2009 GDC COMMUNITY MIXER SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

2009 GDC COMMUNITY MIXER SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Mixer Date: March 25th, 2009
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Women in Games International offers the following benefits to sponsors who support the 2009 GDC WIGI Mixer.

Women in Games International – 2009 GDC Community Mixer
www.womeningamesinternational.org

Location & Date:
San Francisco, California – venue tba
Walking distance to Moscone Center (Game Developers Conference)

March 25th, 2009

Women in Games International’s largest event of the year! The GDC Community Mixer offers sponsors tremendous exposure, whether you are promoting a service, product, game release or recruiting.

The Women in Games International Community Mixer series has been created as a community building and networking forum. Each mixer includes icebreaker networking, games, door prizes, sponsor shwag, free drinks and appetizers. The GDC 2009 Mixer will feature all this, and live DJ performances, game stations and other attractions as negotiated with sponsors.

Displays are minimal and limited to approved mixer sponsors and partners. Attendance to all WIGI mixers is free. Some events have limited attendance depending on venue. Average attendance for each event is 50 to 150 attendees, not including sponsors, partners, staff and volunteers.

We expect 300+ attendees for the GDC 2009 event. The GDC 2008 event had space for 150, and the venue was packed for the entire event.


SPECIAL EVENT GDC Community Mixer

~ Sponsorship Opportunities ~
~ Title Sponsor – $3,000 ~
~ Gold Sponsor– $1,500 ~

Marketing Benefits
• Feature COMPANY name and/or logo with link as Title Sponsor of the GDC Community Mixer in regular e-mail bulletins to WIGI contacts, minimum of 4 bulletins per event. (There are over 2000 direct Women in Games International contacts.)
• Feature COMPANY name and/or logo with link as a Title Sponsor of the GDC Community Mixer in e-mail bulletins to the IGDA Women’s SIG, as well as multiple women in video games sites and lists.
• Feature COMPANY as a Title Sponsor of the GDC Community Mixer in all WIGI international, national and regional media campaigns, in a minimum of one press release transmissions per event.
• Feature the COMPANY name and/or logo as a Title Sponsor of the GDC Community Mixer on the WIGI web site during a 2-month period with COMPANY link and descriptive.
• Feature COMPANY as a GDC Community Mixer Title Sponsor in all WIGI promotional text (online) and materials (collateral) distributed by WIGI partners and sponsors over a 2-month period.


Onsite Marketing Benefits
• Title & Gold Sponsors: COMPANY display and/or materials displayed prominently at the GDC Community Mixer.
• Title & Gold Sponsors: COMPANY-specific banner displayed prominently at the GDC Community Mixer.
• Title & Gold Sponsors: Option to provide COMPANY premiums for the GDC Community Mixer.
• TITLE Sponsors: Option to present on-site recruiting and/or marketing efforts in the form of a table at the GDC Community Mixer
• TITLE Sponsors: Option to provide 1 representative from your company or division as a speaker at the GDC Community Mixer
• TITLE Sponsors: Option to set up playable game station at the GDC Community Mixer



For further details on Women in Games International sponsorship opportunities, contact:
• Belinda M. Van Sickle—Chair, Community Mixers bvansickle@womeningamesinternational.org.
• Krissie Franco – Chair, Chapter Organizers Krissie@hwhiskey.com