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DrupalSouth Melbourne Sponsor Packages
The basic facts… What is Drupal? What is DrupalSouth? Why sponsor DrupalSouth? Who will be there?
Our Venue Sessions
Sponsorship packages
Diamond Platinum Gold Silver BronzeFeature options
Lunch upgrade $8,800 Session recordings $8,800 Sprint Day $5,500 Coffee upgrade $4,400 Wifi Naming Rights $3,300 Lanyard Branding $3,300 Benefits at a glance Contact the organisersThe basic facts...
Website:http://melbourne2015.drupal.org.au/
Dates: 5–7 March 2015
Venue: Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre
250–500 Drupal developers, designers, site builders, owners and administrators, content authors and strategists, digital producers and project managers. Digital professionals of all stripes and flavours.
What is Drupal?
Drupal powers the best of the web. It’s the industry-leading open source content management platform behind millions of websites around the world, from The White House to the Louvre Museum to SBS Australia.
It’s no exaggeration to say Drupal is everywhere.
What makes Drupal different is the community of web developers, designers, business people, content professionals, administrators and vol-unteers around the world who improve, adapt and extend its capabilities, then share their work so everybody benefits.
What is DrupalSouth?
Every year, DrupalSouth (previously known as Drupal Downunder when held in Australia) brings together people who use, develop, design and support Drupal in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific.
Like Drupal events the world over, DrupalSouth is more than a conference. Participants leave inspired and energised by new ideas, connections and relationships, whatever their previous experience with Drupal. DrupalSouth Melbourne 2015 will feature sessions and panels from the brightest minds in the regional Drupal community, as well as important voices from the wider digital world.
Networking opportunities, code sprints, informal conversations and parties round out the conference experience.
Why sponsor DrupalSouth?
The Drupal community is flourishing in our region. With developments like the Australian Government’s Drupal-based GovCMS initiative, the demand for Drupal talent and Drupal-related services has never been higher. If you’re in the Drupal business, sponsoring DrupalSouth is an
opportunity to give back to the community, show your leadership, and put your name in front of potential clients and the best Drupal talent.
“Sponsoring DrupalSouth should be a no-brainer for any company that uses Drupal! A strong Drupal community in our region just leads to more clients and developers adopting Drupal, so it’s in everyone’s interest to make sure it grows and thrives.”
Owen Lansbury, PreviousNext
Sponsor of Drupal Downunder & DrupalSouth
If you sell a product or service that plays nice with Drupal, like web hosting, development tools, cloud-based services, or strategy consultancy, sponsoring DrupalSouth is a great way to build relationships with people who need to know your name.
“Clients always look to us for advice about third-party products and services. So being able to recommend great vendors — especially if we know them personally — adds real value to our client relationships. And that often starts with a conversation at a Drupal event.”
Drupal people support businesses that support Drupal.
Who will be there?
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Back-end and front-end developers•
Site builders and architects•
Designers and user experience engineers•
Digital producers, project managers and scrum masters•
Content authors and strategists•
Site and business owners•
Freelancers•
Plus many others working right across the digital experience landscape.Our Venue
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. Our venue was awarded a 6-Star environment rating by the Green Building Council of Australia.
The main auditorium seats 450, with four smaller session spaces giving us the flexibility to plan a diverse program with something for everyone. A first class conference centre means we get first class AV support and quality catering. Rather than quarantining sponsors in a dedicated area, we encourage you to participate fully and directly in the event.
We find the quality of networking improves vastly when participants can interact with sponsors naturally, rather than having to visit them at an assigned table.
Sessions
DrupalSouth Melbourne will feature three tracks of curated sessions and panels.
Topics will include design and user experience, coding and development, and business and strategy. We have three key themes, Drupal Futures, Building with Drupal, and Planning for Drupal. Sessions will be targeted at users of all levels, from those new to Drupal to seasoned veterans.
Code Sprints
Code sprints are a unique feature of an open source community event like DrupalSouth. They’re an opportunity for anyone to pitch in and help make Drupal better, by writing code, reviewing patches, developing new modules and themes, or improving content and documentation on
Drupal.org.
