Supporting Sponsors
Sustaining Sponsors
2023 Sponsorship Package
Our sponsorship program is rooted in the reality that we cannot achieve our mission of equitable GSI implementation in the public sector without the support of cross-sector partners. In the words of Peter Plastrik:
“[s]ocial innovators … should build relationships in the private, nonprofit, and public sectors and support leaders and staff in developing ‘cross-sector fluency’ so they can serve as ‘bridgers’ who knit together systems and collaborations.” (P. Plastrik, et. al. Connect>Innovate>Scale Up: How Networks Create Systems Change (2022), p. 153).
OUR WORK, MEMBERS, AND VALUES
The Green Infrastructure Leadership Exchange (“the Exchange”) seeks to activate local governments and water agencies in the US & Canada to equitably implement green stormwater infrastructure (GSI). It does so by: (1) building the leadership skills of agency leaders; (2) offering programs that support the implementation of GSI; and (3) making the case for GSI, supportive policies, and funding.
The Exchange has 60 institutional and 359 individual members from local governments in the U.S. and Canada at present. These members value connection, inspiration, collaboration, leadership, community, equity, and innovation. These values are evidenced in the Exchange’s theory of change, described above, its organization as a transformational impact network, its commitment to programs such as peer learning, adaptive leadership training, and collaborative grants, and in the products, like the Equity Guide, and the GSI Library, that it has produced.
These values also drive our approach to sponsorship. We’re looking for a modest number of current and potential partners who want to connect, collaborate and learn with us side-by-side, rather than a sea of vendors who are walled off behind their tables from the real action and who possess varying degrees of interest in the things we care about the most.
SPONSORSHIP LEVELS AND BENEFITS
ALL LEVELS
- Your logo and link on the conference sponsorship page
- Pre-, during, and post-conference recognition on social media
- Registration list before and after the conference
- Your logo on A/V screens throughout the conference event during breaks
- Your logo included on a shared 24” x 36” poster recognizing all event sponsors displayed in the event venue
TITLE SPONSORS
$7,500 – 2 Available
- Three complimentary in-person registrations
- Logo on conference homepage
- Recognition at registration table (exclusive)
- 24” x 36” poster displayed in venue (your design, specs will be provided)
- Opportunity to set out materials for browsing during the conference
- Hyperlinked email banner ad in one pre- and one post-conference email
- Verbal recognition and opportunity to speak for up to 2 minutes during opening remarks
PRESENTING SPONSORS
SUPPORTING SPONSORS
SUSTAINING SPONSORS
$5,000
- Two complimentary in-person registrations
- Logo on conference homepage
- 24” x 36” poster displayed in venue
- Opportunity to set out materials for browsing during the conference
- Logo and clickable link in one pre- and one post-conference email
$2,500
- One complimentary in-person registration
- Logo on conference homepage
- Opportunity to set out materials for browsing during the conference
- Logo in one pre- and one post-conference email
$1,000
- One complimentary in-person registration
- Opportunity to set out materials for browsing during the conference
- Name in one pre- and one post-conference email.
PURCHASE A SPONSORSHIP
To purchase a sponsorship, choose a level in the drop-down menu below then click “BUY NOW.” Because there are limited quantities at each level, you will be returned to the Annual Meeting page if the level you initially choose is sold out. Following payment, you will be directed to the meeting registration page. A staff member will then reach out to obtain a copy of your logo and finalize other details associated with your level of sponsorship. ACT before 4/1/2023 to obtain the group rate at the conference hotel!
QUESTIONS?
We’re happy to address any questions you may have. Just reach out to Barbara Hopkins at barbara@giexchange.org