Corporate Sponsorship

AICHE NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2013

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
Introduction to Corporate
Sponsorship

 Our chapter:
 110 paid members
 10 corporate sponsors
 Typical events: General Meetings, Social, Professional,
Philanthropic
 Overall Process Description
 Officer Breakdown/Timeline
 Networking
 2013-2014 Corporate Interest Survey
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

 Part I
 Event and sponsorship level descriptions

 Part II
 Contact information and date preferences
Phase II – Sponsorship Levels

General
Meetin Diamond Level
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Platinum Level
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Tailgat Meetin
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Gold Level
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Silver Level
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Social Coffee Coffee
Coffee Chat Chat
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Events: General Meetings

 Company presentation for 40 to 50 minutes

 Interactive case studies
 Interviewing tips
 AIChE coordinates food, room request, and equipment set up
 AIChE handles publicizing the event through flyers,
newsletters, and contacting other societies
Events: Coffee Chats

 ~10 students meet with 2-4 recruiters

 Members interact with recruiters in a relaxed, informal setting
 Great opportunity for members that are very interested in
company or have interviews scheduled
 AIChE coordinates coffee and bagels, room request, publicity
Events: Corporate Social

 Hosted the weekend before the career fair in the Union

 Opportunity for members to meet recruiters beforehand in a
business casual setting
 Less formal than career fair
 AIChE coordinates appetizers, room request, publicity
 Invite other societies based on company’s request
Events: Corporate Tailgates

 Hosted 2 to 3 hours before each

home football game
 AIChE coordinates food, grill,
games, reserving space, publicity,
set-up and clean-up
 Part of money for tailgate goes
towards grill, tent, coolers, and
games
 All corporate money goes
towards equipment used at
corporate events
Events: Mock Interviews

 Held within two weeks of the career fair

 AIChE coordinates with career services for time slots,
interview rooms and recruiter gifts
 Company determines number of recruiters and length of
interview
 Marketed as a way to train new employees or to try out new
interviewing techniques
Events: Plant Trips

 Priority for companies that want to host plant trips is given to

corporate sponsors
 AIChE coordinates food and transportation, but the company is
asked to reimburse expenses
 Typically held on a weekend to avoid missing classes
Engineering Open House
Sponsorship

 Companies can specify a type of project

or project idea they want to sponsor
through survey
 Students create project proposals with
budget breakdown to send to company in
January
 Companies choose which projects to
sponsor
 Can make changes to proposals if
necessary
 Company name displayed on poster
during EOH
 Company approves poster beforehand
Phase II – Other

 Contact Information
 Date Preferences
 General Meetings – Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
 Coffee Chats – Mid-morning to afternoon
 Tailgates – Home football games
 Mock Interviews – Dates of or prior to career fairs
 Plant Trips – Preference time of month and semester
 EOH Sponsorship
 Types of projects company would be willing to sponsor
Company’s Donation

 After agreement for sponsorship of events, tailor to company’s

optimal method of payment
 Most, if not all, companies prefer to use a credit card
 In our case, companies need to pay the College of Engineering
office in order to avoid transaction fees.
 From the College of Engineering, the donation needs to
transfer to the business office of the School of Chemical
Sciences, our department.
Benefits to Corporate Sponsorship

 Funding for events

 All money fundraised can go towards philanthropy
 General meetings, tailgates, coffee chats, and events hosted by sponsors
 Build a network
 Learn about job opportunities in ChemE
 Company culture
 Company benefits as well
 Direct access to students - i.e. collect resumes
 Opportunity to promote their company
 Tax deductible
Timeline and Key Outcomes
June July August 3 Weeks Before 1 Week Before After event

Contact Companies

Possible dates and logistics

Confirm
details
Publicity

Thank You
notes and
feedback

Key Outcomes

Email and call

Fill fall Start Personalized
companies to Confirm
semester spots publicizing to thank you notes
make them locations, dates,
and start members and to recruiters and
aware of the and times with
working with other feedback for
sponsorship recruiters
other officers organizations next year
program
Officer Breakdown

 President
 Oversees process and ensures everything is completed
 External Vice President
 Contacts companies – main contact point at all times
 Sets up meeting rooms and orders food for general meetings
 Meets recruiters prior to the beginning of each event
 Treasurer
 Handles company payments
 Secretary
 Handles all publicity for event (posters, website, Facebook)
 Social Chair
 Handles all logistics for tailgates
Building your network

 Previous Internship Employers

 Career Fairs
 National/Regional AIChE Conferences
 LinkedIn
 Career Services office
 Alumni from your chapter
 Start a Google Doc within your chapter to collect information
(give our points for participating)
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