Young Executives Education Partnership Program

Dear Fellow GAWDA Members,

GAWDA’s Young Executives Program is an investment in the future—the future of the industry, the future of GAWDA and the future of your company.

GAWDA’s Young Executives Education Partnership Program is your opportunity to invest in these programs and profit from the partnership today and long into the future.

Young Executives Program
The goal of this program is to provide educational programming and networking opportunities that will help young executives develop the skills and knowledge they will need to reach personal and professional objectives that will enhance their companies, GAWDA and themselves.

In 2007, GAWDA sponsored six Young Executives to attend the Young Distribution Professionals Conference in Chicago. The purpose of the conference was to provide education about sales, marketing, operations, finance and, most important, the bottom line; provide leadership training and career development tools for future advancement; and create a unique opportunity to network with their own distributor industry peers from other distribution industries. We plan on sending another group of up-and-coming leaders to the conference in 2008.

Each Spring Management Conference and Annual Convention will have educational sessions and networking events organized by and specifically targeted to Young Executives. The online magazine GAWDA Edge is the official publication for the Young Executives and will provide continuing educational opportunities. We plan to develop special webinars and other online tools that also will provide continuing educational opportunities.

Young Executives Education Partnership Program
An outline of the program appears below, and a registration form is available at www.gawda.org. While partnership opportunities involve a cost, they also return value to the participating company in terms of recognition in publications and during events that target GAWDA members.

Please thoughtfully consider this opportunity to support the Young Executives Program, while increasing the profile of your company among your peers and customers. If you have any questions, please contact GAWDA Executive Director Kent Van Amburg at (215) 564-3484 ext. 2207 or kvanamburg@fernley.com.

Sincerely,

Gary Stoneback – 2008 President

Mark Blakely – 2008 Chair of the Industry Partnering Committee

 

Young Executives Education Partnership Program

Program Goals
To support educational and networking programs for the Young Executives.

Guidelines
All partnership commitments will be placed in restricted accounts and earmarked for the enhancement of the above programs.

Timelines
All partnership commitments must be received by December 31, 2007, for acknowledgments to be included in the registration materials and during events for Young Executives programs in 2008.

Partnership Opportunities
   Platinum Sponsor:
Gold Sponsor:
Silver Sponsor:
Bronze Sponsor:
Copper Sponsor:
 $5,000
$2,500
$1,000
$500
$250

Partnership Acknowledgments
  • Acknowledgment of partnership in each issue of GAWDA Edge, the Young Executives official publication, for one year.
  • Acknowledgment during all Young Executives educational and networking events.
  • Acknowledgment on GAWDA Web site.
  • Acknowledgment in Membership Directory.