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The Sponsorship Seeker's Toolkit, Fourth Edition 4th Edition
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THE "BIBLE OF SPONSORSHIP"--UPDATED WITH NEW SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER DIGITAL STRATEGIES
The Sponsorship Seeker's Toolkit, fourth edition, makes cutting-edge, best-practice sponsorshipnot only achievable, but sensible and straightforward. Corporate sponsorship experts Kim Skildum-Reid and Anne-Marie Grey have updated their classic guide to put youmiles ahead of the competition.
New material includes the integration of social media into existing strategies, developing leverage ideas for proposals, more case studies than ever, and important trends in the world of corporate sponsorship.
PRAISE FOR THE SPONSORSHIP SEEKER'S TOOLKIT:
"This book leads you step-by-step through the choices you have to make throughout the process, from gathering internal support to renewal. I have never read a better how-to book on seeking sponsors." -- AD MAATJENS, Founder and Director, Sponsorreport
"One of the best and most thorough how-to books in fundraising! A must-read orientation for nonprofits considering transforming their approach or venturing into the exciting world of sponsorship!" -- KYLA SHAWYER, Chair of the International Fundraising Congress (IFC),Chief Operating Officer, SCIA – International Alliance
"The Sponsorship Seeker's Toolkit contains all the information you'll need to successfully develop, deliver, and manage a best-practice sponsorship program, using an easy-to-understand, step-by-step process supported by useful case studies and example templates." -- KYM OBERAUER, founder of PracticalSponsorshipIdeas.com
- ISBN-100071825797
- ISBN-13978-0071825795
- Edition4th
- PublisherMcGraw Hill
- Publication dateMay 15, 2014
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions7.3 x 0.63 x 9.3 inches
- Print length320 pages
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KIM SKILDUM-REID is the founder of Power Sponsorship and a corporate sponsorship consultant, trainer, speaker, and author with 28 years of experience across North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Australasia. www.powersponsorship.com
ANNE-MARIE GREY has over 25 years of fundraising and marketing experience in both the nonprofit and for-profit sectors. She is currently the Chief of Section, Leadership Giving, at UNHCR.
About the Author
KIM SKILDUM-REID is the founder of Power Sponsorship and a corporate sponsorship consultant, trainer, speaker, and author with 28 years of experienceacross North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, the MiddleEast, and Australasia. www.powersponsorship.com
ANNE-MARIE GREY has over 25 years of fundraisingand marketing experience in both the nonprofit and for-profit sectors. She is currently the Chief of Section, Leadership Giving, at UNHCR.
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- Publisher : McGraw Hill; 4th edition (May 15, 2014)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 320 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0071825797
- ISBN-13 : 978-0071825795
- Item Weight : 1.25 pounds
- Dimensions : 7.3 x 0.63 x 9.3 inches
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With over 30 years in the corporate sponsorship industry, Kim Skildum-Reid is well known as a global sponsorship industry thought leader - defining and shaping best practice. She is co-author of industry bestsellers, The Sponsorship Seeker's Toolkit and The Sponsor's Toolkit, and author of The Corporate Sponsorship Toolkit and The Ambush Marketing Toolkit.
Kim is a trusted industry commentator to Harvard Business Review, CNN, CNBC, Chief Marketer, Marketing News, Bloomberg, Brand Republic, Marketing Africa, Sponsor Magazine, Marketing Russia, and many other leading business and marketing media. She also serves as a member of two CMO Council advisory boards.
Kim is author of one of the industry's best read, most reprinted, and most often quoted blogs, as well as industry-defining white papers, such as "Last Generation Sponsorship", the best practice manifesto with over 800,000 downloads and reprinted dozens of times and in eight languages. Kim's newest white paper, "Disruptive Sponsorship", explores the edgier trends and advances driving modern sponsorship decisions.
Advisor to sponsorship award winners in Australia and New Zealand, Kim works with a blue chip clientele across six continents.
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It turns out, a lot.
The 4th Edition of the Seeker's Toolkit (sounds like something Harry Potter fans would read) takes the core elements that made previous editions fantastic and expands on them, extending the reader's depth of reach and really exploring how to line up sponsorship with the brand cycle. The deeper understanding a property has of the partnering brand's position on the cycle and how to best serve those needs, the better and more effective a relationship can be created. The root ideas are still present, but Kim also includes revised and additional sections on impact and measurement (in fact, I think these sections could have been further explored - it strikes me that she has more to say on the topic, and I know she does, because I've heard it in consulting sessions). She also gets a bit deeper into approaches to negotiation and ways to retain value integrity, which is a real difficult thing within the industry.
If the book falls short anywhere, it is simply in terms of the nitty gritty of actually executing a integrated sponsorship to its fullest effect, which Kim says time and time again is up to the sponsor to activate their investment. The reality is that if we as property owners do not do our own significant activation, the competition of the marketplace makes it hard to demonstrate our value fully. Additionally, I think the book could discuss potential ways to set up a development, research, and activation team - perhaps explore some setups she has seen amongst properties and discuss positives and negatives. Being properly staffed and deployed is just as important as having the right strategy, approach and philosophy.
With that said, this is a foundational work within the realm of marketing partnerships. Kim provides a framework for approaching sponsorship that is fresh, upbeat, and challenges those among us who still do things the traditional way. And it helps lend focus to those of us who are trying to engage best practice, so we don't become lazy. Very pleased to have this as a work to always refer back to and find nuggets in, use, and apply in our quest for truly amazing sponsorship.
This book is solid for both beginners and experienced people alike.
The 4th edition update is solid
Thank you Kim for the excellent customer service that you personally provided me and I am especially appreciative of this wonderful, comprehensive and clear textbook that allows me to go forward with boundless confidence.