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  TITLE: Corporate Sponsors: Bringing Businesses and nonprofits together
  CITY: Phoenix
  DATE: Thursday September 24th, 2009
  Time: 10:00am-11:15am

Corporate sponsorship is an untapped resource that many nonprofit organizations shun because it is too different. True, it requires a different set of skills from traditional fundraising, but it also comes with far fewer administrative complications. By opening the door to business partnerships and corporate sponsors, not-for-profit organizations make themselves into powerful marketing entities. This session will show you the way into the corporate world, help you convince a business that you are a worthwhile partner, and ensure that both sides of the partnership come out on top. This session will cover the following topics:

   
1.   Corporate Sponsorship in Brief: Why do companies invest in nonprofits?
2.   What About Us: Is your organization ready to be sponsored? Is the culture within your organization open for partnership?
3.   The Proposal: What makes a sponsorship proposal different, and can you establish a good fit?
4.   Gathering Interest: How to inspire sponsors to want to empower your nonprofit
5.   Sealing the Deal: What steps lead up to a signed contract?

Speakers Profile

Alberta Jo Wenke
Director of New Life Center
Crossroads Nogales Rescue Mission

Warren M. Davis
Director, Business and Civic Relations
The Art Institute of Chicago
Warren M. Davis is currently the director of the Business & Civic Relations office at The Art Institute of Chicago, overseeing all corporate, foundation, and government giving.

Mr. Davis came to the Art Institute from The Joffrey Ballet, where he was the director of development and the associate director of development from 2004 to 2006.  From 1998 to 2004 he served as the director of corporate relations for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.  Prior to that he held positions of increasing responsibilities at the National Kidney Foundation of Illinois, the Arizona Science Center, AIDS Project Arizona, and the Lincoln Health Network.

Mr. Davis has a B.A. in theatre and art history from Arizona State University and an M.A. in liberal studies from DePaul University.  He is active as a board member for the Alumni Board for the Herberger College of Fine Arts at Arizona State University, is on the Visiting Committee for the DePaul University Museum, is active in the Chicago Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, and the DAM & ALGC Committees of the American Association of Museums.  He has been a guest lecturer for AFP, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and Roosevelt University.

 
 
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