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Non Profit Needs Assitive Tech Sponsers - Advice?

Posted by Anonymous on 11/9/2007 at 9:57 PM ET 250 Points
Aloha!

I am a student and am doing my graduate work assisting the Center on Disability Studies at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa, in partnership with Pac Rim. Our 24TH annual conference is in April 2008 and includes over ten topical areas, interactive workshops, a film festival, exciting speakers and a writing workshop.

We just launched a new strand "Assistive Technology" working to help those with disabilities learn about and obtain new technology that can make their lives easier.

We have so many people with disabilities interested in attending the conference, but due to the costs involved in traveling to Hawaii, most cannot afford to attend. We want to establish a scholarship fund to help get these people to our conference, and I was wondering how we go about approaching companies for donations, and who we should target? Most assistive technology companies I have come across only feature one or two products and thus are not interested.

Any ideas?

Mahalo Nui Loa!
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  • Posted by mf on 11/10/2007 at 9:57 AM Accepted
    Hi,

    For your specific purpose you might want to try government agencies directly. They are very supportive to dissabilities. Analyze where your target audience is coming from and go directly to a goverment agency in that area to request scholarship.
    I also think patient associations are a great place to start as they already have sponsors that support thier/your cause.

    All the best and congratulations for this event!

    Mariana Ferrari
    Managing Partner
    Proceso-i
    Innovation Consulting
  • Posted by Neil on 11/13/2007 at 2:14 AM Accepted
    Connections can be the key in this sort of thing. Who do you know that has connections with possible sponsors? Make a list and pick up the phone. That is a good place to start.
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