• Our monthly chapter meetings are attended by up to 160 local project management professionals and are open to members and non-members alike.
• Our monthly newsletter is circulated electronically to our entire membership and others who have asked to be on our distribution list.
• Our chapter web site receives frequent visits from guests and members.
  

We offer a variety of sponsorship and advertising options, however, if you don't see an option that suits your particular needs, please feel free to contact the Director of Sponsorhsips at sponsorship@kcpmichapter.org to discuss other possibilities. Descriptions for each of the sponsorship options are presented below.

• Chapter Partnership
• Annual Chapter Sponsorship
• Dinner Meeting Sponsorship
• Professional Development Days (PDD) Sponsorship
• Newsletter and Web Site Advertisement
  
  

• Platinum $3,500 per year
• Gold $2,500 per year
• Silver $1,000 per year
• Bronze $500 per year

Platinum Level benefits:

• Two (2) free corporate guest passes for each bi-monthly KC Mid-America Chapter dinner meeting.
• Ten (10) member-directed emails per annual sponsorship cycle
• Recognition in all KC Mid-America Chapter newsletters.
• Logo recognition at each bi-monthly Chapter dinner meeting.
• Hypertext link to sponsor’s Web site from the KC Mid-America Chapter’s Web site.
• Logo recognition and hyperlink to sponsor's Web site from Chapter e-mail blasts excluding PDD and specific sponsored or partnered events.
• Ability to participate as a partner with the Kansas City Mid-America Chapter.

Gold Level benefits:

• One (1) free corporate guest pass for each bi-monthly KC Mid-America Chapter dinner meeting.
• Six (6) member-directed emails per annual sponsorship cycle
• Recognition in all KC Mid-America Chapter newsletters.
• Recognition at each bi-monthly Chapter dinner meeting.
• Hypertext link to sponsor’s Web site from the KC Mid-America Chapter’s Web site.
• Ability to participate as a partner with the Kansas City Mid-America Chapter.

Silver Level benefits:

• Recognition in all KC Mid-America Chapter newsletters.
• Recognition at each bi-monthly Chapter dinner meeting.
• Hypertext link to sponsor’s Web site from the KC Mid-America Chapter’s Web site.
• Ability to participate as a partner with the Kansas City Mid-America Chapter.

Bronze Level benefits:

• Recognition in all KC Mid-America Chapter newsletters.
• Hypertext link to sponsor’s Web site from the KC Mid-America Chapter’s Web site.
  
  

• Table display, in the registration area, of product and/or promotional materials.
• Promotional materials may also be placed at the dinner tables prior to the beginning of dinner.
• Opportunity to make a 10 minute presentation during the meeting, beginning when dinner is served.
• Hypertext link to sponsor’s Web site from meeting announcement on the KC Mid-America Chapter’s Web site and mention in the chapter newsletter.
• The event announcement e-mailed to members and others will provide an acknowledgment of the event sponsor.
• One complimentary dinner reservation.
• Additional dinner reservations at the membership rate (a savings off the guest rate).
  
  

When the Chapter holds its Annual Professional Development Days, a separate sponsorship program is offered specific to the PDD. To find out about sponsorships available for the next PDD, please visit our PDD section.

General: Advertisements should be related to Project Management products or services except as approved by the Board of Directors. Any Internet links contained in advertisements shall not be to sites that contain objectionable materials or further links thereto. Objectionable material includes but is not limited to pornography, the use and/or promotion of violence, hate, or containing prejudicial, racial, or religious content or any material that the Board of Directors deems to be objectionable on a case by case basis. Because the quality of advertisements received for publication is not guaranteed, the chapter cannot guarantee the published quality of any advertisement.

Newsletter Advertising: Rates and sizes are in the linked PDF. (Requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader software. Click here for a free download.) No guarantee is given where an advertisement will appear on a page or on which page the advertisement will appear in any given edition of the newsletter.

The VP of Communications, the Director of Publications, or the newsletter editor will establish and publish the deadline dates for submittal of advertisements for each newsletter before publication of the second newsletter of a calendar year.

A newsletter advertisement will be delivered to the VP of Communications, the Director of Publications, or the newsletter editor in .PDF, .JPG, .GIF, or .EPS format or other format that the advertiser and editor have agreed upon in advance by the deadlines established for each newsletter.

A newsletter advertisement will not be placed in an edition of the newsletter unless it is confirmed by the VP of Finance that payment for the advertisement is made or guaranteed *.

Web Site: The cost per Web site ad is determined by size and location on the Web site. An advertisement is placed in order from top to bottom with the most recently being placed at the bottom of all advertisements. Sizes, locations and rates are as follows*:

1 month 3 months 15% discount Home Page $396 $1000 First Level $132 $330 Next Level $66 $160	1 month 3 months 15% discount Home Page $100 $250 First Level $33 $80 Next Level $17 $40
	1 month 3 months 15% discount All Pages $238 $600 Home Page $60 $150 First Level $20 $50 Next Level $9 $20
	1 month 3 months 15% discount Home Page $158 $400 First Level $53 $135 Next Level $26 $65

A Web site advertisement can contain or be a link to a Web site of the advertiser and shall meet the criteria for acceptability in the General section of this policy.

A Web site advertisement will be delivered to the VP of Communications, the Director of Publications, or the chapter webmaster in .JPG, or .GIF format or other format that the advertiser and webmaster have agreed upon in advance.

* Not-for-profit groups wishing to communicate with other similar groups are exempt from fees.