2012 FNCE Sponsorship Opportunities
Texas Dietetic Association Food & Nutrition Conference & Exhibition
Mobilizing the Practice of Dietetics: Working Together to Promote Optimal Health
April 12-14, 2012
Crowne Plaza Riverwalk
San Antonio, Texas
Increase your exposure, create brand awareness, target your marketing and drive sales through sponsorship of the 2012 TDA FNCE. Approximately 700-800 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) — Friday, APRIL 13, 2012 |
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 13
- Sponsor receives one ad on the 2012 FNCE display signage (approximate ad size is 4’x8’)
- 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
CLOSING GENERAL SESSION (1) — SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 2012 |
Investment: Exclusive Presenting Sponsorship Opportunity
- 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
- Sponsor receives one ad on the 2012 FNCE display signage (approximate ad size is 4’x8’)
- 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
NETWORKING BREAKFAST — SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 2012 |
Investment: Exclusive or Co-Sponsorship Opportunities Available
- Networking Breakfast is free to all conference attendees.
- Benefits may include your company name and logo are displayed on signage at the breakfast
- TDA staff can create a custom-themed breakfast to highlight you product and help meet your marketing objectives
- Post-FNCE sponsor fulfillment report and acknowledgement on www.eatrighttexas.org
REFRESHMENT BREAK (2) — SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 2012 |
Investment: Exclusive or Co-sponsorship
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
RECOGNITION DINNER— FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2012 |
Investment: Exclusive or Co-sponsorship Opportunities Available
Estimated Attendance at Each Break: 150-200
- 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 3 luncheon tickets, as well as an opportunity for 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
CONCURRENT EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS —FRIDAY, APRIL 13 and SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 2012 |
- Opportunity to provide a speaker from your company or speaker’s bureau
- 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
- Post-FNCE sponsor fulfillment report
OFFICIAL NECK WALLET BADGE PROVIDER |
Investment: $1,000 (sponsor provides the badge holder) Distributed from Registration Desk
Exclusive Sponsorship Opportunity
- Neck wallet badge holder distributed from the FNCE Registration Desk to every FNCE attendee to hold the official conference name badge
- Your company name, logo and/or product is promoted every time an individual looks at a official FNCE name badge providing continuous advertisement and promoting brand recognition
- 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 from Registration Desk
Exclusive Sponsorship Opportunity
- Only tote bag distributed from the FNCE Registration Desk
- Get more than a year of advertising by sponsoring a tote bag that is given to all FNCE attendees to hold the official conference literature and sponsored tote bag inserts
- 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
- Sponsorship includes 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

The Texas Dietetic Association specializes in creating a custom sponsorship package targeting your marketing objectives. To discuss sponsorship opportunities for the following TDA properties
2012 TDA Food & Nutrition Conference & Exhibition
TDA Educational Webinars
2012 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
Printable Form: 2012 TDA FNCE Sponsorship Opportunities (Word)