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SPONSORSHIP BOOT CAMP

Friday November 29, 2019

4 pm to 7 pm

WELCOME

@GPSportConnect

#sponsorshipreality

@gp_sportconnection

BRENT BAROOTES

President and CEO

brent@partnershipgroup.ca

@partnershipgrp

@sponsorshipspecialist

www.linkedin.com/in/brentbarootes

WELCOME

WHO ARE YOU?

Name

Organization

Why you came here

What you are looking to get out of this

All in less than 10 seconds

What will I learn today?

Agenda for the Morning

✓What is Sponsorship and what it is not!

✓Industry definitions

✓Managing the playing field – what the marketplace looks like today and tomorrow

✓Building proposals for today’s sponsorship world

✓Measuring ROI

What is Sponsorship

A cash and/or in-kind fee paid to an

organization (property) in return for the

commercial potential associated with that

property.

Defining Philanthropy

✓A gift with nothing in return

✓Based on the cause, the linkage,wanting to help,

✓Delivers a feeling of doing good

✓ Individuals

✓CRA compliance

Defining Philanthropy

✓Asking for money to support your mission

✓Money comes because people care and want to support

✓Need a case for support… why should they help you

Defining Advertising vs Sponsorship

“Sponsorship reaches people in an environment that matches their lifestyle rather than intrudes upon it. Sponsorships speaks to the public, not at them.”

IEG Sponsorship Consultants

QUESTIONS

Canadian Sponsorship Landscape Study 2019

✓$2.5B industry✓$1.8B in rights fees (up 13% over previous year) ✓$0.7B in activation fees (USA 3X stronger

activation)

✓14% of spends are on local sponsorships✓23% of brands marketing budgets last year were

spent in sponsorship and experiential marketing

Canadian Sponsorship Landscape Study 2019

✓78% of decision makers from M&C and only 12% from Community relations / investment

✓Pro and amateur sport accounted for 75% of spend

What has changed in the marketplace?

IMAGINE Canada study:

• 56% of Canadian corporations are engaging in sponsorship that used to be philanthropy

• 26% engaging in cause marketing

What has changed in the marketplace?

TRIPLE T – TOP THREE TAKE AWAYS FOR 2018

We need to Learn to Listen to Learn

This means stop selling and start providing solutions

DIGITAL AND SOCIAL MEDIA TODAY IN SPONSORSHIP

How important is social media?

Activation

✓Taking an athlete card to the digital level!

QUESTIONS?

QUESTIONS?

Other Definitions

We are going to now go through a series of key terms you need to know and understand

✓Full list at:

www.partnershipgroup.ca/events/terminology/

Properties

Sponsors

Assets / Benefits –

Inventory of Assets

Values and Valuation

Fulfilment

Activation

Activation

✓Little League World Series and Honda

Bundling & Proposals

✓Know your inventory of assets

✓Custom bundle

✓Talk about them

✓Minimal about you

✓List of assets

✓Investment and terms

The Trinity or Triad of Sponsorship and How it Works

MAKING SPONSORSHIPS WORK

Cause Marketing

Experiential Marketing

and Activation at a Festival of Event

QUESTIONS?

Measuring ROI – Why

and How

✓We live in a “on-demand” society –

✓How can you integrate your sponsorships

Building Relationships and Story Telling

Bringing a brand to life… truly story telling video

QUESTIONS?

Wrap Up… Six Steps To Success

1. Understand this is a relationship business, not a transactional one

2. Know what assets you have to sell / or buy and what they are truly worth

3. Do discovery sessions

Wrap Up… Six Steps To Success

4. Custom build and bundle packages

5. Ensure you build effective activation plans

6. Fulfillment and delivery of what you promised

QUESTIONS?

www.partnershipgroup.ca

BRENT BAROOTES

President and CEO

brent@partnershipgroup.ca

@partnershipgrp

@sponsorshipspecialist

www.linkedin.com/in/brentbarootes

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