Corporate Sponsorship Levels

Partnering with ITSMF affords leading corporations vital support for diversity initiatives; exclusive resources for employee growth, development, and sponsorship; and considerable exposure to the best and brightest executives in information technology.

Corporate partners also form strategic alliances with ITSMF on specific initiatives. For example, with Global Lead Management Consulting and Johnson & Johnson, ITSMF developed a comprehensive guide on African-American IT recruitment, retention, and advancement. Identifying the critical issues, challenges, and successes of CIO-bound African-Americans, the guide offers valuable insight.

Being a corporate partner delivers:

  • Strategic guidance and authoritative resources for building diverse leadership teams
  • Tools for accelerating the development of mid-level managers through mentoring and education
  • Ready access to highly qualified minority talent for executive positions
  • Opportunities for speaking engagements, event sponsorship, and for sharing thought leadership
  • Exposure to the multi-million dollar buying power of member companies, over 60 percent of which are in the Fortune 500
A Member Perspective
Michael Robinson

Michael Robinson

General Manager

Northeast Region
Microsoft Corporation

"Microsoft has benefited from being a corporate partner in multiple ways: networking and access to senior IT division leaders in our customer base; opportunities for personal and professional development for our employees who are ITSMF members; and career advancement of our mid-level managers who participate in the Executive Protégé Program."

Corporate Sponsorship Levels

Titanium Sponsorship Level: $75,000+

Internal Benefits

  • A roundtable consisting of ITSMF’s CIOs will be conducted, with an invitation to the Sponsor’s executives
  • Access to executive-level talent for potential job opportunities
  • Sponsor will be given two hours on the agenda to present to the ITSMF membership during a quarterly meeting
  • Sponsor will be given the opportunity for ten people to attend the Thursday evening reception during a quarterly meeting and an executive may address the attendees
  • Sponsor will be given the opportunity for ten people to attend the quarterly meeting’s events
  • Membership dues for one member will be waived
  • Sponsor will be awarded five positions in the Executive Protégé Program
    • OR
  • Sponsor will be awarded two positions in the C-Level Leadership Academy Program

External Benefits

  • Leverage ITSMF’s strategic relationships to conduct or have access to a study, white paper or specific research
  • PR/Marketing Communications:
    • Brand prominence in all media promotions
    • Press release announcing partnership
    • Link to corporate website from ITSMF’s Corporate Partnership page
  • Annual IT Executive Achievement Awards Ceremony
    • Receive three (3) strategically positioned tables (each seats 10)
    • Sponsor will be given a strategically positioned full page color advertisement in the ceremony’s dinner program
    • The CEO may address the audience during the ceremony
    • Recognize and award a senior member of the company
  • A member of the sponsor’s executive team will be selected to participate on ITSMF’s Advisory Council. The council serves as a strategic advisor to ITSMF’s Board of Directors

Platinum Sponsorship Level: $50,000+

Internal Benefits

  • Access to executive-level talent for potential job opportunities
  • Sponsor will be given two hours on the agenda to present to the ITSMF membership during a quarterly meeting
  • Sponsor will be given the opportunity for five people to attend the Thursday evening reception during a quarterly meeting and an executive may address the attendees
  • Sponsor will be given the opportunity for five people to attend the quarterly meeting’s events
  • Membership dues for one member will be waived
  • Sponsor will be awarded three positions in the Executive Protégé Program
    • OR
  • Sponsor will be awarded one position in the C-Level Leadership Academy Program

External Benefits

  • PR/Marketing Communications:
    • Brand prominence in all media promotions
    • Press release announcing partnership
    • Link to corporate website from ITSMF’s Corporate Partnership page
  • Annual IT Executive Achievement Awards Ceremony
    • Receive two (2) strategically positioned tables (each seats 10)
    • Sponsor will be given a strategically positioned full page color advertisement in the ceremony’s dinner program
    • The CEO may address the audience during the ceremony
    • Recognize and award a senior member of the company
  • A member of the sponsor’s executive team will be selected to participate on ITSMF’s Advisory Council for a period of one year. The council serves as a strategic advisor to ITSMF’s Board of Directors

