HONOURING GLOBAL TEACHERS’ SPIRIT TO HONOUR THE EFFORTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF DETERMINED CHANGE-MAKERS IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION AND THOSE WHO HELP TO LIFT THE KNOWLEDGE TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND MAKE THE WORLD PROUD BY GOING DIGITAL DURING PANDEMIC Sponsorship Opportunities The best way to demonstrate your support for teachers and education industry and to elevate your brand at the same time is to sponsor one of our award categories. Your brand will be seen by the top leaders of our global education industry and student’s community, CEOs, COOs and Founders, women and men, policy makers, who want to change the status quo. SPONSOR THE EVENT Keynote Sponsorship :3-minute platform to address the audience, and to introduce the keynote speaker Your logo on Awards social media posts on all platforms ,Your logo on award website ,Your logo newsletter ,Post-awards social media mentions ,Your logo on all social media posts (both paid and organic) regarding the Summit or awards on all platforms SPONSOR AN AWARD CATEGORY When you sponsor an award, you will able to leverage on the outstanding visibility, recognition and value the event provides. WHY SPONSOR? The Awards present sponsors with a unique opportunity to demonstrate their commitment to recognising and supporting excellence and innovation throughout the industry. Sponsoring an award category will enable your organisation to align itself with the values and philosophies of recognising importance of teachers and digitalisation of education industry , while showcasing your corporate identity, services and products. Sponsorship will further raise your organisation’s profile and enhance your credibility with prospective clients, customers and education industry peers. In short an Award sponsorship provides your company with the ideal means to reach its target clientele. BENEFITS OF SPONSORING THE GLOBAL DIGITAL EXCELLENCE AWARD Increase Brand visibility – When you sponsor the GDET Excellence Award, you get to reach many more people than just those who attend on the day. Our event is promoted over two months across a range of communications channels, including email, direct marketing and social media, as part of an integrated marketing plan. As a sponsor, your name and logo will be used during these outreach campaigns maximising brand visibility. Targeted marketing- The Awards have a high-quality audience of the education industry, teachers and students, which sponsors get a unique opportunity to connect with. Sponsors can engage in one-on-one with key decision-makers relevant to their business. This is an opportunity to get right in front of your target market and reach numerous people who are interested in your products and services. Benefits of early sponsorship – Your brand will be seen throughout the Global Digital Excellence Award event. Sponsorship will make it easier for attendees that are keen to learn more about your business to come and find you. Sponsors will, of course, benefit from brand recognition at the event itself. Still, most of the brand exposure happens beforehand, as the event is being marketed. So, get more ‘bang for your buck’ by taking advantage of long lead-time marketing by securing a sponsorship opportunity early on. Consumer perception – Customers will form a favourable opinion of your business when it is linked to the Global Digital Excellence Award, which is a very high-profile, prestigious event. The association with award will enhance your business reputation and improve the way you are perceived by your target audience. Generate strong business leads – Attending in person virtually as a sponsor gives you a privileged chance to learn more about actual and potential customers and promote your products and services to them. Sponsoring the Excellence Award is a great way to generate quality leads because the event is attended by high level decision makers in Education sectors. Being an event sponsor also focuses a spotlight on you and your businesses, making it easier for opportunities to find you. Social media strategy – By connecting with Excellence Award on social media, sponsors can very easily find relevant audiences to target. When attendees share photos, quotes, videos, and blogs, you get exposure to much larger networks. User-generated content is proven to have a greater impact on customers. Business relationships – The Global Digital Excellence Award is a great place to find suitable businesses that you can collaborate with in the future. The benefits of sponsorship are almost endless if you put in the effort to forge long-term connections. Positive publicity – The Award generates a huge amount of publicity both locally and internationally. This is true not just in the days around the event, but in the two months leading up to it, and afterwards. Sponsorship can help you generate a level of media coverage that might otherwise not have been available or would be extremely expensive if it were to be purchased. Differentiating from competitors – The act of sponsoring The Excellence Award through an exclusive sponsorship is a significant way to differentiate yourself from competitors. Quite simply through being a sponsor at the Awards your name will stand out head and shoulders above the rest. An Award sponsorship represents incredible value for your company. It will enable you to capitalise on the brand of teachers which is integral part of education industry , AWARD SPONSORSHIP BENEFITS INCLUDE: Brand visibility in all pre-event promotional, advertising and marketing materials – As a sponsor, your company name and logo will be used during the Awards’ outreach campaigns, maximising brand exposure. Company logo and profile on Award website – As the sponsor of an Award, your company logo will be carried on every page of the website with a hyperlink to your company website. Your company profile will also be carried on the website. Visual branding at the Awards ceremony – The sponsor’s logo will be displayed during the presentation of the sponsored Award category. The logo will also be played on AV loops at the beginning, PR and social media coverage – Positive publicity will be generated with the sponsor’s name included in pre-event and post- event press releases and social media coverage, including photos, videos and other media.