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Now there is an excellent opportunity to increase your visibility in the Women's and Gender Studies marketplace, while showcasing your support to the field, by becoming a sponsor at the NWSA Annual Conference.

Each sponsorship opportunity includes identification as an NWSA Conference sponsor on the home page of the NWSA Conference Web site and identification as an NWSA Conference sponsor at the front of the NWSA Conference Program.

Below are the various sponsorship opportunities available.

Sponsorships

 

Overview of Sponsorship Opportunities

 

A variety of sponsorship packages are available in conjunction with the NWSA conference, providing an array of ways for businesses and nonprofit organizations to raise awareness about their products and services among a passionate, diverse, and committed group of scholars, educators, and activists eager to support businesses and organizations that do well by doing good.  Detailed information on each of these opportunities is available following this overview:

Exclusive Sponsorships

  • Tote Bag or Badge Lanyard Sponsorship $10,000
  • Cyber Café $5,000

Meal/Reception Sponsorships

  • Opening Reception $15,000
  • Creative Writers Series $5,000

Session Sponsorships (unrestricted educational grants)

  • Breakout Sessions and Workshops $500

General Sponsorships (unrestricted grants)

  • Platinum $10,000
  • Gold $5,000
  • Silver $2,500
  • Bronze $1,000

CUSTOM SPONSORSHIPS

Don’t see anything here that fits exactly what your business or organization needs?  Let us work with you to customize a sponsorship tailored to meet your needs and marketing objectives.

Contact Natasha Waples at natasha.waples@nwsa.org
or (301) 403-0407 for more sponsorship opportunities.


SESSION SPONSORSHIPS
Each year, the NWSA conference’s educational program features the leading figures in women’s and gender studies. The 2008 conference will feature an opening address by social theorist Patricia Hill Collins.  Patricia’s research, scholarship and activism have examined intersecting power relations of race, gender, social class, sexuality and/or nation.

The following session sponsorship opportunities and associated benefits are available:


Breakout Sessions and Workshops ($500):

  • Organization name listed on signage at the session

  • A listing in the conference program and in an electronic publication of the Association, which is distributed free to all NWSA members and a link for your organization on the conference web site

Contact Natasha Waples at natasha.waples@nwsa.org
or (301) 403-0407 for more sponsorship opportunities.


GENERAL SPONSORSHIPS

NWSA conferences offer an important opportunity to connect with a passionate, diverse, and committed group of scholars, educators, and activists eager to support businesses and organizations that do well by doing good.  Make your business or organization a visible presence for NWSA members with the following exclusive sponsorship opportunities and benefits:

 

Tote Bag or Badge Lanyard ($10,000)

Organization’s name and logo listed on tote bags or lanyards distributed to all conference attendees

A full-page ad in the conference program

Organization’s logo included on the home page of the conference web site

A listing in the conference program and in NWSA Action, a publication of the Association, which is distributed free to all NWSA members and a link for your organization on the conference web site

Opportunity to include approved information in the conference tote bag, which will be distributed to all attendees

A double exhibit booth in a prominent location

An invitation for six to the reception and to the Opening Ceremonies/Keynote

One complimentary conference registration

The opportunity to provide brief welcoming remarks at the reception

Other benefits tailored to meet the specific needs of the sponsor

Cyber Café ($5,000)

  • Overhead signs to include organization name and logo
  • Easel signs to include organization name, logo, and booth number
  • Header signs on each Cyber Café terminal
  • Organization name, logo, and booth number on the monitor default screens
  • Organization promotional materials at the Cyber Café terminals

Contact Natasha Waples at natasha.waples@nwsa.org
or (301) 403-0407 for more sponsorship opportunities.


RECEPTION/MEAL SPONSORSHIPS

Opening Reception ($15,000)

Organization’s name listed prominently on all signage at the reception

A full-page ad in the conference program

Organization’s logo included on the home page of the conference web site

A listing in the conference program and in NWSA Action, a publication of the Association, which is distributed free to all NWSA members and a link for your organization on the conference web site

Opportunity to include approved information in the conference tote bag, which will be distributed to all attendees

A double exhibit booth in a prominent location

An invitation for six to the reception and to the Opening Ceremonies/Keynote

One complimentary conference registration

The opportunity to provide brief welcoming remarks at the reception

Other benefits tailored to meet the specific needs of the sponsor

Creative Writers Series ($5,000)

Organization’s name listed prominently on all signage at the Creative Writers Series reception

A listing in the conference program and in NWSA Action, a publication of the Association, which is distributed free to all NWSA members and a link for your organization on the conference web site

Opportunity to include approved information in the conference tote bag, which will be distributed to all attendees

A complimentary exhibit booth

Four tickets to the reception

The opportunity to provide brief welcoming remarks at the reception

Other benefits tailored to meet the specific needs of the sponsor

Contact Natasha Waples at natasha.waples@nwsa.org
or (301) 403-0407 for more sponsorship opportunities.


GENERAL SPONSORSHIPS


The following general sponsorships and related benefits are available in association with the NWSA conference:

Platinum Sponsor ($10,000)

Organization listed as Platinum Sponsor on signage at opening ceremonies

A full page ad in the conference program

A listing in the conference program and in NWSA Action, a publication of the Association, which is distributed free to all NWSA members and a link for your organization on the conference web site

Opportunity to include approved information in the conference tote bag, which will be distributed to all attendees

A double exhibit booth in a prominent location

An invitation for four to the Opening Ceremonies/Keynote and an invitation for two to the Opening Reception

One complimentary conference registration

Other benefits tailored to meet the specific needs of the sponsor

Gold Sponsor ($5,000)

Organization listed as Gold Sponsor on conference sponsorship signage

A half page ad in the conference program

A listing in the conference program and in NWSA Action, a publication of the Association, which is distributed free to all NWSA members and a link for your organization on the conference web site

Opportunity to include approved information in the conference tote bag, which will be distributed to all attendees

An invitation for two to the Opening Reception

A complimentary exhibit booth

Other benefits tailored to meet the specific needs of the sponsor

Silver Sponsor ($2,500)

Organization listed as Silver Sponsor on conference sponsorship signage

A listing in the conference program and in NWSA Action, a publication of the Association, which is distributed free to all NWSA members and a link for your organization on the conference web site

Opportunity to include approved information in the conference tote bag, which will be distributed to all attendees

One complimentary invitation to Opening Reception

Other benefits tailored to meet the specific needs of the sponsor

Bronze Sponsor ($1,000)

Organization name listed as Bronze Sponsor in the conference program and a link for your organization on the conference web site

Organization listed as Bronze Sponsor on conference sponsorship signage

Other benefits tailored to meet the specific needs of the sponsor


CUSTOM SPONSORSHIPS

Don’t see anything here that fits exactly what your business or organization needs?  Let us work with you to customize a sponsorship tailored to meet your needs and marketing objectives.

Contact Natasha Waples at natasha.waples@nwsa.org
or (301) 403-0407 for more sponsorship opportunities.