Partnerships & sponsorship

Groups might consider creating relationships with other organizations through partnerships and/or sponsorships. These relationships can help the group do more.

  • A partnership is a working relationship that requires time and working towards shared objectives.

  • A sponsorship is a financial relationship based on the exchange of money or services, and hopefully with aligned purposes.

  • Create clear agreements with both sponsors and partners.

    • Document those agreements.

Partners

  • Partnering might make sense if...

    • Another organization has similar goals to your group

    • You want to do a project together

    • Partners have members who might also be interested in your group or project, and they can communicate to their members to promote your group or event

    • Partners have access to resources like space for meetings

    • The partnership includes fiscal sponsorship

  • Is there an open source initiative to get involved with? A local school that could use your help and expertise? An industry organization effort that’s synergistic with your group?

  • Great partners include...

    • Local universities and schools

    • Local companies (Working with your competitors can benefit everyone too)

    • Resellers, channel partners, and consultancies

    • Industry associations/ organizations

    • Company practice groups within local companies

See below for Potential partnership organizations for the AGN

Partnering with other groups & Interconnecting Groups

  • Partnering with other groups in your local area or discipline may make each group stronger.

  • Find other Autodesk groups using the group finder

  • Reach out to other leaders to see what they're interested in!

Sponsors

  • Sponsors...

  • Sponsors often provide...

    • Food

    • Venues

    • Money/ grants

    • Technology/ services/ software

  • Sponsors often ask for...

    • Time to talk & present during meetings

    • Recognition/ logos on your website, newsletters, event materials, etc.

    • Exhibit booth, table, or some other place to distribute material about their product/ service and talk with people

    • Direct access to your member lists, member's contact information (NOT RECOMMENDED)

    • Some Sponsors may want to have a seat on the group's board

  • For large events, you may want to create sponsorship tiers/ levels (e.g. gold, silver), with increasing benefits

Potential partnership organizations for groups in the AGN

Autodesk Partner Locator

Here's a list of professional and industry organizations that groups in the Autodesk Group Network may consider partnering with...

AEC Communities List - curated by John Egan and specifically focused on groups who are "actively innovating and improving the built environment." (Submitted by Ralph Montague, a leader of Revit & Dynamo user groups in Ireland)

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