Sponsorship benefits are summarized below. If you would like to become an ACC2003 sponsor, please print one of the following pledge forms, complete it, and fax it to (650) 396-8220; Alternatively, you may mail us the form.

Pledge Form (HTML version)

Pledge Form (PDF version; includes description of Sponsorship Benefits)

Additional Information

Advertising

Many of the Sponsorship Benefits described below include free advertising space in the ACC2003 Conference Handbook. However, additional advertising space is available to sponsors and non-sponsors, at the following rates:

A free two year listing in the online ASF Community Directory (picture and 250 words for the individual, and logo and 250 words for the institution) is offered free to all ACC sponsors. Directory listing is also available to ACC attendees and non-attendees at the following rates:

Important Deadlines

Questions?

If you have any questions, or if you'd like to discuss how the Accelerating Change Conference may benefit your organization, please contact us at (650) 396-8220 or by email.

Sponsorship Benefits

Media Sponsor 

		(unlimited openings)

Benefits include:

• Sponsorship recognition in select marketing materials.
• Space for your company literature on the Sponsor Tables.
• Advertisement in the pre- and post-conference Accelerating Times, mailed to 2,500 select change-oriented thinkers worldwide.
• Your logo link in the Sponsors section of the DVD conference record.
• Your logo at the ACC2003 website and logo/profile in the Conference Handbook.
• Your brochure in the Conference Handbook.
• Copy of attendee list.

Contributor — $500  

	(unlimited openings)	(unlimited openings)

Benefits include:

• Space for your company literature on the Sponsor Tables.
• Advertisement in the pre- and post-conference Accelerating Times, mailed to 2,500 select change-oriented thinkers worldwide.
• Your logo at the ACC2003 website and logo/profile in the Community Directory.

Bronze Sponsor — $1,000

(unlimited openings)

(unlimited openings)

Benefits include:

All benefits of Contributor, plus the following:

• Eighth page ad in Conference Handbook.
• Sponsorship recognition in select marketing materials.
• Your logo link in the Sponsors section of the DVD conference record.
• Copy of attendee list.

Howard Bloom Video Sponsor — $1,000 (SOLD)

Dr. Bloom is developing a custom presentation, including interview footage and visuals, to share his insights into complex systems, transformation, and accelerating change with our conference community. The film, An Infinity of Singularities, will play for 45 minutes, to be followed by 20 minutes of teleconference questions to Dr. Bloom from our distinguished audience. For examples of Dr. Bloom's strong visual style, please see his website, and the précis of his most recent work, Reinventing Capitalism.

Benefits include:

• Eighth page ad in Conference Handbook.
• Opportunity to introduce Dr. Bloom (three minute introduction).
• Space for your company literature on the Sponsor tables.
• Advertisement in the pre- and post-conference Accelerating Times, mailed to 2,500 select change-oriented thinkers worldwide.
• Your logo link in the Sponsors section of the DVD conference record.
• Your logo at the ACC2003 website and logo/profile in the Conference Handbook.
• Copy of attendee list.

'A Walk Through Time' Sponsor — $2,000

A Walk Through Time, managed by the Foundation for Global Community, is an award-winning, 91 panel display of the evolutionary development of life over the last five billion years on Earth, where each step represents one million years in Earth’s amazing history.  It is a breathtaking demonstration of the core acceleration in which human civilization and now technological development are the most recent participants.  With sponsorship, we will be able to place the stunning Walk Through Time exhibit around the outskirts of Tressider Union for the benefit of Stanford students and our conference attendees.

Benefits include:

• Eighth page ad in Conference Handbook.
• Your company banner at the start and end of the Walk.
• Sponsorship recognition in select marketing materials and on most signage.
• Space for your company literature on the Sponsor Tables.
• Advertisement in the pre- and post-conference Accelerating Times, mailed to 2,500 select change-oriented thinkers worldwide.
• Your logo link in the Sponsors section of the DVD conference record.
• Your logo at the ACC2003 website and logo/profile in the Conference Handbook.
• Copy of attendee list.

Luncheon Sponsor — $2,000

Benefits include:

All Walk Through Time benefits (except banner at Walk), plus the following:

• Your signage on the display board and tables, and your company banner at the Saturday luncheon.

Organizations participating at any of the following Sponsorship levels have first-right-of-refusal for renewing their participation at future ASF events and maintaining their sponsorship position.

Silver Sponsor — $2,000

	(open)	(open)

Benefits include:

• Quarter page ad in Conference Handbook.
• Sponsorship recognition in select marketing materials and on most signage.
• Space for your company literature on the Sponsor Tables.
• Advertisement in the pre- and post-conference Accelerating Times, mailed to 2,500 select change-oriented thinkers worldwide.
• Your logo link in the Sponsors section of the DVD conference record.
• Your logo at the ACC2003 website and logo/profile in the Conference Handbook.
• One complimentary registration.
• Your brochure in the Conference Handbook.
• Copy of attendee list.

Gold Sponsor — $3,000 (SOLD)

Benefits include:

All benefits of Silver, with the following upgrades or additions:

• 30 minute corporate sponsor session about your products, philosophy, and focus.
• Half page ad in Conference Handbook.
• Exhibit table in the reception area.
• Company banners (you provide) placed strategically throughout the conference.
• Your company specifically acknowledged during the opening and closing remarks.
• Two complimentary registrations.

Platinum Sponsor — $5,000

Benefits include:

All benefits of Silver & Gold, with the following upgrades or additions:

• Saturday discussion with ASF President John Smart exploring potential implications of accelerating change for your business.
• Full page ad in Conference Handbook.
• Your logo on the display board in the registration area.
• Three complimentary registrations.

Title Sponsor — $10,000

Benefits include:

All benefits of Silver, Gold, & Platinum with the following upgrades or additions:

• Saturday discussion with Draper Fisher Jurvetson Managing Partner Steve Jurvetson exploring potential implications of accelerating change for your business.
• Full page ad in Conference Handbook (inside front cover).
• Two exhibit tables in the reception area.
• Sponsorship recognition in all marketing materials and on all signage.
• Advertisement in the pre- and post-conference Accelerating Times, mailed to 2,500 select change-oriented thinkers worldwide.
• Your logo on the display board in the registration area.
• Your logo on the main menu of the DVD conference record.
• Your logo prominently at the ACC2003 website and logo/profile prominently in the Conference Handbook (inside back cover).
• Four complimentary registrations.