Sponsoring Trophy Packages

Basic Trophy packs - $75/category
Best of/Special Awards - $90
*note: you must sponsor at least one category in order to be eligible to sponsor a "Best of" or "Special" award

The award sponsorship form is available in Adobe PDF® format below:

2009 IPMS/USA National Convention Award Sponsorship Form (80 kb, PDF format)

The sponsors of the individual categories are listed on the Categories page.

For further information on sponsoring a category, Best Of, or Special Award, please contact our Sponsorship Chairman, Scott Sharkey at sponsors@ipmsusa2009.org.

Business Sponsorship

We offer many opportunities to get your message out in front of this large audience at differing price-points. Your sponsorship will at a minimum be recognized on our website (with a link to your site), in convention literature, and on easel boards in the lobby and at the banquet. Some of the opportunities will offer greater exposure.

Possible sponsorship opportunities include:

Volunteer t-shirts - $750 (50 shirts at $15) - Red shirts with the convention logo silk-screened on the front and company artwork on the back

Convention Pins - $2100 (1200 pins at $1.75) - the convention pins will be included in the convention package and will be attached to business cards that you provide.

Judges Pin - $525 (300 pins at $1.75) - the convention pins will be attached to business cards that you provide.

Judges Flashlight - TBD (estimated $500 - $2000, depending on model) for $300 - To be given to judges as a thank you gift. Will carry the convention logo and your company info.

Pre-banquet Cash Bar - $200 per hour (two bar tenders) - located right outside the banquet hall. We can hang a banner of your choosing in lieu of an easel board.

Advertising in the Convention Program - The convention program is an 8.5 x 11 in booklet that will be produced by the convention. The contents will include:

  • Convention Schedule
  • Seminar Schedule with speaker bios
  • Tour info
  • Vendors and vendor room map
  • Your logo and advertisement on the inside cover and/or back cover

Gold Package - $250 - full page ad in the program, top tier listing on the sponsor board.

Silver package - $175 - 1/2 page ad in the program, second-tier listing on the sponsor board

Bronze page - $100 - 1/4 page ad in the program, bottom tier listing in the sponsor board

The Business Sponsorship award form is available for download in PDF format below.

2009 IPMS/USA National Convention Business Sponsorship Form (.PDF format)

For further information on Event Sponsorship opportunities, please contact our Sponsorship Chairman, Scott Sharkey at sponsors@ipmsusa2009.org.