Power Sponsorship may be a high-powered corporate sponsorship resource, but that doesn't mean we can't have some fun! Our fearless and somewhat irreverent
leader, Kim Skildum-Reid, has a thing for haikus, so haikus it is!!
Below is a collection of haikus written by Kim and a number of other industry professionals. Check them out, have a chuckle, then why not join in the fun
?
Holiday sponsorship haiku contest
To celebrate the silly season, we're getting a little silly. Submit your best effort(s) at a sponsorship haiku to admin@powersponsorship.com. There are only a couple of rules:
-
All haikus must be themed around corporate sponsorship.
-
All haikus must be written in the classic 5-7-5 syllable format.
The best three, as judged by Kim (and her family full of writers) will receive their choice of a copy of The Sponsorship Seeker's Toolkit 3rd Edition or an advance copy of The Corporate Sponsorship Toolkit. Woo-hoo! Entry deadline is 1 January 2012.
Sponsorship in all its 17-syllable finery!
Here are some of the fantastic haikus we've collected over the last few years. These are gold!!
|
The sponsored events
Leave no trace of the effort
It takes to be big
Lesa Caskey
Brick Elm Staffing Solutions
|
“I am not in love”
Is my oft-used response to
Your proffered signage
Angela B
|
I love sponsorship
But sometimes hate the sponsors
It's my conundrum
Dan Beeman
Sponsorship Insights Group
|
|
Some sponsors lament
Their return on investment
But they don’t do squat
Lisa Knisley-White
Charleston County Park & Rec
|
Shall I call today?
Will they answer and converse?
Sponsor seeker fear
Lesa Caskey
Brick Elm Staffing Solutions
|
The challenge is on
Find sponsors with whom we bond
Grow a winning team
Rob McDougall
Go Nuts Racing
|
|
Raising capital
Ideas sparkling bright
Hopes for sponsorship
Lesa Caskey
Brick Elm Staffing Solutions
|
Your artless sales pitch
Elicits a response like
“Help me understand”
Angela B
|
Open wide your eyes
Educate, plan, strategise
Success realised
Lucy Railton
Konica Minolta Business Solutions
|
|
The sign you offered
Hanging on your outfield wall
Is of no int’rest
Angela B
|
Rose colored glasses
Make the truth invisible
Poor sponsor seekers
Lesa Caskey
Brick Elm Staffing Solutions
|
Please pick me, us, we
Your money is well spent here
Ask not of value
Lesa Caskey
Brick Elm Staffing Solutions
|
|
New property here
Get it while it's hot and fresh
Never mind the dust
Lesa Caskey
Brick Elm Staffing Solutions
|
Oh sponsors, sponsors
Our market is your market
Our market for thee
Lesa Caskey
Brick Elm Staffing Solutions
|
|
Plus, a few from Kim Skildum-Reid...
|
Cutting the budget
When sponsorship is working
Is never advised
|
A bad investment
Only shows its face fully
To experience
|
If you are prepared
To cut a good sponsorship
You will lose money
|
|
No professional
Would believe true measurement
Is impossible
|
|
And a couple referencing Kim's less-than-stellar conference experiences. P.S. some people have no sense of humour!
|
Only so much time
Shall I go to Chicago?
No, never again
|
Speakers pay for slots
Spouting ads, not expertise
Highly offensive
|
Want to get in on some of this sponsorship haiku action? Put your thinking cap on and
drop us a line
with your best effort(s)!