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BENEFITS DELIVERED THROUGH CONNECTION WITH THE LEADERS INSTITUTE BRAND
Our reputation
The Leaders Institute enjoys a national reputation built on the foundations of its work in innovative leadership development and the creation of positive and sustainable change for individuals, organisations and society. We offer our corporate partners the opportunity to associate themselves with this highly respected and credible brand. Independent research conducted in 2007 by the University of Adelaide School of Business, reported that the program ‘has the strongest imaginable positive endorsement from its graduates’. The researchers said the program’s ‘overall impact for the vast majority was profound, even life-changing’.
Our alumni
The year 2011 sees the Leaders Institute delivering the 12th GLF program to its 39 current participants. At the end of 2010, we had 369 graduates of the program (see list of graduates on the alumni page) with approximately 40% working in business, 40% in Federal, State and local government, and 20% in the community sector. Over 95% of our graduates remain in South Australia. Our graduates are actively involved in the Leaders Institute's graduate programs (such as the GLF Edge, Think-tank and the Community Board Volunteering program) and are provided with many other ongoing opportunities for leadership development, community involvement and social connection.
Our Patron and Board of Directors
Our Patron is His Excellency, Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce AC CSC RANR, Governor of South Australia
Our Vice Patron (and former Chairman) is Sir Eric Neal AC CVO.
Our board of Directors is led by our Chairman, Colin Dunsford and is comprised of eleven other prominent business and government leaders.
Our Foundation and Honorary Members
Honorary and Foundation Membership
are prestigious categories of membership offered only to those people who have achieved distinction in leadership, who exemplify the ethos of the GLF and who have made or are making a significant contribution to the Leaders Institute and the GLF. Many prominent South Australians have been invited to take up Honorary or Foundation Membership of the Leaders Institute, in recognition of the important contribution that they have made through their involvement with Leaders Institute and the GLF.
Honorary and Foundation Members play an important ambassadorial role for the Leaders Institute and the GLF Program. As ambassadors, they receive invitations to the Leaders Institute’s key events (e.g. launch at Government House, graduation dinner etc.) and have the opportunity to network with other leaders in South Australia. These members may also be invited to join Leaders Institute’s Board committees, its program reference group and/or to participate in interview panels for new program recruits.
BENEFITS OF BRAND ASSOCIATION
By associating yourself with the Leaders Institute, and through your direct involvement with the GLF program, your organisation will achieve the following outcomes in addition to your direct return on investment (detailed elsewhere in this document):
- Improved brand awareness
- Positioning of your organisation as a business held in high regard by SA’s private and public sectors
- The ability to demonstrate your expertise to a clearly defined target market of leaders in South Australia
- Creation of a prestigious connection between your organisation and leadership in SA, and development of a valuable connection to the SA community
- Building of your organisation’s reputation as an organisation that is committed to assisting in building a better state and country through the development of enlightened leadership and strategic foresight capacity
- Development of direct access channels to the current and future leaders of SA and Australia
- Establishment of a link between your organisation and the Office of the Governor of South Australia
A CORPORATE-COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP
The Leaders Institute seeks a business exchange with organisations by way of an arrangement in which its partners provide sponsorship funding and/or ‘in kind’ support and the Leaders Institute provides a return through a range of benefits tailored specifically to meet the business needs of its partners.
The Leaders Institute is looking to work with energetic and proactive organisations that are striving to be the best that they can be, and that do so by working intelligently, creatively and with integrity.
MEASURING OUTCOMES – A TWO-WAY APPRAISAL
The outcomes achieved and the benefits delivered to both parties in the partnership should, ideally, be measurable. It is our view that open and ongoing dialogue will provide both our sponsors and the Leaders Institute with the best possible opportunity to maximise our individual investments and ensure the establishment and development of a long-lasting and fruitful working partnership. We encourage regular Work In Progress (WIP) meetings with all sponsor organisations and welcome an annual two-way appraisal to measure the value delivered to both parties by the relationship.
Your key contact at the Leaders Institutewill be our Chief Executive Officer, Niki Vincent. If you have specific performance management and appraisal measures you would like us to adopt, please let Niki know.
RETURN ON YOUR INVESTMENT
The Leaders Institute is always keen to negotiate opportunities that are tailored to the specific needs of its corporate partners. Outlined below some of the possible sponsorship benefits depending on the level of sponsorship support. You may have many other ideas for leveraging your partnership with the Leaders Institute and we invite you to discuss these with Niki Vincent.
Profile-Raising
Some possible benefits are:
- Inclusion of your logo on GLF television advertising (4 different 30-45 second adverts) to run for the three month period from June 2011 to September 2011 inclusive
- Inclusion of your logo on all pages of the Leaders Institute website with direct web link to your website.
- Inclusion of your logo on all the Leaders Institute marketing collateral (e.g. banners, prospectus, yearbook/annual report)
- Your logo to appear at all GLF program events (more than 40 per annum), alumni events and key Leaders Institute events throughout term of corporate-community partnership
- Your logo to appear on the GLF’s monthly e-newsletter (distributed to more than 800 business, government and community leaders in SA).
Business Development/Thought Leadership
The Leaders Institute will work with you to create facilitated introduction program, placing your organisation in direct contact with key alumni, board members, Honorary and Foundation members and other sponsors, as well as corporate, government and not-for-profit contacts of the Institute.
Some possible benefits include:
- Free invitations to the Leaders Institute’s International Leadership Week lunch
- Free invitations to all other key Leaders Institute/GLF business functions
- Opportunity for your organisation’s representatives to become GLF program presenters on issues as appropriate
- Free invitations to attend GLF program graduation event
- Free invitation to attend GLF program launch at Government House
- Your organisation to be offered the opportunity to host the Leaders Institute/GLF boardroom events
- Opportunity for your organisation to utilise GLF network newsletter for senior executive recruitment purposes (advertisements subject to approval by the Leaders Institute)
- Invitations to attend joint GLF and Australian Rural Leadership Foundation reception at Government House (subject to approval by the Governor of South Australia)
- Opportunity to host a GLF program event each program year (lunch, half-day or evening forum, including tour if appropriate) – Chief Executive (or delegate) to present
The Leaders Institute Chief Executive is available to speak about the GLF program and sponsorship at a key event of your choosing annually.
For more information about the benefits of becoming a sponsor or in-kind supporter, contact:
Niki Vincent, Chief Executive Officer
Leaders Institute of South Australia Inc
Level 1, 164 Greenhill Road, Parkside SA 5063
Phone 08 7070 0960
Mobile 0439 493 303
niki.vincent@lisa.com.au
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