A study by The Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) found that sponsorships increase booth traffic by up to 104 percent and hospitality functions increase booth traffic by up to 86 percent.
Take advantage of these exciting sponsorship opportunities to enhance your booth presence in order to best reach our anticipated audience of more than 5,500 college admission and counseling professionals. In exchange for your generous support, sponsors will receive a benefits package designed to further maximize your exposure to our conference audience.
Gold Level Sponsorships ($25,000+)
Conference Proceedings
Conference Tote Bags
Exhibit Hall Refreshment Breaks
Shuttle Service
Silver Level Sponsorships ($15,000 - $24,999)
Conference Social
Counselors' College Fair Hospitality
Hotel Keycards
Mobile Device Recharge Station
Relaxation Station
Water Bottles
Welcome Reception
Bronze Level Sponsorships ($2,500 - $14,999)
Adhesives: Window/Door Clings and Floor Stickers
Chief Enrollment Officers' Forum (CHIEF) Preconference Program
Counselors' Preview Day Luncheon
Exhibit Hall Aisle Signs
Lanyards and Badge Holders
Pens
Printing Stations
Registration Area
Treasure Map
Gold Level Sponsorships ($25,000+)
Conference Proceedings
The cornerstone of NACAC’s national conference, the educational sessions offer a wealth of information to NACAC members in attendance. Sponsorship of this initiative would allow NACAC to provide access to this valuable information (in the form of digitally-merged audio and video downloads) following the conference to our attendees, as well as to those who were unable to attend. Sponsor’s support would be recognized on marketing materials and signage promoting the new service and in conjunction with the downloadable files from designated Web site.
Cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100,000
Co-sponsorships available
Conference Tote Bags
Environmentally-friendly, “green” tote bags will be distributed to more than 5,500 conference registrants – sponsorship of which will offer your company the greatest level of visibility both at the conference and upon return from the conference as attendees walk throughout the conference center, St. Louis and their local communities with the conference tote bags in hand.
SOLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . THANK YOU TO Landmark College
Exhibit Hall Refreshment BreaksIncrease your company’s visibility and recognition through sponsorship of the refreshment breaks offered on each of the three days that the Exhibit Hall is open. This sponsorship will energize grateful attendees who are on limited budgets. Among other benefits, sponsorship will entitle your company to placement of your company logo on signage and napkins at each station.
Exclusive sponsorship cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $30,000
Co-sponsorships available
Shuttle Service
For the convenience of our conference attendees, NACAC will offer shuttle service between various conference hotels and the convention center each day of the conference. Attendees are sure to appreciate the convenience the shuttle service offers, thus positively associating the sponsor of the shuttles with the NACAC conference. Branding opportunities include placement of sponsor banner signage on the passenger entry side of each all-day bus and placement of sponsor's logo on marketing materials and signage promoting the service.
Cost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $60,000
Silver Level Sponsorships ($15,000 - $24,999)
Conference Social
The most anticipated and well-attended event of the conference, Saturday's social will draw a crowd of more than 2,000 attendees. Your sponsorship support will provide conference attendees with their final opportunity to network with their colleagues and a closing celebration they won't soon forget!
Cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20,000
Counselors’ College Fair Hospitality
Held on the most highly-attended day of the conference, the Counselor’s College Fair is expected to draw over 2,000 secondary counselors in 2010. Attendees include counselors from across the nation as well as many local St. Louis area counselors. Provide coffee, water and soda stations to participants who will greatly appreciate this sponsorship choice. Sponsor will be recognized on signage at the entrance to the fair, at refreshment stations and on programs distributed to attendees upon entry to this event.
SOLD . . . . . . . . THANK YOU TO The Common Application
Hotel Keycards
Designed to include the sponsor’s logo on the back of each keycard (and NACAC’s logo and sponsor recognition line on the front), the keycards provide a unique opportunity to capture the attention of our conference audience and—with with the inclusion of a company tagline or messaging to include the sponsor’s booth number—an opportunity to drive traffic to the sponsor’s booth. Typically viewed up to six times per day, the key card provides frequent market exposure and a lasting impression as the card often becomes a souvenir.
UNDER CONTRACT
NEW - Mobile Device Recharge Station
Strategically placed in various areas of the convention center, the recharge stations will allow those in attendance to quickly charge their multimedia devices including laptops, cell phones and other gadgets, so their connection to life outside of the conference remains uninterrupted. Sponsorship of this element of the conference brings with it a positive association with the convenience the service offers, thereby developing goodwill towards the sponsoring company.
Cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,000
Relaxation Station
Receive positive exposure to attendees visiting the Exhibit Hall through support of the massage therapy station, designed to reenergize conference attendees while they visit the Exhibit floor. Conference registrants will receive a Relaxation Station ticket, to include the sponsor’s logo, in their tote bags. Attendees will be accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis.
Cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $17,500
Co-sponsorships available
Water Bottles
Keeping with our efforts to deliver a “green” conference and considering the demand for water on-site, NACAC would provide each conference attendee with a plastic bike bottle to be imprinted with sponsor’s logo and distributed upon registration. Sponsor would also be recognized on signage posted at water stations placed throughout the convention center for the convenience of attendees in refilling their supply. Sponsorship offers an excellent branding opportunity as the sponsor’s logo will receive both conference-wide and post-conference exposure.
SOLD. . . . . . . . . THANK YOU TO United States Coast Guard Academy
Welcome Reception
This opening event on Thursday evening, September 30, provides a warm welcome to the more than 5,500 college admission counseling professionals who will attend NACAC's National Conference. With plenty of fun and food, attendees will enjoy this opportunity to renew old acquaintances while also establishing new ones. Sponsorship offers conference-wide exposure and positive association with an event serving to energize our attendees as they kick-off a conference rich in programming and networking opportunities.
Cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20,000
Bronze Level Sponsorships ($5,000 - $14,999)
NEW - Adhesives
The St. Louis Convention Center has many spacious windows offering sponsors a unique and highly visible branding opportunity through the use of window and door clings and floor stickers. Sponsors logo will be transferred to adhesive material for placement on various glass surfaces and walkways throughout the convention center.
Cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,000
Co-sponsorships available
Chief Enrollment Officers’ Forum (CHIEF) Preconference Program
CHIEF provides a unique opportunity for collegial discussion and insight into the issues and ideas relevant to enrollment officers. The workshop, held one day prior to the official conference opening, also offers attendees the chance for small group discussion and networking. The supporting sponsor would be given the opportunity to participate in the programming, display company literature and address this group of approximately 75 influential leaders at the beginning of scheduled programming.
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Counselors' Preview Day Luncheon
Show your support for local and new counselors through sponsorship of NACAC's Counselors' Preview Day. This event is held on Friday, October 1 and designed to engage counselors from the St. Louis area to maximize their conference experience. Those who attend will have the opportunity to meet NACAC leaders and other counseling colleagues. Sponsorship of this event offers exposure to the more than 100 counselors who traditionally attend this event.
SOLD. . . . . . . . . . . . THANK YOU TO Illinois Association
for College Admission Counseling
NEW - Exhibit Hall Aisle Signs
Sponsoring company’s logo would be placed on all aisle signs -- hanging above each exhibit floor aisle to provide attendees with a frame of reference as they walk the floor.
Cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000
Lanyards and Badge Holders
NACAC and the sponsoring company’s names and logos are prominently imprinted on badge holders worn throughout the conference by 5,500+ attendees.
SOLD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THANK YOU TO CollegeNET
Pens
With efforts to deliver a “green” conference, NACAC would provide an environmentally-friendly pen to be imprinted with sponsor’s logo and distributed to the more than 5,500 attendees upon registration. Sponsor’s pen would be the only pen provided in conference tote bags.
SOLD . . . . . . . . THANK YOU TO The Common Application
Printing Stations
Conference attendees can enjoy the convenience of printing educational session presentation handouts before or after they attend their scheduled sessions. Sponsor would be recognized on signage placed at the stations and in materials notifying attendees about the availability of the service.
Cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,000
Co-sponsorships available
NEW - Registration Area
Perhaps the most centrally located and highest traffic area in the convention center, sponsorship of this area offers premium exposure to all conference attendees as they register for the conference and as they pass through the area multiple times throughout each day of the conference.
Cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,000
NEW - Treasure Map
Designed to drive traffic to our exhibit hall, the treasure map sends conference attendees on a scavenger hunt throughout the exhibit floor in search of various clues, all the while encouraging them to spend quality time speaking with exhibitors and their colleagues in order to successfully collect the correct answers earning them the chance to win a free 2011 conference registration. All treasure maps would be branded with sponsoring company’s logo and booth location information.
Cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,500
For more sponsorship information, please contact Maura Artman, Director of Development, at 703/836-2222, ext. 145.