Efforts to Obtain Corporate Sponsorship for Chess

**samsloan**

Quote:

Originally Posted by kbachler

During the past 35 years there have been several
major tournaments or events in Chicago. Money is always the issue and
it is always difficult to do.

A few years ago I met with executives of several major financial
companies to discuss chess sponsorships. I even described the angle
of being able to provide kiosks to market products to parents at
National scholastic events being that they were a captive audience
with some means (since they were at the tournament.) There was
absolutely ZERO interest. The only money they were willing to
consider were very small amounts based on the personal relationships I
had with people at the companies. The companies I spoke with were
located on the left coast, the right coast, and the midwest. I had
very high level introductions because of my contacts at each.

Kevin Bachler

Thank you very much for this excellent posting, Kevin (one of the few
times when I really liked what you wrote).

As you may recall, two candidates for the recent Executive Board
election claimed as a campaign promise that if elected they would
bring in millions of dollars in corporate sponsorship.

I have just been wondering what they plan to do that you did not do,
and how they believe that they can succeed where you have failed.

Sam Sloan

**samsloan**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brian Lafferty

And FYI, I teach a graduate level (MPA degree)
course in grant writing and fund raising. I may be new to the USCF,
but I'm far from new to the field of fund raising. :lol:

George DeFeis was hired to be Executive Director in 2000 primarily
because he claimed to be a qualified, experienced and successful grant
writer.

Two years later and one million dollars down the drain, George DeFeis
had not brought in even one dollar in grant money, and so he was
finally fired.

This did not stop the 2005 board from giving Michail Korenman $10,000
to seek money from grants, with the same result.

Sam Sloan

**Old Haasie**

On Sep 29, 1:27?pm, samsloan wrote:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brian Lafferty

And FYI, I teach a graduate level (MPA degree)
course in grant writing and fund raising. I may be new to the USCF,
but I'm far from new to the field of fund raising. :lol:

George DeFeis was hired to be Executive Director in 2000 primarily
because he claimed to be a qualified, experienced and successful grant
writer.

Two years later and one million dollars down the drain, George DeFeis
had not brought in even one dollar in grant money, and so he was
finally fired.

This did not stop the 2005 board from giving Michail Korenman $10,000
to seek money from grants, with the same result.

Sam Sloan

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Corporations won't put up money for chess because chess players are
too cheap and too dorkey. A dork is a geek without money.

Old Haasie

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