guide is useful for event organizers that want to learn more information about how to prepare a sponsorship proposal and attract sponsors to their event.

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This is a guide that provides event organizers with information about how to prepare a

sponsorship proposal. This guide provides information about the event and how

sponsoring the event can benefit a company. Additionally, this guide provides tips on

how to properly negotiate the terms of a sponsorship agreement. This guide is useful

for event organizers that want to learn more information about how to prepare a

sponsorship proposal and attract sponsors to their event.

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Sponsorship

Proposal

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How to Write a

Proposal

Table of Contents:

1 PREPARE A BRIEF OUTLINE ABOUT THE EVENT: .................................................. 3

1.1 HISTORY OR BACKGROUND OF EVENT: .......................................................................... 3

1.2 EVENT AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: ..................................................................................... 3

1.3 WHO IS ORGANISING THE EVENT: .................................................................................. 4

1.4 STATEMENT ABOUT YOUR ORGANISATION’S RESOURCES: ................................................ 4

1.5 WHEN, WHERE AND TIME OF THE EVENT: ....................................................................... 5

1.6 WHAT ACTIVITIES WILL TAKE PLACE, WHO WILL PARTICIPATE? ....................................... 5

1.7 OUTLINE THE BENEFITS AND FEATURES THE SPONSOR WILL RECEIVE: ............................... 6

1.8 STATE REALISTIC BENEFITS TO SPONSORS, YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER WHAT YOU

PROMISE: ............................................................................................................................. 6

1.9 STATE WHETHER THEY ARE EXCLUSIVE SPONSORS FOR THAT AREA/ACTIVITY: ................... 7

1.10 LIST ALL FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SPONSOR: ............................................. 7

1.11 CLEARLY STATE WHAT YOU WANT FROM THE SPONSOR: .............................................. 8

1.12 SPONSORSHIP NEEDS TO BE MANAGED, THEREFORE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE PHYSICAL

AND MATERIAL RESOURCES THAT YOU REQUIRE TO DO THIS: ..................................................... 8



2 WHAT CAN YOU OFFER A SPONSOR? ....................................................................... 9

2.1 HISTORY OR BACKGROUND OF EVENT: .......................................................................... 9

2.2 NAMING RIGHTS – AS A GENERAL RULE IF YOUR EVENT COSTS $20,000 TO STAGE, THEN

NAMING RIGHTS FOR THE EVENT SHOULD BE WORTH $20,000: ................................................... 9

2.3 NETWORKING – THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS WITH GOVERNMENT

AND OTHER CORPORATE IDENTITIES THROUGH INVITATIONS TO SPECIAL EVENTS: ...................... 10

2.4 AUDIENCE EXPOSURE – YOUR EVENT AUDIENCE IS A POTENTIAL ASSET TO YOUR SPONSORS:

10

2.5 MEDIA AND PUBLICITY OPPORTUNITIES – BUSINESS LOGOS AND NAMES ON PROMOTIONAL

FLYERS, EVENT PROGRAM, POSTERS AND IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER: ....................................... 11

2.6 PRODUCT SAMPLING – ON SITE MERCHANDISING, GIVE-AWAYS, MAILING LISTS ETC: ........ 11

2.7 PROMOTION THROUGHOUT EVENT: ............................................................................. 12

2.8 DISPLAY THEIR PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL FOR THEIR BUSINESS AT THE EVENT: ............... 12

3 NEGOTIATING YOUR SPONSORSHIP DEAL ............................................................ 12

3.1 CONFIRM THAT THE SPONSOR IS A VIABLE AND REPUTABLE PROSPECT BEFORE ENTERING

INTO SERIOUS NEGOTIATION: ............................................................................................... 13

3.2 WHENEVER POSSIBLE, NEGOTIATE IN PERSON WITH THE DECISION MAKER: ..................... 13

3.3 GO INTO THE NEGOTIATIONS KNOWING WHAT YOU AIM TO ACHIEVE AND WITH A STRATEGY

OF HOW TO ACHIEVE IT. BE AWARE OF YOUR ‘BOTTOM-LINE’ AND DON’T AGREE TO ANYTHING

LESS! 13

3.4 BE DIFFERENT, MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION MEMORABLE – SLIDES, VIDEO ETC, BUT

REMEMBER YOU WON’T HAVE MUCH TIME, SO KEEP YOUR PRESENTATION SIMPLE AND TO THE

POINT: 13

3.5 ALWAYS FOCUS WRITTEN PROPOSALS AND PRESENTATION ON THE BENEFITS FOR THE

SPONSOR: .............
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