Diamond Sponsorship Level: $25,000+

Internal Benefits

  • Access to executive-level talent for potential job opportunities
  • Sponsor will be given 90 minutes on the agenda to present to the ITSMF membership during a quarterly meeting
  • Sponsor will be given the opportunity for three people to attend the Thursday evening reception during a quarterly meeting
  • Sponsor will be given the opportunity for three people to attend the quarterly meeting’s events
  • Sponsor will be awarded one position in the Executive Protégé Program

External Benefits

  • PR/Marketing Communications:
    • Brand prominence in all media promotions
    • Press release announcing partnership
    • Link to corporate website from ITSMF’s Corporate Partnership page
  • Annual IT Executive Achievement Awards Ceremony
    • Receive one (1) strategically positioned table that seats 10
    • Sponsor will be given a strategically positioned full page color advertisement in the ceremony’s dinner program
    • The CEO may address the audience during the ceremony
    • Recognize and award a senior member of the company

Gold Sponsorship Level: $15,000+

Internal Benefits

  • Access to executive-level talent for potential job opportunities
  • Sponsor will be given one hour on the agenda to present to the ITSMF membership during a quarterly meeting
  • Sponsor will be given the opportunity for two people to attend the Thursday evening reception during a quarterly meeting
  • Sponsor will be given the opportunity for two people to attend the quarterly meeting’s events

External Benefits

  • PR/Marketing Communications:
    • Brand prominence in all media promotions
    • Press release announcing partnership
    • Link to corporate website from ITSMF’s Corporate Partnership page
  • Annual IT Executive Achievement Awards Ceremony
    • Receive one (1) strategically positioned table that seats 10
    • Sponsor will be given a full page color advertisement in the ceremony’s dinner program
    • Be featured as the award sponsor and present the recipient with the award the evening of the ceremony

Silver Sponsorship Level: $10,000+

Internal Benefits

  • Access to executive-level talent for potential job opportunities
  • Sponsor will be given the opportunity for two people to attend the Thursday evening reception during a quarterly meeting
  • Sponsor will be given the opportunity for two people to attend the quarterly meeting’s events

External Benefits

  • PR/Marketing Communications:
    • Brand prominence in all media promotions
    • Press release announcing partnership
    • Link to corporate website from ITSMF’s Corporate Partnership page
  • Annual IT Executive Achievement Awards Ceremony
    • Receive one (1) strategically positioned table that seats 10
    • Sponsor will be given a full page color advertisement in the ceremony’s dinner program

Bronze Sponsorship Level: $5,000+

Internal Benefits

  • Sponsor may post job opportunities on ITSMF’s member and alumni site
  • Sponsor will be given the opportunity for one person to attend the Thursday evening reception during a quarterly meeting

External Benefits

  • PR/Marketing Communications:
    • Brand prominence in all media promotions
    • Press release announcing partnership
    • Link to corporate website from ITSMF’s Corporate Partnership page
  • Annual IT Executive Achievement Awards Ceremony
    • Receive one (1) strategically positioned table that seats 10
    • Sponsor will be given a half-page color advertisement in the ceremony’s dinner program

Meeting Sponsorship

The Quarterly Symposiums

  • Quarterly events with themes and speakers who to promote the continued professional development of the attendees
  • Logistics:
    • 80 to 150 participants – depending upon the quarter
    • Meetings commence Thursday evening and conclude at noon on Saturday
    • Meetings are typically held in hotel conference facilities
  • Previous Sponsors:
    • Cisco, Disney, EDS, Hewlett-Packard, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble, RR Donnelley, Sara-Lee, UBS, Wachovia

Meeting Sponsorship Opportunities

  • Thursday Evening Reception $12,000
  • Breakfast
    • Friday $6,000
    • Saturday $6,000
  • AM/PM Breaks
    • Friday $1,200
    • Saturday AM $600
  • Friday Lunch $10,000
  • Audio Visual $5,000

Benefits:

  • PR/Marketing Communications:
    • Brand prominence in all media promotions
    • Link to corporate website from ITSMF’s Corporate Partnership page
  • Tuesday evening reception only:
    • Ten participants may attend the reception
    • Executive may address the attendees for 15 minutes

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