Reimagine Possible with the FIU community November 7, 2013 tedxfiu.com
2013 SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
This year, for the first time, TEDxFIU is introducing a new partnership opportunity to the community. TEDxFIU sponsors will benefit from exposure and visibility before a well educated and energized audience of university faculty and staff, students and alumni and community leaders gathered to experience an extraordinary showcase of ideas.
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?” Dr. Pedro “Joe” Greer College of Medicine go.fiu.edu/Greer
“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
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 SPRING 2013 | 11
Gold SPONSOR - $10,000 • Corporate logo (secondary position) on conference signage including registration table and reception area in accordance with TEDx guidelines • Dedicated partner area for sponsors outside of main stage area • Corporate logo on TEDxFIU: “Reimagine Possible” promotional material • Media and print exposure (TEDxFIU blog, printed publications, FIU News site, magazine) - Sponsorship listing on TEDxFIU.com - Exposure in TEDxFIU blog, which has a subscriber list of 1,500 - Pre and post news articles will be written and circulated through our online FIU News site. These stories remain on the site indefinitely. - FIU News stories circulated to an audience of 30,000 alumni, students, faculty, staff and friends of the university through twice-weekly e-newsletter - A story will be written in the Spring 2014 issue of FIU Magazine with a mention of sponsors. FIU Magazine’s circulation is 120,000 • Logo recognition as Gold Sponsor on screens at the beginning and ending of the event in accordance with TEDx guidelines • Opportunity to distribute promotional items and giveaways at the event • Opportunity to meet and greet speakers at post-event reception • Special thank you by emcee at beginning and end of event • Four (4) tickets to TEDxFIU: “Reimagine Possible” ($100 value) • VIP Registration • Premier seating at TEDxFIU • Exhibit tables at TEDxFIU: “Reimagine Possible”, prominently placed • Company may provide vertical stand banners for display in registration or reception lobby. • Dedicated partner area for sponsors outside of main stage area • Sponsor mention and company links in post-event email communication to attendees
Blue SPONSOR - $5,000
Friend SPONSOR - $1,000
• Corporate logo (secondary position) on conference signage including registration table and reception area in accordance to TEDx guidelines
• Dedicated partner area for sponsors outside of main stage area
• Dedicated partner area for sponsors outside of main stage area
• Sponsorship listing on TEDxFIU.com
• Corporate logo on TEDxFIU: “Reimagine Possible” promotional material • Media and print exposure - Sponsorship listing on TEDxFIU.com - Exposure in TEDxFIU blog, which has a subscriber list of 1,500 • Opportunity to distribute promotional items and giveaways at the event • Company may provide vertical stand banners for display
• Corporate logo on TEDxFIU: “Reimagine Possible” promotional material • Opportunity to distribute promotional items and giveaways at the event • Company may provide vertical stand banners for display • Opportunity to meet and greet speakers at post-event reception • Two (2) tickets to TEDxFIU: “Reimagine Possible” ($50 value) • VIP Registration • Exhibit tables at TEDxFIU: “Reimagine Possible”
• Dedicated partner area for sponsors outside of main stage area • Opportunity to meet and greet speakers at post-event reception • Two (2) tickets to TEDxFIU: “Reimagine Possible” ($50 value) • VIP Registration • Exhibit tables at TEDxFIU: “Reimagine Possible”
TEDxFIU is organized by the FIU Division of External Relations For more information on sponsorship opportunities contact University Advancement Assistant Vice President Laura Padron 305-348-3913 or laura.padron@fiu.edu This independent TEDx event is operated under license from TED.
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