2017 ANNUAL DINNER Wednesday, October 25

Radisson Hotel Manchester Downtown Reception 5:00 pm / Dinner 6:30 pm

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: DR. STEVEN PINKER TIME magazine’s “100 Most Influential People in the World Today”

Treat your employees, clients, and guests to a thought-provoking evening with one of the greatest minds of our time. Network with 700-plus leaders from corporate,

civic, academic, government, nonprofit, and philanthropic sectors.

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

$10,000 Lead Sponsor (Exclusive)

$7,500 Reception Sponsor (Exclusive) In addition to the benefits below, your company logo will be displayed on tables during the reception.

$5,000 Dinner Sponsors A variety of exclusive recognition opportunities are available in addition to: Front row table of 10 • Prominent logo placement in program • Logo projected on screen • Recognition from stage • Recognition in print and e-newsletters (20,000 subscribers), website, and 2017 Annual Report • Social media posts (7,300+ followers) with tag to your company website or social media page

$3,500 Civic Champion Sponsors Priority reserved table of 10 • Logo in program • Logo projected on screen • Recognition from stage • Recognition in print and e-newsletters (20,000 subscribers), website, and 2017 Annual Report • Social media posts (7,300+ followers) with tag to your company website or social media page

Why your sponsorship mattersEach year, in every corner of the state, New Hampshire Humanities provides hundreds of opportunities for residents to engage with their neighbors in civil, thoughtful conversation about ideas that matter. Who benefits?

. . . adults struggling to read or to learn English

. . . veterans reframing their homecoming experiences

. . . high school students wrestling with the responsibilities of citizenship

. . . residents longing for the knowledge and skills needed to fulfill their civic responsibilities

Your sponsorship of the Annual Dinner, our sole fundraising event, provides critical funding that allows our programs to be free and open to all.

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H U M A N I T I E S B Y T H E N U M B E R S:

$2,000 Lifelong Learning Sponsors Reserved table of 10 • Name in program • Name projected on screen • Recognition in 2017 Annual Report

$500 Friend of the Humanities Sponsors Two tickets to Annual Dinner • Acknowledgement in program • Recognition in 2017 Annual Report

The #1 Benefit: Ensuring broad public access to knowledge

and the civil exchange of ideas for all New Hampshire residents

(And don’t miss the chance to hear Steven

Pinker, author of the book Bill Gates called

“the most inspiring book I’ve ever read.”)

Previous Annual Dinner Sponsors

Antioch University New England • AT&T Bank of America

Bellwether Community Credit UnionCitizen’s Bank • Comcast

Dartmouth College Dartmouth Hitchcock

Devine Millimet • Duprey CompaniesEastern Bank • EversourceFairPoint Communications

Fidelity Investments • Fiduciary Trust Co.Granite Investment AdvisersHarvard Pilgrim Health Care Harvest Capital Management

Hinckley Allen • Hypertherm, Inc.Keene State College

Lincoln Financial Group • Mascoma BankMcLane Middleton • Merchants Auto

Montagne CommunicationsNathan Wechsler & Co., PA

Northeast Delta Dental New England College

NH Charitable FoundationNH Public Radio • NHTI

Nixon Peabody LLP • Orr & Reno, PAPax World • People’s United Bank

Phillips Exeter AcademyPlymouth State UniversityRath, Young and Pignatelli

Rivier UniversitySheehan Phinney Bass + Green

Southern NH UniversitySt. Anselm College • St. Paul’s SchoolStonyfield Farm • Sulloway & Hollis

TD Bank • The Derryfield SchoolUniversity of NH • Verizon

Board of DirectorsStephen P. Barba, Chair

Ellen Scarponi, Vice-Chair Martha McLeod, Treasurer

Bob Odell, Secretary Dennis Britton, Ph.D. Stephen F. Christy

Katharine Eneguess Stephen D. Genest

Kathy Gillett Wilbur A. Glahn, III Jada Keye Hebra

Jamison Hoff, Ph.D. Marcia J. Kelly

J. Burton Kirkwood Inez McDermott

Daniel Thomas Moran James E. Morris Rusty J. Mosca

Nick Perencevich, M.D. Evan A. Smith

David H. Watters Daniel E. Will

Susan DeBevoise Wright Ken Burns, Director Emeritus

ABOUT OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

One of the world’s foremost writers on language, human nature, and the mind, Harvard cognitive scientist Dr. Steven Pinker has been named one of Prospect magazine’s “World’s Top 100 Public

Intellectuals,” Foreign Policy’s “100 Global Thinkers,” and TIME magazine’s “100 Most Influential People in the World Today.” He writes for publications such as the New York Times, TIME and The Atlantic, and is the author of ten widely-acclaimed books.

ST. PAUL’S SCHOOL

YES! We will support the 2017 Annual Dinner as a SPONSOR:Sponsor/Company Name, exactly as you wish it to appear in publicity and recognition:

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Contact person:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Address:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Phone: ________________________________________________ Email: ___________________________________________________________________

With keynote speaker

S T E V E N P I N K E R

N E W H A M P S H I R E H U M A N I T I E S

2017 ANNUAL DINNERWednesday, October 255:00 pm at the Radisson Hotel Downtown 700 Elm Street, Manchester

Payment Information: Please send/email an invoice to:__________________________________________________________________________________________________

(OR to pay by phone, call Jane B. Pauley, Director of Development, at 603-224-4071, ext. 113)

Questions? Contact Jane Berlin Pauley at jpauley@nhhumanities.orgNew Hampshire Humanities

117 Pleasant Street, Concord, NH 03301 www.nhhumanities.org • 603-224-4071

Table Options:

_________ I will send my list of ten guests by October 11 to

Rachel Morin at rmorin@nhhumanities.org.

_________ I prefer to forgo a full table so more of my sponsorship can support the work of New Hampshire

Humanities, but I would like _____________ tickets to the event.

_________ I prefer to forgo a table so my sponsorship can

support the work of New Hampshire Humanities.

Sponsorship Level:

$10,000 Lead Sponsor (Exclusive - SOLD)

__________$7,500 Reception Sponsor (Exclusive)

__________$5,000 Dinner Sponsors

__________$3,500 Civic Champion Sponsors

__________$2,000 Lifelong Learning Sponsors

__________$500 Friend of the Humanities Sponsors