Event sponsor inventory builder
The committee wants to offer sponsors a list of benefits, and everyone needs to know what actually exists and who has been promised what.
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The short answer
The builder holds your sponsorship rights inventory: each asset you can deliver, how many units there are, whether it is exclusive or unavailable, what it costs you to fulfil, its restrictions and who approves it. You then record allocations by organisation label as reserved or sold.
An exclusive asset can go to one holder for one unit. A second holder, or more than one unit, is shown as a conflict, and so is an allocation to an asset marked unavailable. The tool suggests no prices or assets and says nothing about whether any sponsor wants anything.
What to enter
- Assets you can really deliver, one per row: a naming right, lanyards, a booth, a speaking slot. Leave out anything you cannot deliver.
- Units available (blank if unknown), whether the asset is exclusive, whether it is unavailable, the fulfilment cost to you per unit in RM (blank if unknown), restrictions and an approval owner as a role.
- Allocations: the asset, an organisation label, reserved or sold, and the number of units. Write the asset exactly as in the list.
States and conflicts
An asset is available, reserved, partly allocated, fully allocated, unavailable or in conflict. Reserved is a hold and not an agreement. Sold means you have agreed it. Neither is counted as income here.
An exclusive asset allocated to two holders, or to one holder for more than one unit, is a conflict. An asset marked unavailable that has an allocation is a conflict. A non-exclusive asset allocated beyond its units is over-allocated.
Unknowns are not zero
If you leave units blank the limit is unknown, so over-allocation cannot be checked and the asset is marked accordingly. A blank fulfilment cost is unknown and is left out of the cost totals, with the asset named in a warning.
Allocations to an asset that is not in your list are reported, and an allocated asset with no approval owner is flagged.
Why conflicts matter before anything is offered
A benefit promised twice cannot be delivered twice. Finding the clash in the inventory is much cheaper than finding it at the event. See building an inventory from deliverable benefits, setting category exclusivity boundaries and preventing the same benefit being sold twice.
Limits
The tool does not price assets, rank them or say which sponsors fit. Restrictions and approvals are what you type. Track delivery afterwards with the sponsor deliverable tracker.
Worked example · Fictional example
A fictional conference
Fictional assets and organisations, to show the states and conflicts.
A fictional conference lists five assets. Lanyards are exclusive, yet Organisation A has them reserved and Organisation B has them sold. A plenary naming right is marked unavailable because venue rules are not confirmed, yet Organisation E has it reserved. Six booths are available, with two sold and one reserved. One allocation names an asset that is not in the list.
The result shows two conflicts, one partly allocated asset, one unlisted asset, and the fulfilment cost of the sold units where the cost is known.
| Asset | Exclusive | Held by | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lanyards | Yes | Organisation A, Organisation B | CONFLICT |
| Plenary naming | Yes | Organisation E | CONFLICT (marked unavailable) |
| Exhibition booth (6 units) | No | Organisation C, Organisation D | Partly allocated, 3 free |
| Welcome drinks | - | Organisation F | Allocated but not in the list |
Use this yourself
Sponsorship rights inventory
List only assets you can deliver. Record allocations separately, by organisation label.
| Asset | Units | Exclusive (yes or no) | Cost to deliver per unit | Restrictions | Approval owner | Held by and state (reserved or sold) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Check: is any exclusive asset held by more than one organisation? |
Handle it in-house, or bring in help?
Your team can usually handle this when
- A short list of assets, one person holding the inventory and a committee that approves each allocation.
- No exclusive assets, or only one or two.
Outside planning help earns its fee when
- Many assets, several people making commitments and category exclusivity to keep consistent.
- Venue rules, speaking slots and branding restrictions have to be checked before assets are offered.
- The inventory, approvals and deliverables must be tracked against the event timeline.
Need the sponsorship workstream planned?
An Event Blueprint can set out the sponsorship workstream: the inventory, the approval rules, who may commit what and the dates by which each decision is needed. A project lead can coordinate that workstream with your committee, while pricing, approvals and every conversation with sponsors stay with you.
Questions organisers ask
Does the tool suggest what sponsors want?
No. It holds the assets you can deliver and your allocations. It suggests no assets or prices and makes no claim about any sponsor's interest.
What is the difference between reserved and sold?
Reserved is a hold and not an agreement. Sold means you have agreed it. Neither is counted as income here.
What happens if I leave the units blank?
The limit is unknown, so over-allocation cannot be checked for that asset, and the tool says so.
Related resources
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