Jump-start Your Event's Sponsorship Strategy
Thursday, January 21, 2010

We look forward to you joining us at Riverton Country Club in Riverton, New Jersey for an exciting evening of networking, hors d’oeuvres, and education. It is going to be a great evening with event, marketing, and sponsorship specialist, Gail Bower, author of How to Jump-start Your Sponsorship Strategy in Tough Times, to learn best practices to jump-start your corporate sponsorship program for the New Year.

You’ll learn:

• The conversations you need to have with current sponsors now

• How to demonstrate ROI and increase your program’s value

• The challenges you’ll face approaching new corporate partners and how to surmount them

• How to handle internal and external discussions about your sponsorship activities

• How to create a more supportive culture for sponsorship

• How your recommendations and proactive measures will improve your sponsor relationships long into the future.

Meeting Schedule

6pm-7pm
Registration
Networking
Refreshments

7pm-7:15pm
Announcements

7:15pm-8:00pm 
Program

8:00pm-8:30pm
More Networking
Coffee

Pre-Register by January 18th

Members: $35
Non-Members: $45
Students: $20 *
*With valid ID*

Registration after January 18th

Members: $45
Non-Members: $55
Students: $30 *
*With valid ID*

To Register Online Go To:https://www.isesnjsouth.com/registration/

Speaker

Gail Bower helps event/festival and nonprofit leaders dramatically raise their visibility, revenue, and impact. She's a professional consultant, writer, and speaker, with nearly 25 years' experience managing some of the country's most important events, festivals and sponsorships. Launched in 1987, today Bower & Co. improves the effectiveness and results of clients' marketing strategies, events/festivals, and corporate sponsorship programs. She's the author of a guidebook for sponsorship sellers, entitled How to Jump-start Your Sponsorship Strategy in Tough Times, and blogs about sponsorship atSponsorshipStrategist.com.

Riverton Country Club

Riverton Country Club is a family-oriented club committed to providing superior facilities, quality programs and a variety of services, for the benefit and enjoyment of the membership and their guests. In supporting the great traditions of the Club, we respect the desires of individuals while satisfying the needs of the entire membership in a fiscally responsible manner. Visit the websitewww.therivertoncountryclub.com.

Riverton Country Club
1416 Highland Avenue
Cinnaminson, NJ 08077-2728
(856) 829-5500
www.therivertoncountryclub.com

DIRECTIONS

Directions from Center City Philadelphia:
Take Route I95 North to Betsy Ross Bridge Exit. Follow signs to Route 130 North. Proceed North on 130 for approximately 1 mile to Highland Ave. jughandle. 1/4 mile west on Highland Ave. to Club entrance on the right.

Directions from New Jersey Turnpike or Route I-295:
Take Route 73 North for approximately 4 miles to route 130 North. Approximately 3/4 miles North on Route 130 to Highland Ave. jughandle. 1/4 mile west on Highland Ave. to Club entrance on the right.

Directions from Shore Points:
Take Atlantic City Expressway to 42 North. Proceed on 42 North to 130 North. Take 130 North approximately 10 miles to Highland Ave. jughandle. 1/4 mile west on Highland Ave to Club entrance on the right.

Directions from Burlington Bristol Bridge & Central New Jersey:
Take Burlington Bristol Bridge to Route 413. Follow signs to 130 South. Proceed South on 130 for approximately 8 miles to Highland Ave. Turn right on Highland Ave. Club entrance 1/4 mile on the right.

Mark your calendar with these upcoming ISES New Jersey South events:

• Join us on February 18th, 2010 for Event-o-nomics at The Wyndham Mt. Laurel.

• Make your statement at Fashion + Forward = Branding on March 18th, 2010 at the Moorestown Community House.

• Our event on April 15th, 2010 will be great. Come to the Hyatt in Princeton, NJ and find out why!

• May 20th, 2010 will be a panel discuss called Vendors to Vows in Atlantic City, NJ. Not a wedding planner? No problem - the workings of a corporate function or non-profit gala encompass a lot of the same details!

• Our final event for the season - a Member Appreciation event - will be held on Thursday, June 17th, 2010. We're looking forward to wishing a great summer to all of our members!