2011 FNCE Sponsorship Opportunities

Texas Dietetic Association Food & Nutrition Conference & Exhibition
Translating Trends into Reality for the Dietetic Professional
April 7 – 9, 2011
Westin Oaks Houston
Houston, Texas

Increase your exposure, create brand awareness, target your marketing and drive sales through sponsorship of the 2011 TDA FNCE. Approximately 900 leading dietitians, dietetic technicians, food and nutrition professionals will converge for the region’s premier educational conference. As a TDA FNCE Sponsor, you participate in an extraordinary marketing opportunity that positions your company in front of key decision-makers and influencers.

If you do not see something that is an exact fit, let TDA’s Sponsor Relations Team customize a sponsorship package with your marketing objectives in mind.

OPENING GENERAL SESSION (1) — THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2011
Estimated Attendance: 350 - 450

Investment: Exclusive Sponsorship Opportunity

At this presenting-level sponsorship, you maximize your visibility before the entire body of conference attendees with this opening keynote session on Thursday evening. Benefits include:

  • One 8 x 10-foot booth in the Exhibition Hall on Friday, April 8
  • Six month placement of company name or organizational logo on www.eatrighttexas.org homepage, with hyperlink to your company’s/organization’s homepage
  • A PowerPoint slide with company/organization name and logo displayed on the screen while attendees arrive and until presentations begin
  • Up to a three-minute presentation by company representative prior to the start of the Keynote Presentation
  • Post-FNCE sponsor fulfillment report and acknowledgement on www.eatrighttexas.org

WELCOME RECEPTION — THURSDAY, April 7, 2011
Estimated Attendance: 300 - 350

Investment: Exclusive or Co-Sponsorship Opportunities Available

  • This event offers numerous hospitality opportunities
  • Reception is immediately after the Opening General Session

CLOSING GENERAL SESSION (1) — SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 2011
Estimated Attendance: 250 - 350

Investment: Exclusive Sponsorship Opportunity

  • At this presenting-level sponsorship, you maximize your visibility to the entire body of conference attendees with this Closing General Session on Saturday afternoon
  • A PowerPoint slide with company/organization name and logo displayed on the screen while attendees arrive and until presentations begin
  • Company/organization logo placed on www.eatrighttexas.org homepage, with hyperlink to your company’s homepage for three months
  • Up to a three-minute presentation prior to the start of the Closing Educational Presentation
  • Post-FNCE sponsor fulfillment report and acknowledgement on www.eatrighttexas.org

CONCURRENT EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS —FRIDAY, APRIL 8 and SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 2011
Estimated Attendance in Each Session: 150 - 250

  • Opportunity to provide a speaker from your company or speaker’s bureau
  • Attendees have the opportunity to select from one of three concurrent sessions
  • Choose a popular breakout session, which speaks to your agenda as a vendor
  • Multiple breakout sessions offer visibility for your company/product with recognition in the Registration Information, on-site program listing and podium acknowledgment

FNCE CULINARY STAGE EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS — FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2011
Estimated Attendance: 75 seated plus standing room

  • Let us customize a proposal giving your company representative an opportunity to demonstrate your product through an educational presentation on the Culinary Stage
  • This opportunity includes company name and logo on shared signage, as well as verbal recognition before each demonstration.
  • Company identification in the Program Book distributed onsite to all conference attendees

2010 FNCE CULINARY STAGE SPONSORS — FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2011

Investment: Co-Sponsorship opportunities available

  • Back by popular demand, the Culinary Stage draw attendees interested in receiving continuing education via culinary demonstration
  • The Culinary Stage returns as a component of the Exhibition Hall
  • Let TDA customize a proposal giving your company Sponsorship of the Culinary Stage
  • As the Stage sponsor, you receive signage on the front of the demonstration stage, as well as verbal recognition before each demonstration
  • Additional recognition is provided in the Program Brochure distributed to all conference attendees, as well as post FNCE recognition on TDA Web Site www.eatrighttexas.org

