The 2nd Annual Partnership Conference

Sponsorship is evolving and many organizations are struggling to keep up with the pace of change while balancing all of their responsibilities. Sponsorship is becoming more complex, nuanced and demanding all the while, sponsorship spending continues to grow.

In this session we are going to take a step by step approach in this behind the scenes look at exactly what was required to close over $10 million in sponsorship sales over the last two years.
You will see exactly what sponsors want…and the process that our most successful clients use to systematize their sponsorship sales.
You will learn the formula we used to negotiate each sponsorship deal along with a highly systematic approach that has been tested on the front lines of sponsorship sales.

Parachute, a Canadian charity dedicated to injury prevention, and Aviva Canada, a national insurer, co-created the Elementary Road Safety program to make tangible environmental changes that improve school zone safety. The two organizations are taking collaborative action to the next level, harnessing their complementary expertise, data and innovations to generate meaningful social impact. Hear about the early wins and bumps along the road on their partnership journey.

Based on survey data drawn from business, non-profits and the public during COVID-19, we will explore the opportunities for companies and community to work together to engage employees and other business stakeholders in causes.

This session will showcase the Circular Plastics Taskforce as an innovative collaboration model

Participants will learn…

• What is Audience Data and Brand Consumption data, and how does it apply to my charity?
• How to get your database into a state allowing you to maximum data?
• Whether or not your team is maximizing corporate partnerships opportunities?
• How to use data to support sponsorship program?

Learning Objectives:

1. Better understand what Audience Data, and Brand consumption data truly are, how they are can be used to support sponsorship programs.
2. Learn how to maximize your data base, regardless if it’s in good or rough shape.
3. Sponsorship should not be keeping you up at night. Understand how to build your pipeline and guide your team towards the right partnerships with the support of data.

Company leaders need to rethink how they support their communities during these turbulent times. As coronavirus puts pressure on individuals, the economy, and society as a whole, there is an opportunity for businesses to be more innovative and impactful in their community investment practices. They can play a key role in recovery, by providing their voice to social issues and supporting vulnerable populations, lending their expertise and networks, and providing funding where it’s needed most.

Join us as we highlight the most impactful social, economic, and philanthropic trends uncovered in Imagine Canada’s latest research on the state of social good and corporate community investment. In this session you will discover the most meaningful changes happening in 2020 and 2021, anticipate new demands from your employees, consumers, and nonprofit partners, and learn new ideas to adapt your strategy accordingly.

COVID-19 has blindsided the world with its global scale, speed, and economic turbulence. Not only have social challenges like food and housing insecurity, unemployment, racism, digital divide, mental illness, and precarious workers’ rights been highlighted and exacerbated, but the social sector, which is well positioned to help has also been fundamentally stretched and challenged. The pandemic has revealed the fragility of the social impact sector’s capacity, infrastructure, and resources to respond to COVID-19 and its cascading effects post-pandemic. However, in the midst of all these COVID-19 responses, there are creative corporate and social sector collaborations that have emerged — collaborations that might change how the sector works for years to come. In this panel, we explore examples of creative collaboration, key learnings, and how it reimagines the corporate – social sector relationship.

In this session, Paul Klein, Founder & CEO of Impakt, will lead a Change for Good conversation with Esther Pan Sloan Head of the Partnerships, Policy and Communications for the United Nations Capital Development Fund. Prior to joining UNCDF, Esther was a U.S. diplomat for 10 and as Adviser at the Permanent Mission of the United States to the United Nations in New York, she was on the U.S. team that negotiated the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals.

Kristine Remedios will share how KPMG has reframed its social impact strategy to align around the Sustainable Development Goals, and embedded it across the firm by securing leadership support and creating the right data and reporting frameworks. Kristine will also present a case study on a sponsorship that led to significant employee engagement and deep social impact.