Reimagine Possible with the FIU community November 7, 2013 tedxfiu.com
PRESENTING SPONSOR OPPORTUNITY
This year, for the first time, TEDxFIU is introducing a partnership opportunity to the community. The TEDxFIU Presenting Sponsor will be the marquee partner in this extraordinary showcase of ideas with a worldwide audience. Through this co-branding opportunity, the Presenting Sponsor’s logo will appear not only at the event, but also at the beginning of each TEDxFIU video on the official TEDx YouTube Channel with some 600,000 educated and affluent subscribers from around the globe. This extraordinary opportunity is available to only one sponsor.
Energy Death
Leadership Disasters Join the Global Conversation
the Crossroads of space exploration
alleviating energy Poverty in india “If I can replace kerosene lamps with solar powered lighting, I can prevent tons of toxins from being released into the atmosphere. I can save these villagers money. I can increase their quality of life, increase their productivity at night. And I could potentially save lives. All for a small investment of $10. In today’s economy that’s what, two lattes?” Student Ximena Prugue Founder, Project Green Light go.fiu.edu/Prugue
a new Model for Medical education Thousands of people around the world are tuning in to the Experience a new world of possibilities go.fiu.edu/tedxfiu
eight talks from the inaugural TEDxFIU. The Nov. 15, 2012,
event featured professors, alumni and students sharing ideas and knowledge before a live audience hosted by FIU Alumni Association Board of Directors member Alberto Padron ’98, MBA ’09. All the talks are available online as part of the TEDx global community. Join the conversation by checking out the TEDxFIU videos.
“I’m embarrassed by the statistics our country has. I’m embarrassed by the fact that my profession, from academic medicine to the implementation of my profession, has failed America. What happened to my profession? When did it become socially acceptable that a physician can refuse a patient because they have no money?”
“I take you back to the universe. The answers are out there. We are explorers. We have always been explorers. We cannot be one-planet wonders. We have to take the right path in this crossroads. We need to fund education. We need to make sure NASA stays healthy. We need to inspire our children to learn about the universe.” James Webb Physics Professor go.fiu.edu/Webb
when are You Really dead? “It would be a logical approach to assume life and death are, in fact, opposites. But frankly, under the law, if you make that assumption, pardon the pun, you would be dead wrong. The law does not, in fact, treat life and death as opposites. It treats them completely independent of each other.”
what do You see? “It’s very easy for us to look at a person in a wheelchair, with crutches or with any kind of device, and that’s the first thing we see. I believe that those devices, rather than being something that stops us from achieving a dream, they’re actually a potential, a challenge that allows you to go anywhere you want to be.” Ileana Rodriguez 08, M.Arch ’11
Elizabeth Price Foley
Paralympic Swimmer
Law Professor
go.fiu.edu/Rodriguez
go.fiu.edu/Foley
Dr. Pedro “Joe” Greer College of Medicine go.fiu.edu/Greer
a Global Plan for avoiding disasters “Natural disasters. It trips off the tongue. We say it too easily. Change the inflection: natural disasters? Not so much. Natural events? Yes. Nature provides those. But the disasters, what we put in harm’s way – ourselves, our societies, our economies – well, that’s on us.” Richard Olson
Music
Space
Medicine 10 | SPRING 2013
Disabilities
Political Science Professor go.fiu.edu/Olson
Can a 12 Year Old Be a leader? “I founded and started a nonprofit organization dedicated and devoted to teaching leadership skills to MiamiDade middle school students. I was passionate about leadership and I made sure I was doing something with that passion. Just imagine, now that we are teaching 12 year olds what to do with these skills, what they can accomplish when they are older.” Student Phillip Koenig
UnitY: a latin tribute to the King of Pop “We did this to prove to the world how important Michael Jackson is to all of us. Not only his music, but his message of unity. I am Peruvian but grew up here, and when people ask where I’m from, I say from all over the place. We are here for one reason, to unite.” Tony Succar ’08, MA ’10
Founder, Leading Miami
Musician and composer
go.fiu.edu/Koenig
go.fiu.edu/Succar
Event Premier Positioning
Media and Print Exposure
• Corporate logo on conference signage including registration table and reception area in accordance with TEDx guidelines.
• Sponsorship highlighted on TEDxFIU.com
• Corporate logo on TEDxFIU: “Reimagine Possible” promotional material, in accordance with TEDx guidelines.
• News.FIU.edu news story announcing presenting sponsor. These stories remain on the site indefinitely.
• Logo recognition as Presenting Sponsor on screens at the beginning and end of the event in accordance with TEDx guidelines.
• News story inclusion in FIU e-newsletter with 30,000 subscribers, which include alumni, students, faculty, staff and friends of the university
• Opportunity to distribute promotional items and giveaways at the event.
• Inclusion in TEDxFIU post-event coverage in News. FIU.edu and FIU Magazine, which has a circulation of 120,000
• Company may provide vertical stand banners for display with first choice of positioning in registration or reception lobby. • Recognition as Presenting Sponsor on back of name badge of all attendees. • Premier seating at TEDxFIU.
• TEDxFIU blog story announcing presenting sponsor
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PRESENTING SPONSOR - $20,000 Worldwide Online Visibility Your logo will be included at the beginning of each TEDxFIU 2013 video posted online following the event. The TEDx YouTube Channel has 600,000 subscribers. TEDxFIU 2012 videos have received more than 100,000 views.
VIP Recognition • Welcome and thank you by emcee at beginning and end of event
TEDxFIU is organized by the FIU Division of External Relations
• Opportunity to meet and greet speakers at postevent reception
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• Eight (8) tickets to TEDxFIU: “Reimagine Possible” ($250 + value)
University Advancement Assitant Vice President Laura Padron
• VIP Registration
305-348-3913 or laura.padron@fiu.edu
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