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
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 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
Estimated Attendance: 250 - 350


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
Estimated Attendance: 300 - 400

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
Estimated Attendance in Each Session: 150 - 250

  • 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

 

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

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)

 

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