The University of Southern Mississippi
School Leadership Institute

Dear Sponsor:

How would you like to have direct access to school superintendents and other ultimate decision makers? Most companies spend thousands of dollars trying to get to the top people in a school system. WE HAVE A SOLUTION FOR YOU.

A unique training program is being developed for school leaders that is designed to address the growing leadership crisis in America’s public schools. The developers of this program have years of school experience from the classroom to the boardroom. They are also affiliated with The University of Southern Mississippi, listed as one of the top institutions in America for school leadership training.

This program is called The University of Southern Mississippi School Leadership Institute. This rigorous training program will not only train current superintendents, but prepare the next generation of school superintendents. Each session will include presentations by some of the top superintendents in the country. Also, the participants will be current superintendents and top administrative personnel.

Participants will also receive CEU’s and graduate credit from The University of Southern MissisAugust 31, 2006 11:12 AMsion will include not only superintendents, but their top administrative personnel. Our third session will include school principals and aspiring principals. As you can see, these are the decision makers.

We are only selecting a small group of sponsors to help offset the cost of bringing in some of the best presenters in the country. What does this mean to you? Number one, it will allow you to have exclusive access and the undivided attention to our participants and presenters, many of which will also be superintendents of major school systems.

The atmosphere will be non-competitive and you will be given space for product displays. Now for the good part, you will be given a part on the program to make a presentation to the group and be given time for private meetings with the participants. This prevents you from having to run all over the country trying to make an appointment with the decision makers. This way we have done the work for you.

You will have no competition. We will not have anyone on the program that has similar products or services. You will have their undivided attention. That is why our sponsorships are limited; we are selecting only a small number. We do not want our participants to be bombarded with companies, so we plan to keep our sponsorships small in number so everyone will benefit.

To register as a sponsor in our Leadership Institute, please complete and return the attached sponsorship form.

The University of Southern Mississippi

School Leadership Institute

Sponsorship Application

Company:_______________________________________________________________
Contact:_________________________________________________________________
Address:________________________________________________________________
Phone:_____________________________ Fax:__________________________
E-mail:_____________________________
Product:_________________________________________________________________

Program
_____ Leader of Leaders _____ Superintendents’ Institute _____ Principals’ Institute
Date of Program:______________

Level of Sponsorship
_____Institute Exclusive Sponsor - $25,000.00
As an Institute Exclusive Sponsor, your company will receive access to participants and presenters for all Leadership Institute activities for one calendar year. Your company will be guaranteed exclusive rights as the only company in your selected product field including:
30 minute presentation time per session
Continuous display opportunity
Opportunity for one-on-one meetings with participants/presenters

_____ Session Product Sponsor - $2,500
As a Session Sponsor, your company will receive access to participants and presenters for an entire 2-day session. Your company will be guaranteed exclusive rights as the only company in your selected product field including:
30 minute presentation time
2 day display opportunity
Opportunity for one-on-one meetings with participants/presenters

_____ Hospitality Sponsor - $1,500
As the Hospitality Sponsor, your company will receive recognition for a hospitality/cocktail hour following each full day of programming. Hospitality Sponsorships are available for the Leader of Leaders and Superintendent’s Institute only.

_____ Breakfast Sponsor - $750
As a Breakfast Sponsor, your company will receive recognition for breakfast on the morning of a full day of programming.

*Hospitality and Breakfast Sponsorships are available only as an additional sponsorship to a Session Product Sponsorship.

Leader of Leaders
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Available Sponsorships
2 – Session Product Sponsors
2 – Breakfast Sponsorships
2 –Hospitality Sponsorships

Principals’ Institute
Available Sponsorships
10 – Session Product Sponsorships (2/Session)
4– Hospitality Sponsorships
4 – Breakfast Sponsorships

Aspiring Superintendents’ Institute
Session I Session II Session III Session IV
Available Sponsorships
8 – Session Product Sponsorships (2/Session)
4 – Hospitality Sponsorships
4 – Breakfast Sponsorships

Checks should be made payable to: The University of Southern Mississippi Research Foundation

School Leadership Institute
Department of Educational Leadership
The University of Southern Mississippi
118 College Drive, #5027
Hattiesburg, MS 39406
601-266-4580 or 601-266-5141 (fax)
David.E.Lee@usm.edu Ronald.Styron@usm.edu