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ISA Section/Division Co-Sponsorship Guidelines

Objective:

• To work with ISA Sections/Divisions to conveniently offer quality one day educational seminars on timely subject matter to a local audience at an affordable price.

Goals:

• Provide greater assistance in the sponsorship and implementation of local instructor led educational programs.
• Increase success and attendance of co-sponsored events.
• Maximize resources of ISA Education Services department to coordinate training event and reduce administrative responsibilities of the local Section/Division.
• Provide opportunities for Section/Division to increase membership.

ISA staff responsibilities:

• ISA staff will take the lead role in coordinating and promoting the event in conjunction with the Section/Division contact. IMPORTANT: Date of seminar must be decided in accordance with the promotion schedule below to allow appropriate time for development of seminar brochure
  • Works with Section/Division to determine seminar topic and location.
  • Develops promotional piece; sends to members and non-members in the geographic area and provides Section/Division with additional copies.
  • Takes all course pre-registrations.
  • Arranges for instructor; pays honorarium and expenses.
  • Supplies and ships all course materials.
    
• Promotion Schedule
  • Section must choose date of seminar at least 15 weeks prior to the seminar to give ISA time to promote it.

Section responsibilities:

• Appoints coordinator to work with ISA staff to plan event.
• Obtains location and adequate classroom accommodations for conduct of course, and communicates same to ISA staff for promotional purposes.
  - Note: Any applicable rental agreement fees are the responsibility of the Section.
• Promotes event by mailing/distributing additional copies of promotional piece, placing course information on Section/Division WebPage, and utilizing other additional means to promote event.
• Provides coordinator as the onsite contact for onsite registrations, sign in roster, and instructor assistance.

Other Considerations:

Sections can apply to co-sponsor multi-day non-equipment courses on a case-by-case basis. Factors that will be considered include the existing schedule of courses, instructor availability, and the section's previous history in successfully organizing training programs. The business terms are the same as those provided above for one day co-sponsored courses.

All courses are priced in U.S. dollars. Pricing in other currencies is made on a case-by-case basis.

Attendee Fees:

• $445 per person for Members and $495 for nonmembers - tuition fees inclusive of all course materials.

Revenue Sharing:

• Section/Division receives 10% of gross registration fees for 1-15 participants.
• Section/Division receives 15% of gross registration fees for 16 or more participants.

Please contact Melissa Rhyne at (919) 990-9211 mrhyne@isa.org for additional information.

Scheduled Co-Sponsored Training

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