TDA FNCE SIGNAGE SPONSOR

Investment: A custom package created to meet your marketing needs

  • Exclusive Sponsorship Opportunity!
  • Your company or organizational name and logo receive continuous attention by FNCE attendees with high visibility placement on signage throughout the conference hotel and outside the Exhibition Hall
  • Sponsor receives two ads on the 2011 FNCE display signage (approximate ad size is 3’x6’)

OFFICIAL NECK WALLET BADGE PROVIDER

Investment: $1,000 (sponsor provides the badge holder) Distributed to 1,000 FNCE Attendees

  • Exclusive Sponsorship Opportunity!
  • Get more than a year of advertising by sponsoring the neck wallet badge holders given to all FNCE attendees
  • Your company name, logo and/or product is promoted every time an individual looks at an official FNCE name badge
  • Post-FNCE sponsor fulfillment report and acknowledgement on www.eatrighttexas.org

OFFICIAL CONFERENCE TOTE BAG PROVIDER

Investment: $1,000 (sponsor provides the tote bag) Distributed to 1,000 FNCE Attendees

  • Exclusive Sponsorship Opportunity!
  • Get more than a year of advertising by sponsoring a tote bag that is given to all FNCE attendees
  • This sponsorship provides a ‘sea of walking billboards’ promoting your company, organization or product during this conference and when they return home to their communities
  • One tote bag insert
  • Post-FNCE sponsor fulfillment report and acknowledgement on www.eatrighttexas.org

TDA FNCE TOTE BAG ADVERTISING INSERTS

Investment: $500 per insert Limited to 10 sponsors

  • Every conference attendee receives a tote bag with all the official FNCE literature
  • Your message gets quick attention; can be specialty advertising novelty or printed flyer
  • Multiple items packaged by sponsor into one container will count as one insert
  • Insert item(s) must receive prior approval

REFRESHMENT BREAK (1) — SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 2011

Investment: Customized to sponsor Estimated Attendance at Each Break: 350-400

  • Scheduled between sessions, a refreshment or snack break offers an eager audience for your message and is accessible by all conference attendees
  • The TDA Sponsor Relations Team will create a custom-themed break to target your marketing objectives
  • Post-FNCE sponsor fulfillment report and acknowledgement on www.eatrighttexas.org

TDA AWARDS LUNCHEON — SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 2011
Estimated Attendance: 150 - 200

Investment: Exclusive or Co-Sponsorship Opportunities Available

  • Capture the attention of TDA’s influential leadership with this high visibility sponsorship
  • TDA’s members receive top Association awards during this very personal networking session
  • Exclusive Sponsorship receives three (3) invitations for company representatives to attend the luncheon, as well as an opportunity for your company spokesperson to address the group for up to three (3) minutes
  • A slide with company name(s) and logo(s) displayed prior to the Award slides
  • Acknowledgment in Awards Luncheon program and from the podium
  • Post-FNCE sponsor fulfillment report and acknowledgement on www.eatrighttexas.org

NETWORKING BREAKFAST — SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 2011
Estimated Attendance: 350 - 400

Investment: Co-Sponsorship Opportunities Available

  • Scheduled prior to sessions on Saturday morning, this breakfast is offered free to all conference attendees
  • Your company name and logo are displayed on signage at the breakfast
  • TDA staff can create a custom-themed breakfast to highlight your product and help meet your marketing objectives
  • Post-FNCE sponsor fulfillment report and acknowledgement on www.eatrighttexas.org

Texas Dieteic Association

The Texas Dietetic Association specializes in creating a custom sponsorship package targeting your marketing objectives. To discuss sponsorship opportunities for the following TDA properties

2011 TDA Food & Nutrition Conference & Exhibition
TDA Educational Webinars
2011 TDA Leadership Orientation

Contact: Belinda J. Boshell, MS, RD, LD
Sponsor Relations Coordinator for The Texas Dietetic Association
belinda.boshell@att.net
817.271.3170

 

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