ILLINOIS MIDWEST BUSINESS BROKERS & INTERMEDIARIES SPONSORSHIP GUIDE 2017-2018
SPONSORSHIP LETTER Hello MBBI Members & Guests Thank you for your continued involvement and support of MBBI. As you know, MBBI is the premier membership and trade organization in the Midwest for deal makers, business professionals, intermediaries, investors and anyone involved in buying, selling, financing or investing in small to medium sized businesses. Our sponsors are vital to MBBI s ability to fulfill its mission and create value for its members. Consequently, MBBI is committed to providing its sponsors with the best opportunity to promote awareness of their services to its members and others involved in mid-market deal making in the Midwest. If you target middle and lower middle market deals, companies or professionals, becoming a sponsor of MBBI can play an important part in helping you reach these targets and expanding your network and deal flow. MBBI is now accepting payments for sponsorship for the 2017 sponsorship year. We have been hard at work upgrading and improving the Sponsorship Program for 2017. In an effort to enhance our program, we have made several changes. Our goal was to encourage additional participation and recognition. At the same time we hoped to simplify your budget planning by including many events and sponsorship opportunities. To increase the administrative efficiency of the organization, MBBI is changing its sponsorship year to run from February 1st through January 31st. As a result, the 2017 sponsorship year will be 13 months and include our premier annual conference in both January 2017 and 2018. We believe this will add significant value for our 2017 sponsors. We have attached a list of the new sponsorship levels and benefits included within each level. The following highlights a few: 13 month program includes 2 annual conferences. We have included membership for you and your associates. We have included participation for our largest events. We are adding opportunities for recognition of your company, including opportunities to write articles for the monthly newsletter. We are excited to announce the changes we have made to our most exclusive Platinum level. We reduced the annual cost and added the lunch sponsorship for the Golf outing and both annual conferences in the package. As a Platinum sponsor, you will have meaningful opportunities to promote your organization to our membership and the larger M&A community. For 2016, we introduced the Midwest Deal Makers sponsorship level to help to highlight our members that are making a significant contribution to the Midwest M&A market. The program was successful in its debut year and provides significant value. The Midwest Dealmakers category is open to all equity sponsors**, investment bankers and licensed business brokers. Regardless of which sponsorship level is right for your organization, we designed the 2017 program to offer significant value. We are asking for your commitment for the 2017 MBBI sponsorship program. Please sign a copy of the attached Sponsorship Commitment form, complete it and fax it back to our administrator, Christine Thomas at 847-847-1648 or email at cthomas@mbbi.org no later than November 30th! This will guarantee inclusion in the January Conference Brochure. Payment is due no later than December 31, 2016. On behalf of the MBBI membership, thanks again for your support and participation in 2016. Please contact me with any questions. I look forward to your prompt response. MBBI Sponsorship Co-Chairs: Tom Thomas Art Mertes Ph: 847.444.8476 Ph: 312.454.0311 E-mail: tthomas@fgmk.net Email: amertes@synergylawgroup.com ** Equity Sponsors include but are not limited to private equity firms, family funds/offices, buyout and growth capital funds, financial equity sponsors, and fundless sponsors.
SPONSORSHIP LEVELS LEVELS PLATINUM* GOLD SILVER MIDWEST DEAL MAKERS $3,950 $2,650 $1,350 $795 13 Month Sponsorship Year Jan 17-Jan 18 Sponsorship Advertisement on all email communications from the organizations, including weekly emails and monthly newsletter Monthly Event Display Annual Conference Display Website displayed on the MBBI home page and Meet the Sponsors page BENEFITS Tickets for Annual Golf Outing (foursome) $700 value Tickets for Annual Golf Outing (twosome) $350 value Lunch Sponsor for Golf Outing $500 value** Golf Outing Display Hole Sponsor at Golf Outing $150 value Attendance for 1 to the 2017 and 2018 Conference $500 value Exhibit Table at Capital Connection at the 2017 and 2018 Conference $700 value Lunch Sponsor for 2017 & 2018 Conference $1,000 value** 6 MBBI Breakfast/Lunch Events $270 value Social Networking Event $65 value 1 MBBI Membership $225 value 2 Individual Associate Memberships $250 value 1 Individual Associate Membership $125 value * Platinum sponsorship level is limited to one sponsor per professional category (i.e. Lawyer, Accountant, Commercial Banker) ** Lunch sponsorship includes premier signage at the event as well as an opportunity to present your firm to the group. *** Sponsors have the opportunity to write articles to be included in the monthly newsletter.
SPONSORSHIP IN ACTION SPONSORS WEBPAGE EXAMPLE (PERMANENTLY POSTED ON MBBI.ORG) EVENT EMAIL EXAMPLE (SENT OUT MULTIPLE TIMES LEADING UP TO EACH MBBI EVENT) MONTHLY NEWSLETTER EXAMPLE (INCLUDED IN EACH WEEKLY UPDATE EMAIL AND PERMANENTLY POSTED ON MBBI.ORG)
Annual Sponsorship Program Commitment Form 2017 Annual Sponsor Company Name: Street Address/PO Box: City/State/Zip: Please accept our commitment as MBBI Sponsor for the 2017 Program year at the following checked level: Platinum ($3,950) Gold ($2,650) Silver ($1,350) Midwest Dealmakers ($795) I Do Not Wish to Renew I understand that the sponsorship period begins January 1, 2017 and ends January 31, 2018. Payment is due no later than December 31, 2016. Signature: Name: Title: Art Mertes and Tom Thomas Sponsorship Committee Co-Chairs MBBI Sponsorship Committee