Re: Reaching out to sponsors
2015-03-01 18:30 GMT+02:00 Sorina Sandu <sorina@rosedu.org>:
> Hello,
>
> On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 3:18 PM, Margarita Manterola
> <margamanterola@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hey everybody!
>>
>> We need to reach out to sponsors in order to secure enough sponsorship money
>> to be able to pay for our speakers, t-shirts, video gear, and if possible
>> coffee breaks and/or lunch (although this will only happen if the other
>> expenses get covered).
>
> Yes, definitely! I have a question about sponsorships, for local
> companies are we going to need/use a local entity/account (a ROSEdu
> account?). If so, I think we should mention this in the message we'll
> be sending to sponsors.
>
>
>> Google has already agreed to be a Gold sponsor, and HP is considering it.
>
> That's great!
>
>
>> I was speaking with a colleague from Bucharest yesterday, and she gave me a
>> list of possible companies in Bucharest that we might want to contact.
>> Please, if you have contacts at any of these, say so and send the attached
>> PDF to them.
>>
>> * Intel
>> * Ixia
>> * Endava
>> * Ceragon networks
>> * Cisco
>> * 4psa
>>
>> I'm sure that you can think of many other companies that might be interested
>> in sponsoring, feel free to add them to this list.
>
> Few more I can think of:
>
> * Adobe
> * Eau de web
> * Freescale
> * Luxoft
>
>
>> Even if your contacts are not "high up", it's worth asking them to give you
>> a contact to the appropriate person, or to forward your mail to them.
>> However, before doing this, please do coordinate on the list over here, so
>> that we don't contact companies more than once.
>
> Yes, from what I know ROSEdu did have collaborations with at least
> some of the companies mentioned, I'm going to ask for contacts and
> keep you updated.
>
> Best,
> Sorina
>
>
I have contacted Eau de Web and waiting for a response.
Best,
Mihai B
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