ABOUT TEDx
Our Vision:
TEDx Innovation Drive is Connecticut’s gathering for leaders and practitioners who take innovation seriously. We are challenging long-held assumptions, redefining what innovation means, and equipping people at every level, across industries, to build a culture of bold thinking. Our vision: turn ideas into action.
Our Goals:
Build Innovation into Every Organization:
Present practical, actionable ideas that help leaders and educators embed innovation into culture, systems, and practice.
Challenge Assumptions:
Confront deeply held beliefs about creativity, where breakthrough ideas come from, and who qualifies as an innovator.
Strengthen the Innovation Muscle:
Equip people across education, business, and policy with tools for disciplined experimentation, thoughtful risk-taking, and sustained creative performance.
Inspire Lasting Change:
Spark curiosity, creative confidence, and intentional action not just during the event, but long after it ends.
The SPONSORS
website and marketing collateral
fiscal sponsor
WHAT SPONSORSHIP DELIVERS
- Global Brand Association: Align with a globally respected brand of 700,000+ innovators, educators and leaders. Distinguish your organization as one that anticipates tomorrow’s challenges.
- Direct Access to Decision-Makers: Get in front of 300 senior innovators in an intimate, high-trust setting, the kind of access that is impossible to replicate at a trade show or conference.
- Category Exclusivity (Gold & Presenting): One sponsor per industry category at the Gold level. Your organization holds a unique position in the room, with no competitor sharing the same stage.
- Extended Digital Reach: TEDx talks are recorded and distributed globally via TED.com and YouTube, where they accumulate tens of thousands of views over time. Our goal are hundreds of thousands. Your logo appears in event videos that live permanently on TED’s platform; visibility that extends years beyond the event.
- Post-Event Impact Report: All sponsors receive a post-event report including final attendance, audience breakdown, media coverage, social metrics, and video view data so you can measure and report ROI internally.
- Speaker Introduction Sponsorship (Gold & Presenting): Gold and Presenting sponsors receive a speaker introduction opportunity Your organization is verbally recognized immediately before a designated speaker’s talk, creating a memorable moment of association
- Brand as Culture Signal: Your team will be proud that their employer is investing in Connecticut’s innovation future. Sponsoring TEDx sends a signal to employees and clients about what your organization stands for.
WHO SHOULD SPONSOR?
This gathering is designed for organizations that view innovation as a strategic imperative, not a marketing theme. Sponsorship here is not simply about logo placement, it is about being recognized as a serious participant in Connecticut’s innovation future.
In-Kind Opportunities Include:
- Technology and software companies providing tools for innovators
- Regional and national banks serving growth companies
- Law firms advising entrepreneurs, M&A, and venture-backed companies
- Accounting, advisory, and management consulting firms
- Universities and corporate training organizations
- Private equity and venture capital firms
- Strategy and innovation consulting firm
Sponsors Who Benefits Most
- Organizations seeking direct access to senior decision-makers
- Firms competing for innovation-driven clients in Connecticut
- Brands positioning themselves as long-term innovation ecosystem leaders
- Employers investing in culture, creativity, and leadership development
SPONSORSHIP LEVELS
We are accepting a strictly limited number of sponsors to preserve exclusivity and maximize sponsor visibility. Gold and Presenting sponsors receive category exclusivity, only one sponsor per industry will be accepted at these levels. Act early to secure your category.
PRESENTING SPONSOR
Exclusive • 1 Available • Category Exclusivity Included-
Exclusive event naming rights (e.g., 'TEDx Innovation Drive, presented by [Company]’)
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Hero logo placement across ALL marketing assets, website, invitations, and PR
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Full-page ad + inside cover placement in event program
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Exclusive opening recognition (TEDx compliant)
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Logo on event videos — opening and closing — distributed globally via TED.com
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Speaker Introduction Sponsorship for designated talk
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Premium exhibit booth (largest available, first choice of location)
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10 complimentary event tickets
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Featured post-event profile/interview included in sponsor impact report
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Category exclusivity — no competing organizations at any tier
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Right of first refusal for Presenting Sponsorship in 2027
GOLD SPONSOR
3 Available • Category Exclusivity Included-
Category exclusivity — only one sponsor per industry at the Gold level
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Prominent logo placement on website, all PR materials, and attendee invitations
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Full-page ad in event program
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Exclusive opening recognition at event (TEDx compliant)
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Speaker Introduction Sponsorship for designated talk
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Logo on event videos (opening + closing) — global TED.com distribution
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Premium exhibit booth
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6 complimentary event tickets
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Logo inclusion in post-event sponsor impact report
SILVER SPONSOR
6 Available-
Standard logo placement on website, PR materials, and attendee invitations
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Half-page ad in event program
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Group verbal recognition at event
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Logo on event videos — global TED.com distribution
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Standard exhibit booth
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4 complimentary event tickets
BRONZE SPONSOR
Limited Availablility-
Logo listed on event website and PR materials
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Quarter-page ad in event program
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Group verbal recognition at event
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2 complimentary event tickets