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Learn about our year-long sponsorship opportunities for 2025.

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What is a Visionary Sponsor?

Why are they so important to Leadership Greater Hartford (LGH), our 5000+ alumni, and the Greater Hartford community?

Some Visionary Sponsors have participated in the professional leadership development programs LGH has provided to the region over the last 47 years. Others are organizations looking to build or expand their connections and visibility within the business, nonprofit, and higher education communities in Greater Hartford.

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Funding

Their funding is a collaboration between their business or organization and LGH (501c3). Visionary sponsorships provide critical funding for LGH to offer robust and responsive programming to the community. LGH is a lean and highly collaborative organization, allowing us to provide a richer experience for each event attendee and program participant. Visionary sponsorships are critical to our ability to deliver the type of programming we do.

 

Sponsor benefits

In exchange, we want our Visionary Sponsors to get the branding recognition they deserve for their commitment to professional leadership development throughout the 29 towns we serve. We are committed to supporting sponsor organizations through the development of their staff in our programs, contracted engagements, and events and to providing robust networking opportunities with LGH’s community of passionate leaders who represent a vast array of backgrounds and life experiences. Contact Larisa to become a sponsor.
 

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Visionary Sponsorship packages

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Platinum $30,000

Titanium $25,000

Gold $20,000

Silver $15,000

Bronze $10,000

Iron $7,500

Brass $5,000

Copper $2,500

Visionary Sponsor recognition

*Programs and events may change throughout the year at LGH’s discretion.

Lessons in Leadership is an interactive, 4-part webinar series for area business, educational, and nonprofit leaders, organized around a popular book on leadership. Each session draws on key themes from the featured book and provides opportunities for attendees to engage in small group discussions to explore how to put new leadership concepts into practice. The featured book for 2025 will be selected in Nov-Dec of 2024. The 2024 series featured Ruchika Tulshyan’s Inclusion on Purpose: An Intersectional Approach to Creating a Culture of Belonging at Work.

Dates and Format: Morning webinars – February/March (dates TBD); 8:00am-9:15am
Estimated Attendance: 80-100 people per session

Leaders in Focus events bring participants to Hartford-area leaders to witness first-hand how they have found success in their industries. Each session includes networking, a presentation by our featured leader, and a behind-the-scenes tour of their work. Additional details forthcoming.

Dates and Format: Three in-person sessions – spring, summer, and fall; 4:30pm-6:00pm
Estimated Attendance: 40-50 people per session

LGH’s Polaris Awards is a community-wide celebration of leaders and organizations who are “guiding lights” in our region. Polaris honorees are traditionally unsung leaders with a proven track record of strengthening the LGH pillars of community, leadership, and connections. All proceeds of this signature fundraising event benefit the mission and regional impact of LGH.

Date and Format: Networking social with local food vendors and live music. Awards program followed by dessert reception. Late May/Early June, 5:00pm-9:00pm
Estimated Attendance: 250 people

LGH’s Leadership Breakfast convenes Greater Hartford’s business and nonprofit community to network and learn from one another. An opportunity to highlight key institutions and leadership, the event features dynamic discussions and presentations on the top leadership challenges of our evolving workforce landscape.

Date and Format: Breakfast program with pre-event networking. October/November, 8:00am-10:00am Estimated Attendance: 300 people
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Become a sponsor

Thank you for your commitment to Greater Hartford and developing its leaders through our work. Please contact Larisa Kottke, President & CEO of Leadership Greater Hartford, to become a sponsor.

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