2011 FLORIDA NATIONAL DENTAL CONVENTION
Convention dates: June 9, 10, and 11, 2011

Sponsorship & Marketing Activities
Are you looking for creative ways to gain exposure and get attendees to your booth?

Consider participating in one of the sponsorship or marketing opportunities below. To get started on a plan that will work best for your company contact Crissy Tallman, FNDC Exhibits Coordinator, at 850.350.7105 or ctallman@floridadental.org. Don’t miss out! These opportunities will go quickly!

Pre-Show Mailer - $395
The Florida National Dental Convention Pre-Show Mailer will be mailed to all FNDC2011 pre-registered attendees. The outer envelope will indicate that it is an official FNDC mailing. You can include your pre-printed literature or promotional items in this targeted piece that will be delivered to all pre-registered attendees in mid-May! Include a special invitation to your booth, a promotional flyer about a new product, a contest or drawing registration or some other item. Circulation: approx. 4,500 Size: Standard rate applies to items 8.5x11 or smaller that weigh 0.5 ounces or less. Non-standard items are subject to an additional charge (please call for info).

USS Gaylord Lighted Gobo - $700 - $2500
See your company name in lights with a personalized gobo projected onto the sails of the USS Gaylord located in the Key West atrium. Sunset Sam’s restaurant and bar serves dinner specialties and is a lively place where all attendees go for nightly entertainment and fun. Choose your evening or make your logo the exclusive logo both nights.
Cost: Wednesday, $700; Thursday, $1,000; Friday, $1,500; Exclusive (all 3 days) $2,500

NEW! Enhanced Web Listing Package - $1,000
Our Enhanced Listing Package includes: corporate logo on website, company description on website (500 characters max), company contact information on website, link to your website, and up to four downloadable white papers, product brochures or case studies on website. Click here to view a sample.

NEW! 2010 FNDC E-blast Sponsorship…..$1,000 per-blast / 10 available
These emails (e-blasts) are sent in the weeks prior to FNDC, each one promoting a different topic, event, or activity to more than 4,200 e-mail recipients. As a sponsor you receive logo recognition, a 50-word text section, and a live link to your web site.

 

NEW! Aisle Sign - $1,250 - $10,000
Put your company name, logo and booth number on the aisle signs and as attendees walk the floor, they’ll be directed to your booth!
Company supplies logo. Cost: $1,250 per aisle or $10,000 for all aisle signs.

 

 

Elevator Signage at the Gaylord Palms - $1,500 each (ten available )
Catch everyone’s attention in the Gaylord Palms’ guest room elevators. Attendees are sure to see your message!


Atrium Pole Signs - $3,000 – $15,000
Your company logo and message can be displayed on banners hung on existing sign poles along the walkways throughout Gaylord Palms. Choose one section or the entire four-acre atrium. Either way, you won’t be missed!
Cost: Everglades (10 signs): $3,000; St. Augustine (21 signs): $7,000; Key West (25 signs): $7,500; All signs, All areas: $15,000

 

 

NEW! “Have a Cup on Us” Coffee Vouchers - $3,500
Help attendees get a great start on their day or "perk" up with a mid-afternoon break by providing them with vouchers good for a free cup of coffee at Java Coast in the lobby or atrium.
Attendees will be directed to your booth to pick up their vouchers - maximize traffic by offering vouchers to the first 100 visitors each day! The sponsorship fee includes 300 vouchers, and can be adjusted if you wish to give out more. Limited to 4 sponsors.

 

CE Certification Station - $4,000
Want to have a constant flow of traffic to your booth? Host a CE Verification Station in the booth space adjacent to your company’s booth! CE Verification is a popular destination for all FNDC attendees.

Your sponsorship includes acknowledgement signage throughout the convention center, including on the Astrovision screen in the hotel atrium.

 


NEW! Attendee E-Mail Registration Confirmation - $5,000
Reach more than 6,000 registered attendees before they even go to the show! Your company’s name and website link will be included in the registration confirmation e-mails sent to every registered attendee.

 

Conference Bag - $5,000
Each conference bag features the sponsoring company’s logo as well as the FNDC logo. Conference bags are distributed to all meeting attendees from the general registration area and carried around all three days of the meeting. Include a promotional item or brochure inside the bag for added exposure. (Sponsorship does not include the cost and production of the bags or any collateral or promotional materials placed inside the bag. It is considered the responsibility of the sponsoring company.)


Marketplace Café - $5,000
Everyone has to eat, why not make sure they’re looking at your logo when they do! Small café tables are placed in the back of the exhibit hall and on the classroom/meeting level, to provide attendees with a place to sit while enjoying their selection from the Market Place Café.

Table cards with your company logo will be placed on tables in all of these locations.
Cost: $5,000 (sole sponsorship); $1,000 (six non-competing sponsorships)

Escalator Sponsorship - $5,000
A branding opportunity like no other. Adorn each side of the main Gaylord Palms Hotel escalators near the convention to the Exhibit Hall and session areas with your company logo. This sponsorship allows you to be one of the first and last seen by attendees at FNDC2011.

Hotel Room Drop - $5,000
Limited to one company per night; Wednesday, Thursday & Friday
Put your sales material, publication or promotional item in attendees’ hands multiple times throughout the event. This opportunity works especially well when combined with a branded hotel room key designed to drive attendees to your booth. (Sponsorship does not include the cost of the promotional item or publication, distribution labor cost and all fees from event hotel. It is considered the responsibility of the sponsoring company.)

 Guest Room Video Channel - $7,000
Broadcast custom content to the FNDC room block on the in-house TV channel at the Gaylord Palms where more than 3,000 attendees will be staying. Make this sponsorship part of a multi-media invitation to your booth!


Hotel Key Cards – $8,000
What does every attendee carry with them everywhere they go—even to the pool, look at multiple times a day and inadvertently take home with them when they leave the convention? Their hotel room key!!! You can have your company logo or special offer printed on every hotel key for the duration of the three day meeting.

This is exposure that only one company will receive. Will it be yours?

 

Transportation Sponsorship - $8,500
Reach attendees as they arrive and leave the Gaylord Palms Hotel via shuttle buses by sponsoring the attendee transportation area. Attendees will certainly notice this sponsorship, as the waiting area and shuttle buses provide transportation to and from offsite locations to attend FNDC2011. Your logo will appear on the buses, as well as the transportation waiting areas outside the Gaylord Palms Hotel. Recorded presentations may be broadcast on buses with video equipment.



President’s Event - $20,000
The FNDC2010 main social event will be held on Friday evening, June 11, 2010. This event will include well-known musical entertainment or a theme-based evening of fun. This event will be held at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center. Sponsor(s) will be acknowledged by the evening’s Master of Ceremonies, 180 thirty second spots on the Astrovision screen in the atrium on Friday, and on banners and signage throughout the venue.
Customize this opportunity by providing napkins or cups with your company logo (subject to FNDC approval).
(Production and cost of additional items is not included in the sponsorship and is the responsibility of the sponsoring company).