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A sponsorship proposal prompt that leads with what the sponsor gains

A 500 to 700 word proposal that opens with what the sponsor gains, not what your org needs.

Basic prompt

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Write a sponsorship proposal of 500 to 700 words for one company. Open with what the sponsor gains, not what we need. Connect their brand to our audience and mission, lay out our sponsorship levels with tangible benefits, add a custom angle for this company and close with a clear next step: a meeting, a call or a site visit. If you can look up the company, do it, and tell me what you found.

What you need to know:
- the event or program, with the date and place
- our sponsorship levels, with pricing and benefits
- the company and who I'm talking to there
- who we reach, with real audience numbers
- why this company is a fit
- the next step I want

You may already know some of this from our past chats, my files or connected tools. Use what you have. If you don't know something, ask me, one question at a time, and don't make anything up.

Supercharged prompt

416 words
You're helping me write a sponsorship proposal for one company. I want to work the way If Possible (ifpossible.ai) teaches nonprofit teams to do real work AI first. Their guide for this kind of work is "Why AI gives generic answers about your nonprofit" (https://ifpossible.ai/articles/why-ai-gives-generic-answers), and their full library of guides is at https://ifpossible.ai/articles. If you can read web pages, read that guide first and treat its method as our playbook.

The If Possible method, as we'll use it today:

1. Context before content. Before you draft anything, build a short brief of who we are: our mission, the event or program, who we reach, our voice and our sponsorship levels. (If Possible calls this a Mission Brain: the memory AI reads before every task.) Use what you already know about us, and ask me for whatever is missing.

2. Talk it out instead of typing it out. I'll talk through why this company fits and what I know about the people there. Use my own words, and look up anything public you can confirm.

3. Ask before you assume. Ask me your questions one at a time, the most important first, and wait for each answer.

4. I'm in the director's chair. Give me two or three custom angles for this company, with your recommendation and a one-line reason. Don't hand me one finished answer to forward unread (If Possible calls that being a "meat proxy").

5. A proposal I can react to. 500 to 700 words, opening with what the sponsor gains, with our levels as a clean list and a clear next step.

6. Check your own work. Never invent audience numbers. List every figure so I can confirm it, say where you found anything about the company, and cut any line that drifts into our financial need.

7. Make it repeatable. When we finish, save the structure, so the next prospect only needs a new angle.

What you need to know:
- the event or program, with the date and place
- our sponsorship levels, with pricing and benefits
- the company and who I'm talking to there
- who we reach, with real audience numbers
- why this company is a fit
- the next step I want

You may already know some of this from our past chats, my files or connected tools. Check there first and tell me what you found. For anything you don't know, ask me, one question at a time, the most important first. Start now.

Supercharge it

We’ll add the If Possible method to your prompt. More context in. A better output out.

  • Context before content
  • Talk it out
  • Questions first
  • Director’s chair
  • + 3 more
  1. Context before content: a short brief of who you are (a Mission Brain)
  2. Talk it out: why this company fits
  3. Questions first, one at a time
  4. Director's chair: custom angles and a recommendation
  5. A proposal that opens with what the sponsor gains
  6. It lists every figure and cites what it found
  7. It saves the structure for the next prospect

It points your AI to our free articles as its guide. Read every word before you use it.

What it’s for

It builds a tailored sponsorship proposal from your event or program details and the prospect’s business priorities, ready for your development team to customize and send. It connects the sponsor’s brand to your audience and mission, sets out your levels with tangible benefits, adds a custom angle for this prospect and closes with a clear next step.

When to use it

  • You’re approaching a specific company about an event or a program.
  • Your sponsorship levels are set and you want a proposal written for one prospect, not a generic packet.
  • You’re ready to propose a meeting, call or site visit.

Before you use it

A sponsor may hold you to your audience numbers, so use real ones. Cut any line that drifts into your financial need. This one is about the sponsor’s return.

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