What does it mean to sponsor a Connecticut .NET Developers Group meeting event?
Who we are:
We are Connecticut's largest developer group of Microsoft .NET technlogies (over 1500 members in our email list). The group consists of developers, architects, technical leaders, project and IT managers who work and reside in Connecticut. We are a member of INETA which is the official Microsoft Users Groups Organization.
What we do:
Our mission is to help the Connecticut .NET developers' needs and expectations by providing information, presentations and other events to enhance productivity and enjoyment of Microsoft .NET Technologies. Our event presenters are very notable developers from the Microsoft .NET Development community. We also have INETA speakers (& from Microsoft) in our meetings.
What you do:
Pay for the pizza and soda at our monthly event meetings (held at Microsoft Farmington CT office). Our meetings usually has ~60 attendees and we have had over 70 attend in prior meetings, so the cost of sponsorship varies (our average is ~= $200-240 per event). Event Sponsors' contributions are monthly-based and primarily for pizza & soda related costs for the month's event meeting.
What you get:
* Get your company logo on the homepage of our website during the time of promoting the event meeting (about 4 weeks).
* Get your company mentioned in all emails that go out to our membership list that are geared towards promoting our events. We have a member list of over 1400 members that receive event announcements and our monthly newsletter. We plan to have about two mailings per month.
* You can have literature about your products and services available to the attendees during the meeting. You and your employees are also welcome to attend our events.
* We give preferences for sponsors for job postings (with links) at our website (for example see our Jobs board)
* We put your logo on our THANK YOU slide that is in the PowerPoint deck that plays during the meeting "warm up" (similar to the advertisement slide show in movie halls) .
* Our undying gratitude.
With our agreement with Microsoft and our members we cannot give out our membership email list. We do however, give you a list of event attendees who have agreed to release their contact information.
We have received some very positive feedback from Microsoft itself and we intend to serve the Connecticut .NET Developer community in the best possible ways. We hope you can join us in doing so
Please get in touch with us at ctdotnet@gmail.com if you would like to sponsor us or for more information.
With thanks,
Connecticut .NET Developers Group (www.ctdotnet.org)