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Gulf Coast MakerCon Celebrating the DIY Inventive Spirit Since 2012

April 8, 2017 – Florida State Fairgrounds Special Events Center

Gulf Coast

MakerCon 2017

Sponsor Package GulfCoastMakers.com April 8, 2017 – Florida State Fairgrounds

Gulf Coast MakerCon Sponsorship Package

When: April 8, 2017

Where: Florida State Fairgrounds Special Events Center

GulfCoastMakers.com



About Gulf Coast MakerCon

Gulf Coast MakerCon is Tampa Bay’s oldest and biggest Maker

festival, celebrating the DIY Inventive Spirit since 2012! As an

independent maker festival, MakerCon embraces the truest spirit of

independent, self-reliant, unfettered, creative entrepreneurship and

fun! 100+ groups - over 400 exhibitors! – participated in 2016.

drawing nearly 800 guests. Geared towards adults but with plenty

for youth to see, do and learn about, our 2017 event is poised to be

our biggest ever, with over 1500 expected!



Gulf Coast MakerCon 2017 Will Feature

Cigar City Multirotors Drone

Races

3rd Annual Southeast Combat

Robotics Championship

3rd Annual Electrathon Car

Races

Annual Inventors &

Entrepreneurs Showcase

Makers Market

Young Makers Village

Workshops & Demos

Deconstruction Zone

Gaming Expo

Heritage Makers

Transportation Exhibits

Garden Tech & Sustainability

21st Century Tech

Robotics and Mechatronics

and much more!



About Eureka Factory

Gulf Coast MakerCon is produced by Eureka

Factory ™, a collaborative of creative

individuals and business partners who believe

in the power of community driven innovation to

help people move from passive consumption to

empowered and active creation of their future

and ours. Eureka Factory also produces

ROBOTICON Tampa Bay and other fine events

and programs, and has a solid history of

creating high quality, effective and engaging

experiences for participants and guests.



Gulf Coast MakerCon is largely volunteer produced, and

financed principally through event sponsorships, vendor

fees and guest admission. Expenses include

Venue rental and associated costs

Stipends for key volunteers

Catering, snacks and refreshments for volunteers

Volunteer shirts

Printing for programs, workshop materials and signage

Corporate and individual sponsorships and donations help

defray event production costs and help keep the event

affordable for guests and exhibitors. Sponsorship

opportunities begin at $500 and include in-kind and other

special support opportunities.

Sponsorship Opportunities

Your Name

Here



Maker Friend Bronze Silver Gold Titanium Platinum

Booster of Makers Medal Medal Medal Tier Title

$ 500 $ 1,000

$2,500

$5,000 $ 7,500 $10,000

$25,000

Website Sponsor Text Listing X X X X X X X

Social Media Mention X X X X X X X

Text mention on event shirt X X X X X X X

Sponsor's Booth Space (sqft) 100 100 250 500 750 1,000 2,500

Event Tickets 5 10 15 20 30 50 100

Logo on website X X X X X X

Recognition on signage at event X X X X X

Logo on Event Shirts X X X X X

Opportunity to display company banner X X X X X

Feature Article on website X X X X

Emcee mention at event X X X X

Exhibit Area Named after

sponsor X X X

Prominent Logo Placement on event site and all

materials X X

Company Name in Event Title X

Sponsor Levels at a Glance



Recognition at this level includes

Text Listing on Sponsor page of website

Social Media Mention

Text mention on event shirt

Opportunity for 10x10 ft. booth

MakerCon Booster: $500 MakerCon

Booster

$500



Recognition at this level includes everything at the

previous levels plus:

Friend of Makers: $1,000

Logo on website

Recognition on signage at event

5 event tickets

MakerCon

Friend

$1,000



Recognition at this level includes everything

at the previous levels plus:

Bronze: $2,500

10 event tickets

Logo on shirt

Opportunity to hang company banner

MakerCon

Bronze

$2,500





Silver: $5,000

20 event tickets

Feature article in website

Emcee mention at event

MakerCon

Silver

$5,000





Gold: $7,500

30 event tickets

Exhibit Area named after sponsor

MakerCon

Gold

$7,500





Titanium: $10,000

50 event tickets

Prominent Logo Placement on all event

materials and on site the day of the event

MakerCon

Titanium

$10,000





MakerCon Title Sponsor: $25,000

100 event tickets

Company name in event naming convention –

ie : Gulf Coast MakerCon brought to you by…

MakerCon

Title Sponsor

$25,000



Sponsorship Contact

Terri Willingham Event Organizer

[email protected]

(813) 728-2822

GulfCoastMakers.com

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