Winter 2025 Meeting: Platinum Sponsor

Your sponsorship includes an 8-minute speaking opportunity before our keynote address on Wednesday, January 15.

You are welcome to use slides and audio/visual aids for your presentation. If your presentation will require any A/V equipment or set up needs beyond a podium and microphone, you must confirm this by December 15th to ensure we have the appropriate setup to meet your needs. If you will use slides, please share them with us by Jan. 3rd. 

Your sponsorship includes three full meeting registration passes.

Please ask each individual who will attend to register as a “confirmed sponsor” (via the last question in the registration form) by no later than December 15, 2024. 

Please reach out to MIP Managing Director, Katya Spear (knspear@mayorsinnovation.org) to discuss tabling options and how we can design an option that works for you. Specific time slots are offered on a first come, first choice basis.

As our platinum sponsor, we will display a custom individual sponsor board with your logo on site and display your logo on our Winter Meeting webpage. Additionally, we will distribute both print and digital marketing materials from your organization to all meeting attendees. You are welcome to share one printed item (up to 10 pages in length) and two digital marketing materials:

• Print materials: Print materials may include one-pagers, reports, flyers, postcards, etc. Ship 100 copies of your print material of choice to the hotel. We will include the materials we receive in each attendee’s meeting information packet. For print materials to be included in attendee packets, they must arrive to the hotel no later than January 14th. Please ship materials to our address:
• Attn: Mayors Innovation Project
  C/O Katya Spear
  Sofitel Washington DC Lafayette Square
  806 15th Street NW
  Washington, DC 20005

*If you are in the DC area, you are welcome to drop off materials by 4pm on January 14th!

• Digital materials: Up to two digital items may be included on the flash drives we provide to each attendee. Materials may include articles, reports, promotional materials, etc. Please, no video. Digital materials must be submitted to info@mayorsinnovation.org by January 1st to be included in the flash drives.

As a sponsor, you have the opportunity to provide branded promotional items to be included in our conference gift bags. Branded item examples include pens, stress balls, hand sanitizer, bandanas, screen cleaning cloths, candy tins, etc.

If you wish to provide branded materials, ship 100 of your item of choice to us.

Branded items must arrive to the hotel no later than January 14th, 2025 to be included in conference gift bags.

Please ship your items to our address:

• Attn: Mayors Innovation Project
  C/O Katya Spear
  Sofitel Washington DC Lafayette Square
  806 15th Street NW
  Washington, DC 20005

*If you are in the DC area, you are welcome to drop off materials by 4pm on January 14th!

As our platinum sponsor, you will receive early access to our attendee list.

Platinum sponsors receive recognition in our national email newsletter and a social media mention prior to the meeting.

Please email us at info@mayorsinnovation.org by January 1, 2025 with the following information:

• Which social media sites your organization is on, including your handles
• Any specific wording, hashtags, or phrases you would like us to use (or avoid)
• Any logos, colors, or design elements you would like us to use (or avoid)
• If applicable, details on any specific webinar, event, or project you would like us to highlight in our newsletter (including website URLs and associated graphics)

Platinum sponsors have the opportunity to publish a guest blog on our website. See examples of our blogs and blog topics on our News page.

This is an opportunity for you to share more about your organization and the policy topics you work on. We will reach out to you directly to follow up on this opportunity, but feel free contact Katya to discuss anytime at knspear@mayorsinnovation.org.