TDWI Chapter Sponsor Benefits

TDWI Chapters conduct at least four meetings a year and in general attract between 25 and 75 business intelligence and data warehousing professionals to each meeting. Attendees are BI/DW directors/managers, architects, and consultants, but attendees also include business sponsors, systems administrators, and developers depending on the topics. For more information or to Sponsor a Chapter, please contact chapters@tdwi.org.

Chapter Objectives and Purpose

To foster education and networking at the local level, TDWI sponsors Chapters in regions throughout the world. The purpose of TDWI Chapters is to:

• Bring together TDWI Members in a geographic area to share best practices.
• Enable TDWI Members to create strong local networks of BI/DW professionals with whom they can share ideas and provide mutual support.
• Educate TDWI Members about the critical success factors involved in building and maintaining BI/DW solutions.
• Educate the vendor community about the unique requirements of BI/DW organizations in a specific geographic area.
• Promote TDWI events, programs and Membership to local BI/DW professionals.

TDWI Chapters need to remain faithful to the spirit and guiding principles of TDWI. This means that TDWI Chapters will:

• Deliver high-quality, vendor neutral education, networking, and training opportunities.
• Work to advance the professional development of local BI/DW professionals.
• Be faithful ambassadors of TDWI at the local level.

Sponsors receive the following benefits:

• Each sponsor’s logo or name appears on a table sign that is displayed prominently at each Chapter meeting.
• Sponsors can place collateral on a sponsorship table set up in or near the Chapter meeting room.
• Sponsors are recognized at the beginning of each Chapter meeting.
• Sponsors are listed as sponsors on the Chapter’s Web site.
• Sponsors can submit “door prizes” at Chapter meetings if the Chapter board is amenable.
• Sponsors can market Chapter meetings to their local customers and prospects as long as they properly attribute their affiliation with the Chapter (i.e. a Chapter sponsor) and adhere to TDWI branding policies.

Not included in sponsorship:

• Speaking slots. (However, sponsors may be invited to speak because they have valued expertise and knowledge, but sponsorship does NOT guarantee a speaking slot or even a discussion of a speaking slot. There is NO linkage between sponsorship and speaking.)
• The right to distribute “giveaway” items to each attendee at Chapter meetings.
• Attendee lists or contact information, unless voluntarily provided by attendees.

About TDWI Chapters

TDWI sponsors Chapters in regions throughout the world to foster education and networking at the local level among business intelligence and data warehousing professionals. Chapter meetings are open to any BI/DW professional.