{"id":363,"date":"2010-01-16T22:18:41","date_gmt":"2010-01-17T04:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordcampchicago.com\/?p=363"},"modified":"2011-05-17T19:16:24","modified_gmt":"2011-05-18T00:16:24","slug":"the-gift-of-sponsorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2011\/the-gift-of-sponsorship\/","title":{"rendered":"The gift of sponsorship &#8211; how you can help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the coming weeks and months, we will be posting all the information you need here for WordCamp Chicago.\u00a0 We are getting really excited about the event\u00a0 &#8211; planning it is not only hard work, but it is really a lot of fun, as it gives us the opportunity to reach out and connect with some really fantastic people in the WordPress community.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, during the planning phase of WordCamp Chicago &#8211; we are dancing the very creative line between planning a fantastic event for everyone planning to be there while trying to stay within our budget as well.\u00a0 For this reason, I would personally like to invite any interested businesses to contact me with interest in helping sponsor WordCamp Chicago &#8211; no contribution is too big, or too small.\u00a0 If your business has benefited from the WordPress platform &#8211; now is a perfect time to give back &#8211; not too mention it is a fantastic marketing opportunity for your business to <strong>reach 500+ WordPress fans within a very desirable demographic<\/strong> &#8211; VERY social geeks who actively participate in Internet technology, blogging and social media!<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 10px;\"><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"offsite=true&amp;lang=en-us&amp;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Flsabin%2Fsets%2F72157619407740094%2Fshow%2F&amp;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Flsabin%2Fsets%2F72157619407740094%2F&amp;set_id=72157619407740094&amp;jump_to=\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=71649\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/div>\n<p>Potential sponsors find it very helpful to know that this year, WordCamp Chicago is officially WordCamp Chicago, Inc &#8211; a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, as such, contributions for sponsorship are a federal tax deduction for your business, as well as being a fantastic marketing opportunity, and SEO investment.<\/p>\n<p>All collected sponsorship and ticket sales monies go directly back into the planning and budget of the event in an effort to make it not only a richly educational event for everyone involved, but a fun and exciting networking opportunities for content publishers, small business, freelancers and entrepreneurs within the WordPress community.<\/p>\n<p>Your gift of sponsorship for WordCamp Chicago help us pay for such things as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Venue rental costs<\/li>\n<li>Catering<\/li>\n<li>Event Insurance<\/li>\n<li>T-shirts, bags and schwag<\/li>\n<li>Equpiment (A\/V production, WiFi, Power, etc)<\/li>\n<li>Beverages &#8211; coffee, water, soda, juices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Details on sponsorship opportunities can be found on the official <a href=\"http:\/\/wordcampchicago.com\/sponsors\">WordCamp Chicago Sponsors<\/a> page, including our Sponsor Information Sheet that details out the tiered sponsorship opportunities we currently have available.<\/p>\n<p>So, what do you think?\u00a0 Would you love to contribute to help make WordCamp Chicago amazing?\u00a0 We would love to hear from you today &#8211; &#8211; the sooner the better, since we are currently looking to cover the costs of deposits for the venue and equipment contracts for the event!\u00a0 Hit us up on our <a href=\"\/contact\">contact form<\/a> or contact Lisa Sabin-Wilson directly at lsabin-wilson AT wordcampchicago DOT com &#8211; let&#8217;s talk about the opportunities and how we can help each other out!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the coming weeks and months, we will be posting all the information you need here for WordCamp Chicago.\u00a0 We are getting really excited about the event\u00a0 &#8211; planning it is not only hard work, but it is really a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2011\/the-gift-of-sponsorship\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The gift of sponsorship &#8211; how you can help<\/span>  <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3037239,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,53,42,5413],"tags":[418480,5522,5529],"class_list":["post-363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-blog","category-sponsors","category-wcchicago-2010","tag-sponsors","tag-wcchicago","tag-wordcamp-chicago"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1v9vU-5R","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3037239"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1175,"href":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363\/revisions\/1175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicago.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}