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Become a Sponsor

Opportunity

Become a sponsor of the leading creativity conference in the Southeastern United States and re-energize your approach to creative thinking, change management, innovation, and visionary leadership. This hands-on conference brings together participants from around the country and the world who know creativity is a key ingredient in growth and development. Attendees can choose from 50 workshops and will make great connections to spark both imagination and potential. Awakening creativity leads to building marketable skills for advancement and the confidence to start taking the risks required for success!

Background

The Florida Creativity Conference is a three-day event with an outstanding reputation for delivering deliberate creativity (creative problem solving) workshops as well as creativity inspiring programs for both personal and professional development. A lineup of forward thinking authors and experts travel from around the U.S. and the world to share powerful new processes for advancing innovation, enhancing creative thinking, and inspiring action. This event is made possible by the year-round work of the Florida Creativity Alliance, Inc. whose focus is helping people develop and expand creativity and innovation to make a positive difference in their lives and the communities they serve.

Venues
Friday-Saturday, March 23-24, 2018:
USF Sarasota-Manatee Campus, 8350 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34243

Sunday, March 25, 2018:
Florida Studio Theatre, 1241 North Palm Avenue, Sarasota, FL 34236

Florida Creativity Conference Applications

  • Business/Entrepreneurship – In business, creativity is the new currency. Learn how to stay ahead of change.
  • Education/Training – The tools and techniques taught can give educators and trainers fresh approaches to encourage meaningful creative learning.
  • The Arts – Participating in boundary-stretching arts processes, movement, and expression are all great ways to get creativity and joy flowing.
  • Personal Growth – Engaging in creative experiences in a safe, evaluation-free setting can transform thinking, diffuse stress, and help people learn how to raise well being while growing creative confidence at any age.
  • Creative Thinking and Theory – Learn about the latest research, what gets results, and how to shift from problem identification to solution and opportunity finding.

About Florida Creativity Conference and the Florida Creativity Alliance
The Florida Creativity Conference has been growing strong since 2003. It is presented by the Florida Creativity Alliance, Inc., a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. The Alliance is made up of educators, creativity professionals, and leaders with a shared passion for promoting the benefits of creative thinking, problem solving, expression, and imagination. The Florida Creativity Conference is presented annually in partnership with the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee and the Florida Studio Theatre.

SPONSORSHIP LEVELS AND BENEFITS
To discuss sponsorship opportunities, please contact Amy Harriett Miller at 727-415-3045 or Marta Ockuly at 440-724-4427.
All donations to Florida Creativity Alliance are tax deductible.

$5,000 – Presenting Sponsor

  • Recognition as Presenting Sponsor of the overall conference
  • Table display space in main room and verbal recognition during plenary sessions
  • Logo recognition on all conference collateral (ads, PR, e-blasts, program book)
  • Logo recognition on the FLCreativity website with reciprocal link to your company
  • Two 3-day registrations for representatives from your company; includes meals

$2,500 – Supporting Sponsor

  • Recognition as a Supporting Sponsor/Opening Sponsor and half table space in registration area
  • Logo recognition on ads, e-blasts, and conference program
  • Logo recognition on the FLCC web site with a reciprocal link to your company
  • Verbal recognition and introduction at the Friday evening program
  • One registration to the conference; includes meals

$2,000 – Catering Sponsor (breakfasts and lunches)

  • Recognition as the only Catering Sponsor and shared
  • Logo recognition on ads, e-blasts, and conference program
  • Logo recognition on the  FLCC  web site with a reciprocal link to your company
  • Verbal recognition during the opening and closing remarks
  • One registration to the conference; includes meals

$2,000 – Scholarship Sponsor (provides 10 scholarships)

  • Recognition as the Scholarship Sponsor and shared table space in registration area
  • Logo recognition on ads, e-blasts, and conference program
  • Logo recognition on the  FLCC  web site with a reciprocal link to your company
  • Verbal recognition during the opening and closing remarks
  • One registration to the conference; includes meals

$1,500 – Sponsor of Opening Celebration – RESERVED

$1,000 – Team Sponsors (provides scholarships for 5 member school teams)

  • Recognition as the School Team Sponsor
  • Text recognition on e-blasts, and conference program
  • Logo recognition on the  FLCC  web site with a reciprocal link to your company
  • Verbal recognition during the opening and closing remarks

$1,000 – Conference Program Book Sponsor

  • Logo recognition on the back cover of the program book
  • Text recognition in the e-blasts and on the web site
  • Opportunity to put logo stickers on the journals handed to each participant; hard costs apply
  • Verbal recognition during the opening and closing remarks

$250 – Individual Student Scholarship Sponsor (we are in need of 10)

  • Recognition in the conference program book – name of individual, company or organization
  • Recognition on the FLCC web site

$120 – Creativity Encourager Hall of Fame

Who do you consider a ‘Creativity Encourager’ in your life? Was it a parent, a teacher, or someone else who inspired you when it came to exploring and awakening your own creative potential? Florida Creativity Conference is offering this unique opportunity to honor a person, a school, or a company (past or present) that made a creative difference in your life. Your $120 donation (tax deductible) will add any name you select to our CREATIVITY ENCOURAGER HALL OF FAME page on the www.flcreativity.com website for one full year. If you have any questions or want more details, call Marta Ockuly at 440-724-4427.

