Where to throw your sponsor money today
Category NoneI've had the privilege of speaking at ILUG a couple times and am very much looking forward to a third this June 4-6. As you may know this year the event is shaping up to be bigger than ever - 450+ attendees for three days, from at least 20 countries. It's more of an International Lotus User Group that just so happens to be in Ireland!
As a user group, ILUG is a not-for-profit operation that in fact doesn't even charge for attending. It is supported by an amazing group of people, random acts of kindness, and sponsorships from (mostly) Lotus ISVs. Last year, in addition to speaking there I swung some marketing funds for Collaboration University (I know, I know, location and dates announcement coming Tuesday...) to ILUG. Not only did were there great benefits of being a sponsor - materials, a quick pitch, etc., but we also got to stand around looking quite dapper one day. We were boothless (what are we going to do, stand there and convince you to come to yet another conference three months later?) but most definitely not babeless!
Now there are several different and new options for ILUG sponsors this year, which Mr Mooney has posted here. I encourage anyone whose marketing plan includes getting in front of loads of Lotus faithful for days at a time to pitch in and sponsor!
Of course, you need no further incentive to actually attend ILUG than the list of speakers and topics that are already lining up, but in case you missed it last year, there's one session with a few fringe benefits...
