What does a sponsor need to know?
I'm helping organize SkypeCamp, a component of this June's eBay Developer Conference in Las Vegas. This is a geek event. I wanted to get your take on your company sponsoring it.
Here's the (brief) pitch:
SkypeCamp: SkypeCamp is a weekend-long un-conference with the goal of bringing together developers to share ideas and learn from each other. SkypeCamp is in conjunction with the formal, highly structured lecture and laboratory format of the eBay DevCon (800-1000 attendees). Anyone is welcome, and all attendees are expected to give a demo, a session, or help with one. We'll also have a Skype Code-A-Thon, where teams will create new Skype apps overnight, demo them on Sunday, and be voted by their peers.
Benefits:
- As a sponsor, you'll have your name listed on the event wiki, and we'll thank you at the end of the conference
- We'll express our gratitude on Skype Journal, of course
- We'll even throw in premium banner adds on Skype Journal for a few weeks, longer with your generosity
- You'll have your company's name associated with a hip, underground techie event, earn the goodwill and attention of 100 or so Skype and eBay alpha geeks in attendance, and countless others scattered across the country via the wiki and Skypecasts. And all for just a few hundred bucks!
Note: Skype is not kicking in any cash, but they are including SkypeCamp in the program and will make conference rooms available as space permits.
Sponsorship options:
- $1500 for t-shirts
- $2500 to send Bill Campbell, Skype Journal's technical editor
- $1500 to send Phil Wolff, Skype Journal's troublemaker in chief
- anything else you'd like to pitch in
Skype Phil Wolff at
evanwolf or call me on my mobile at +1-510-444-8234.