Conference Sponsors
Thank you to all these companies for their support of the CCAE 2007 National Conference. We are pleased to offer them new opportunities to further support the advancement of post-secondary education in Canada.
Partners:
TD Meloche Monnex is the largest direct-response automobile and home insurer and one of the top three personal automobile and home insurers in Canada. The Company is also the national leader in group insurance and the reference point in affinity marketing.
Operating under a direct response business model with two principal brands, the Company is focused on providing home and automobile insurance to members of professional and alumni organizations and employer groups. The client base also includes a significant number of individuals who are not associated with a particular group or organization, many of whom are clients of TD Bank Financial Group. Products and services are provided through four wholly-owned insurance companies: Security National Insurance Company, Primmum Insurance Company, TDGeneral Insurance Company and TDHome and Auto Insurance Company (formerly known as Liberty Insurance Company of Canada).
The Company has some 900,000 clients, a portfolio of 1.5 million policies in force and a written premium volume of $1.7 billion. With more than 3,000 personnel, TD Meloche Monnex has offices strategically located across Canada and is wholly-owned by TDBank Financial Group, one of Canada’s largest financial services organizations.
MBNA Canada Bank is a Canadian bank licensed under the Bank Act (Canada). MBNA Canada is the leading provider of co-branded and affinity credit card programs in Canada, and is one of the largest MasterCard® credit card issuers in the country. MBNA Canada provides financial products and services throughout Canada from its headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario. Since opening for business in 1998, MBNA Canada people have achieved some remarkable milestones:
- 489 Canadian organizations representing more than 16 million members, alumni, associates or customers endorse MBNA Canada products
- 4.2 million customers with superior demographics carry our cards in their wallets
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Over $5 billion of loans have been made since MBNA Canada opened for business while maintaining favourable delinquency and loss performance.
We are one of the strongest marketing companies in the industry and one of the strongest in terms of customer service. We acquire customers through a unique marketing proposition. Our marketing approach is to people who share strong common interests and our focus is on groups with strong ties to their members or customers. We call this unique approach endorsed marketing.
The company’s business fundamentals can be summarized in one phrase: “Success is getting the right customers … and keeping them.” MBNA Canada attracts the right customers with products that meet their needs and exceed their expectations. And doing what it takes to keep customers at MBNA Canada has always meant consistently providing them with top-quality service. We are a company of people working together to satisfy the customer — customer service is at the very heart of our company.
Tempo Framing Systems is a Canadian Corporation that manufactures and markets its unique “Framing Program” to universities, colleges, educational institutions and the not for profit sector in Canada and The United States.
Tempo Framing developed the concept of instant framing of diplomas and certificates and created a whole new source of recognition and revenues for the universities and colleges in the Framing Program. Today, as a result of their service and quality of product, Tempo Framing Systems is the dominate supplier of Diploma Frames to The Canadian Universities and Colleges.
Tempo Framing has been a supporter to CCAE since its inception, first as a exhibitor, then as a participant in the awards program and finally the official sponsor of Prix de Excellence. Tempo Framing Systems is also a sponsor of CCA, CASE, AFP, AHP, and NCREX to name a few.
Platinum:
Better Relationships Begin With Affinity.
Let Manulife Financial’s Affinity Markets add more value for your Alumni.
Nothing adds more value to your relationship with your alumni than the offer to protect their futures.
And nobody in Canada has been protecting alumni longer or better than Affinity Markets.
Affinity Markets is a business unit of The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company
(Manulife Financial), dedicated to leading the marketplace in the direct marketing of life, health, accident and disability insurance solutions to alumni as unique and diverse as yours.
We are your end-to-end life and health insurance solution, with in-house integrated teams
of experts to manage your insurance process from customer research and product development ...through direct mail and Web enrolment ...to customer care, claims management and financial reporting.
Affinity Markets is the number one choice of associations, loyalty programs, retailers and others. And we’d like the chance to be the
number one choice of your alumni too.
Put us to the test. Challenge us to develop the right solution to meet your needs.
Premium investment solutions. The value of insight and expert advice. Lower fees.
At Clearsight, one clear idea guides everything we do - always work in the best interests of the individual investor.
By leveraging the power of affinity marketing, we are able to offer several unique and tangible benefits that are normally not accessible through traditional retail brokers, financial planners or other advice channels. See the difference with Clearsight on your side.
What does is take to be outstanding?
Successful non-profit organizations are those with vision. They understand deeply who they are, where they are going and how to get there. In this increasingly competitive environment, however, it is becoming difficult to reach the height of one’s potential.
For over 20 years KCI has been providing custom solutions for non-profit organizations to help them become outstanding. By building healthy teams and developing unique strategies we can ensure success in your fundraising initiatives.
Please visit our web site at www.kciphilanthropy.com to find out more.
Academica Group is Canada’s leading provider of market intelligence to higher education institutions and government, particularly in the areas of student recruitment and retention, and alumni relationship management.
In addition to custom stakeholder surveys and focus groups, Academica has worked with dozens of institutions across Canada on brand audits, brand strategies and rebranding initiatives, as well as developing marketing best practices reports and integrated marketing communications plans. Our annual University and College Applicant Surveys (the UAS™ and CAS™), are the largest and most comprehensive PSE consumer research studies in North America, surveying almost 100,000 applicants coast to coast each year, gathering literally millions of answers about applicant perceptions of institutional brands and recruitment effectiveness.
Academica also publishes the best-read daily news source for Canadian higher education -- our daily Top Ten, which summarizes the most interesting or important stories affecting Canadian PSE each morning, with links to institutional media releases, national and international news sources. Subscriptions are free and available on our website at www.academica.ca.
