Corporate Membership
What We Can Provide:
- Private meetings between executives and important speakers.
- Announcement of corporate sponsorship verbally and post signage at events. Sponsorship in all council publications.
- Free or reduced rate advertisements in council publications and links to your company on our website.
- Bringing prominent visitors to corporate offices of discussion.
- Inviting Sponsoring CEO to speak to council members on topical issue.
- Help with access in Washington especially at State, embassies, World Bank, IMF, think tanks, CIA, EPA, DOD.
- Executive seats on WACA’s national corporate tours to emerging markets.
- Executive access to exclusive corporate conferences in Europe hosted by WACA’s British partners, the Royal Institute of International Affairs.
- Company access to WACA’s international affairs partners in Canada, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Turkey, Japan, China, and elsewhere.
What Corporations Can Provide:
- Hold programs on your premises.
- Sponsor young executives/associates in our Young Professionals Forum.
- Allow board meetings to be held on your premises.
- Donate free plane tickets and or hotel rooms for speakers.
- Donate paper, office supplies and new or used office equipment.
- Make gifts available for silent auctions.
- Sponsor an entire program.
- Print council publications in the company print shop.
- Help with redesign of council brochure, newsletter and calendar.
- Put up speakers in company guest quarters.
- Have a reception on your premises.
- Underwrite student participation in council events.
- Sponsor an intern.
- Give appreciation gifts for speakers.
- Buy tables or tickets at council fund-raisers.
Membership Levels:
Consul Club $250- All of the above PLUS
- Recognition in the newsletter
- Invitation to Board meetings
- VIP Priority seating at most events
- Consular Level PLUS
- Public recognition at events
- Profile in the newsletter
- VIP access to speakers
- One free admission to all non-meal events (non-transferable)
- Diplomat Club PLUS
- Special Reserved Seating
- Opportunities to entertain Speakers
- Unlimited Event Tickets at Member Price
- Two free admissions to all non-meal events (non-transferable)
National President Level $2,500
- National President Level will have the opportunity to name ten employees or clients who will be listed as members of the World Affairs Council. Benefits of membership include discounted admission to WAC events, subscription to Communiqué, the WAC newsletter, and receive all other printed materials.
- Five complementary tickets to the SDWAC Annual Luncheon.
- One complementary admission to six different Council public programs.
- Corporation will be highlighted prominently in event programs and brochures.
- Reserved seating at all events (RSVP required).
- Corporate Members are eligible to participate in Corporate Tours organized by the World Affairs Councils of America.
- Corporate Members are eligible to participate in World Affairs Councils of America conferences.
- International Ambassador Level will have the opportunity to name twenty employees or clients who will be listed as members of the World Affairs Council. Benefits of membership include discounted admission to WAC events, subscription to Communiqué, the WAC newsletter, and receive all other printed materials.
- Unlimited member rate tickets for corporate employees.
- Access to VIP Receptions for selected speakers and visitors.
- Guaranteed VIP seating.
- Invitation for corporate representative to sit at the head table during public events and Annual Luncheon.
- Two complementary admission to twelve different Council public programs.
Are you ready to join the San Diego World Affairs Council?