SILENT AUCTION DONATION ITEMS NEEDED
Can you donate any of these silent auction items to help our scholarship fund? If so, please describe the item(s) you wish to donate in an email to: info@flcreativity.com  Thank you very much for your generosity and support.

  • Gift Basket
  • Travel/Getaway
  • Gift Card
  • Jewelry
  • Art
  • Creativity Workshop
  • Creativity Coaching
  • Creativity Retreat
  • Creativity Book/Tools
  • Other

Example of Bio #1: Marcia Berkey

Marcia after many years of teaching at traditional universities and corporate training, now teaches full time online in the IT department for South University. She has a wonderful time living and learning and applying the many concepts learned from everywhere. She has presented a variety of e-Creativity sessions for both education and business. Marcia also consults on Word, PowerPoint, Access databases, and Excel spreadsheets.

Example of Bio #2: Jane Goldwasser

Jane Goldwasser is President of New Directions Consulting, Inc. a qualitative research company specializing in new product development. In her spare time, she is on the Board of Directors of a newly re-aligned Girl Scout Council and chairs both their Fund Development and Board Development committees. She is a CPSI alum who, having completed the Integrating Creative Leadership program, has put it to work in leading both PACE sessions and in working with CPSI Youthwise™.

Example of Bio #3: Art Emrich

Art is certified as a Master Practitioner and Trainer of NLP and Hypnosis by the 4 major hypnosis organizations in the US. His practice includes (a) medical referral clients who experience distress not relieved by traditional treatment, (b) the mental game of sports success (such as tennis, golf, and baseball), (c) academic excellence for peak performance in study and testing, and (d) enabling creative solutions for the challenges of life. Art is the HEAD Coach and Founder of U-Solutions LLC in Sarasota (the “U” stands for unconscious, where the most creative solutions reside).

 

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Example of Workshop Description #1: Christine Alexander

Join Chris for a day of exploration through improvisation and theater games…no acting experience required! In this safe, small group setting, you will have opportunities to be both on the stage and in the audience. Through the experiences, discussion, and your reflections, you will find new insights into communication, relationships, and yourself. This is a wonderful opportunity to allow your inner voices to speak to you and to discover the possibilities that come from living in the NOW.

Example of Workshop Description #2: Jane Goldwasser

This is a workshop for people who have dreamed of starting a business, solving one of society’s great problems, or pursuing any dream that has remained elusive for years. Often the biggest challenge to undertaking an audacious, wonderful goal is leaving the security of the known to go out into uncharted territory. If you have such a dream, join Jane Goldwasser for a day-long opportunity to translate this wish into a detailed plan for action. Use Jane’s D.A.R.E. model – D. (Decide), A. (Analyze), R. (Reality Check), E. (Execute).

Example of Workshop Description #3: Ann Bracken

Do you find yourself saying you don’t have enough time? You can’t squeeze in enough space for fun or creativity? What if you could make time expand or contract at will? In this workshop, based on the book Creating Time by Marney Makridakis, you will use journaling to kick-start your ideas and create an art-inspired time-tool to help you flip your day so that you and time can become partners in your creative work.

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Example of Learning Outcomes #1: Christine Alexander

  1. Participate in a variety of Improv exercises and theater games
  2. Take time to reflect and discus experiences and insights
  3. Identify strategies to improve communication
  4. Make connections between ‘play-acting’ and one’s real world POSSIBLE

Example of Learning Outcomes #2: Jane Goldwasser

  1. Translate a dream into a major goal
  2. Develop a plan to realize this goal
  3. Learn to move beyond stumbling blocks

Example of Learning Outcomes #3: Ann Bracken

  1. Identify and describe your relationship to time for creative pursuits
  2. Use a series of structured journaling and visual-arts prompts to identify problems and brainstorm solutions
  3. Pair-share solutions
  4. Create an arts-based clock-face reflect new relationship to time
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Example of Possible Applications #1: Christine Alexander

  1. Add new improv exercises and theater games to teaching, group facilitation or training
  2. Build on the insights gained in the workshop through continued reflection
  3. Discover a passion for the stage and become involved in community theater or beyond

Example of Possible Applications #2: Jane Goldwasser

  1. Implement the plan for action and achieve a major goal
  2. Apply the D.A.R.E. planning tools to other goals

Example of Possible Applications #3: Ann Bracken

  1. Make effective use of reconfiguring time to accomplish important tasks (prof/self)
  2. Use art as a means of goal-setting and track progress in achieving goals (self/prof)
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Example of Possible Applications #1: Christine Alexander

  1. Add new improv exercises and theater games to teaching, group facilitation or training
  2. Build on the insights gained in the workshop through continued reflection
  3. Discover a passion for the stage and become involved in community theater or beyond

Example of Possible Applications #2: Jane Goldwasser

  1. Implement the plan for action and achieve a major goal
  2. Apply the D.A.R.E. planning tools to other goals

Example of Possible Applications #3: Ann Bracken

  1. Make effective use of reconfiguring time to accomplish important tasks (prof/self)
  2. Use art as a means of goal-setting and track progress in achieving goals (self/prof)
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