Academica is proud to sponsor CCAE’s national conference for the fourth consecutive year, and we look forward to meeting you in Charlottetown.
Gold:
Industrial Alliance Pacific has a long-term commitment to Canadian Alumni Associations. Our mutual growth allows us to provide high quality services and products that we customize to the unique needs of each of our partners. Programs are designed to help build membership affinity by providing products and services that benefit Alumni. We offer you flexible arrangements that can include any of the following insurance products: Term Life; Dependent Term Life; Critical Illness; Accidental Death & Dismemberment; Extended Health & Dental; Long Term Disability; Office Overhead and Travel Medical.
The ability to customize programs to the needs of each Alumni Association sets us apart from traditional insurance carriers. Our strength is tied to underwriting expertise, value-added benefit packages and innovative, direct marketing programs.
Industrial-Alliance Pacific is part of the Industrial Alliance Group of Companies, a solid and dynamic financial group. We have the strength, longevity and reliability of our corporate symbol; the elephant and we are Canada?s 5th largest life insurance organization. For additional information, please contact Ranbir Kang at 1-888-725-2886, ext. 8811 or ranbir.kang@iaplife.com.
Founded in 1847 as Canada’s first domestic insurer, The Canada Life Assurance Company provides insurance and wealth management products and services in Canada and internationally. Canada Life became a subsidiary of The Great-West Life Assurance Company in 2003.
Canada Life-Direct is a dedicated team of Affinity marketplace specialists, marketing life, health, and accident insurance plans through direct mail, telemarketing and electronic media to Alumni Association members. Through our team of professional direct marketers, bilingual customer service, simplified underwriting processes and state-of-the-art technology, we offer customized programs that Alumni Associations and their members can count on. For more information, call (519)931-2300 or (416)552-6033.
Silver:
bv02 is a network of communication professionals specializing in Integrated Marketing, Digital Branding, Sales, Web and Channel Solutions. With over 50 years combined experience with private and public organizations, bv02 can help local, national and international organizations to strategically focus and execute their business communications efforts. bv02 was founded upon the premise that every organization has unique goals and challenges and therefore unique relationships with customers, partners and employees that need to be developed, nurtured and enhanced. Our core objective at bv02 is to help you strengthen and expand these relationships. Working with your team we will bring experience, professionalism, innovation and creativity to the initiative. By combining your industry knowledge with our proven research, analysis and planning process your organization will effectively leverage the strengths of people and technology. Together we will work to move your business forward.
Headquartered in Washington, DC, with offices in London and Singapore, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education is the professional organization for advancement professionals at all levels who work in alumni relations, communications, and development.
CASE membership includes more than 3,300 colleges, universities, and independent schools in 56 countries around the world.
CASE delivers world-class training at over 120 face-to-face and on-line conferences a year, offers a variety of advancement products and services, provides standards and an ethical framework for the profession, and works with other organizations to respond to public issues of concern, while promoting the importance of education worldwide.
Bronze:
Blackbaud is the leading global provider of software and related services designed specifically for nonprofit organizations. Best known for its flagship fundraising solution, The Raiser's Edge®, Blackbaud also offers products and consulting services.
RuffaloCODY is the leading provider of telephone fundraising, membership, planned giving, consulting, enrollment management services and software for nonprofit organizations. We are proud to offer our CAMPUSCALL software for fundraising, membership and telecounseling. Strong leadership, a commitment to client satisfaction and dedicated employees, position RuffaloCODY as an industry leader.
Festival Promotions has over 500,000 fun, interesting advertising promotional products. We've been in business 19 years and know what's new, hot and popular. Our artist ensures your logo will look great on every product, and our secretaries follow up with the production teams. We make your job fun and easy.
RESolutionsTECH assists organizations to get the most from technology. We achieve this through an array of services tailored to meet your organization's needs.
For over 40 years, Harris Connect has delivered the innovative, proven programs you need to strengthen bonds with your constituents. From directory, to data research, to Internet strategies and more — we offer total solutions, custom-designed to help you maintain connections for building lasting affinity.
The OLC, Online Community Network, is a non-profit network initiated by the University of Victoria. Participating colleges and universities license a suite of software tools enabling them to connect their students, alumni, faculty and staff in a social networking environment, develop electronic messages, distribute mass emails, and use online event registration and more.
Gohagan & Company develops and operates deluxe group travel programs for America’s most prestigious museums, colleges, universities and cultural institutions. The Company’s unique itineraries and educational components are paired with the style and comforts of the world’s finest cruise ships, trains and hotels and enhanced by world-class guides and academic experts.
Designed with the knowledge and insight provided by more than 20 years of experience, Gohagan & Company travels from the pristine wilderness of Antarctica to the unfolding mystery of China, from the Celtic Lands of Britain to the bustle of Istanbul's bazaars, from the medieval villages of France to East Africa’s game parks, from the spectacular Dalmatian Coast to Russia and the great countries of the Baltic. En route, Gohagan & Company passengers don’t just see the world, they experience it.
White Label Mortgages Ltd. is a Canadian owned and controlled provider of both fully branded or affinity sponsored personal finance solutions. Our services are turn key and come with a commitment to aggressively market the program to our client’s membership base. We provide our client’s members with access to a vast array of personal financial products, such as personal loans, mortgages and car leases to name a few – all at no cost to our client’s membership.
White Label’s services are “virtual” with our client’s membership accessing our service either via a 1 – 800 number or the web. Our service is Canada wide and fully protects the confidential nature of the membership’s personal information.
We also provide customized or specially designed products that are designed with our client’s membership base in mind. We also have designed a Green Mortgage product that provides property owners with access to monies to help finance energy and water conservation investments in their properties.
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