With the right partner, everything moves to the beat.
At Two Step Inc. we love the world of sponsorship, fundraising and philanthropy. When you truly know what you stand for and believe in, it’s no longer a game of selling, it’s an amazing exercise in matching. Find the right partners, move to the beat, enjoy the ride.
If you’re an event, non-profit, conference or sponsor, please read on, we’d love to chat.
Two Step is a full services sponsorship agency that adores working with properties but also carves out time to work with top-end sponsors.
If you’re seeking sponsorship:
We loves sales first and foremost. Lots of agencies exist to offer advice or nudge you in the right direction. At Two Step Inc. we love to get right inside, put our experience in directly raising over $2.8 million in sponsorship over the past 4 years and get sales results. To do this we go through a simple but profound set of exercises, The How:
1. We get to know you. What do you value, what have you done in past, what are you comfortable with, essentially, what’s your rhythm and personality. Do you want to push the envelope and ramp up partner involvement on all sides? Or do you want to dip a toe in the water, see who else is swimming in the pool and then push forward? This stage involves asking a lot of questions. A lot.
2. We uncover your assets: Before we can write any proposal or take any meeting, we need to figure out what we’re comfortable providing to our partners. We set the stage, then we find partners that like the stage we’ve set.
3. We match-make: Once the introspective piece is done, we shine our shoes and work hand in hand to find, pitch and close the right partners. Sales is one of the trickiest parts of any campaign and detailed planning, reporting and follow up are the staples of Two Step’s sales campaigns.
4. We get the details right: For all of our partners, the dance begins only once they’ve confirmed as a partner. Many people treat a closed deal as the final step when it truly is the first. Two Step Inc. will manage all partner relationships and fulfillment activities to make sure the details are perfect.
If you are a sponsor:
Constraints breed creativity. This is one of the reasons that the haiku, one of the most restrictive forms of poetry, is also the most elegant. Most companies have specific criteria regarding what they support, as they should to truly change their world. Taking these constraints and breathing amazing life and creativity into your partnership programs is something we adore. Specific services we offer are:
Activation Brainstorming and Planning: You’re sponsoring the Calgary Stampede, the Vancouver Marathon or a local art festival, but what does that mean? How do you make that reflect your story? How do you make real people actually notice and care? Custom property creation is probably one of our favorite things to do. You define your objectives, we go to work on finding the hair-tingling idea to create a real, emotional connection. Some of our favorite created properties include the Fortis BC Community Energy Challenge at the International Student Energy Summit and assisting with Team Oh’ Canada Race Team in the 2010 IndyCar Season.
Property Sourcing: We all get our heads buried in the sand from time to time. Sometimes we need to float in the clouds for a bit and see what we really should be supporting. Two Step works with you to find the events, people, buildings or programs that tell your story even better then you can.
