Donor Perks/Packages?

[Monochron]

Originally Posted by ImMoMo

Our administrative mentor has made it clear that we are not to put branding on our t-shirts, so anything short of that would be helpful!

Is this something that is not allowed at your school/organization, or is it something that your admin mentor has just decreed? It sounds like you don't know the reasoning behind it, perhaps you could sit down with this mentor and discuss the pros and cons? The majority of teams do this for good reason.

Anyway, you can find my team's sponsorship tiers in this document that we give to potential sponsors.

I will also add that I think most companies/sponsors appreciate it more when a team keeps in contact, keeps them updated on what the team is doing, or invites them to see competitions rather than getting 'rewards' or additional branding opportunities. Rewards are certainly appreciated but I think that seeing the difference that your support is making first hand is more desirable to many sponsors.

[Chief Hedgehog]

Outside of putting their names on our tee-shirts, we out their company on our team banner each season (see our Cover Photo on FB). We also give each sponsor a 12x9 framed picture with a thank you for being a sponsor message.

Throughout the year, we put out a Newsletter that we send to each of the sponsors, Mentors, parents, etc. During the build and competition season, this is a weekly occurrence - the off-season it goes to a once a month publication.

For our bigger sponsors, we try to get out to their location and do a variation of our Chairman's Award. When we do this, we take between 3-8 of our experienced mentors. The presentation is part CA - and then about 10-20 minutes of Q&A with showing off the robots from the current and past seasons.

At our awards banquet, we have three awards we hold in high-esteem - the Volunteer/Organization of the Year, Mentor of the Year, and Sponsor of the year. These are plaques that we have made up by All Star Trophy and Awards.

Just remember to do some sort of thank you, no matter how big or small - they will appreciate it!

[ImMoMo]

Originally Posted by Monochron

Is this something that is not allowed at your school/organization, or is it something that your admin mentor has just decreed? It sounds like you don't know the reasoning behind it, perhaps you could sit down with this mentor and discuss the pros and cons? The majority of teams do this for good reason.

Anyway, you can find my team's sponsorship tiers in this document that we give to potential sponsors.

I actually do not know the reasoning behind it, but I will have a conversation about this with my mentor! Thank you for sharing your sponsorship document, it was really helpful to see an example, as it is something else we are working on as well!