Birds of a Feather
Some of the liveliest and most productive discussions at Drupal events happen in Birds of a Feather sessions (BoFs): informal gatherings around topics of shared interest, without a planned agenda, guided by a facilitator or discussion leader.
Sponsorship packages
Diamond
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Exclusive logo positioning in email newsletter.•
Keynote stage upright banner placement.•
Keynote room naming rights.•
Keynote introduction.•
Registration desk banner placement.•
Up to 3 additional banner placements throughout the venue.•
Logo displayed solo in our acknowledgement slide deck.•
Prominent stand-alone logo positioning at the top of the home page linked to a dedicated sponsor page that you can edit and link back to your own site to enhance your SEO, with the opportunity to provide details of any special offers for our attendees.•
High frequency and active engagement across all social channels, amplifying any relevant content produced up to and during the event.•
15 conference tickets included.Platinum
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Logo displayed prominently on shared banner with other Platinum sponsors.•
Registration desk banner placement.•
Up to 2 additional banner placements throughout the venue (e.g. 1 in your room)•
1 session room naming right.back to your own site to enhance your SEO, and providing details of any special offers for our attendees.
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Active engagement across all social channels, amplifying any relevant content produced up to and during the event.•
10 conference tickets included.Gold
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Registration desk banner placement.•
Large logo on shared slide in acknowledgement deck.•
Large logo on Sponsors page on the website.•
Active engagement across all social media channels.•
5 conference tickets included.Silver
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Medium logo on shared slide in acknowledgement deck.•
Medium logo on Sponsors page on the website.•
Engagement across all social media channels.•
3 conference tickets included.Bronze
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Small logo on shared slide in acknowledgement deck.•
Small logo on Sponsors page on the website.Support the event by helping us provide these important conference features. Diamond, Platinum and Gold sponsors get first right of refusal on adding these to their package.
Lunch upgrade $8,800
(2 available)
We’ll be providing a basic lunch to all attendees. However, MCEC has a first class kitchen and access to some of Australia’s best produce. We’d really love to upgrade our lunch package to give attendees a better experience.
You’ll be acknowledged in the opening remarks — “Lunch today has been generously provided by <insert your name here>” — along with signage at the lunch stations.
Session recordings $8,800
(1 available - or could be shared)
DrupalSouth is all about sharing knowledge. Recording sessions means that knowledge endures and can be shared well beyond the limited time and space of the event itself.
Sponsoring the session recordings will put your logo on the title slide for each session, giving your brand long lasting exposure.
(1 available - or could be shared)
Coffee upgrade $4,400
(2 available)
Help us extend our package to include better quality coffee and more of it!
Wifi Naming Rights $3,300
(1 available)
Internet access is a bit like oxygen at a Drupal event. Put your name on that SSID so everyone knows who you are.
Lanyard Branding $3,300
(1 available)
Highly sought after, and highly visible. Your logo will be proudly displayed on that ribbon attached to everyone’s name badge!
In-kind support is also welcomed and will be acknowledged on the website, in thank you slides, and elsewhere where appropriate.
Please note: We’re trying hard to minimise our impact on the planet. A lot of the ‘stuff’ generated by conference events ends up in the bin, or stored away in a cupboard, which is why we’re not doing bags, inserts or a conference booklet.
Donna Benjamin at [email protected] or on 0418310414.
Package Diamond Platinum Gold Silver Bronze
Price $21,450 $14,300 $8,250 $4,290 $1,650 No. Available 1 2 3 6 9 No. of Tickets
included 15 10 5 3 1 Logo on website Yes, prominent
placement on every page Yes, on every page Yes, large size on sponsor page Yes, mid size on sponsor page Yes, small size on sponsor page Logo on plenary slides
during event Yes, solo placement Yes, with 1 other sponsor Yes, large size on shared slide Yes, mid size on shared slide Yes, small size on shared slide Message in email alerts
to promote conference related activity
Yes, 3 before event, 1
after event Yes, 2 before event, 1 after event Yes, 1 before event, 1 after event Yes, 1 after event No Room naming rights Yes, keynote auditorium Yes, breakout room Yes, BoF room if
available No No Link in all email alerts Yes Yes No No No Branded attendee give
away Yes Yes No No No Keynote Introduction Yes No No No No Logo in all email alerts Yes No No No No
