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Featuring leading innovator in online community development
Friday, April 17, 2009
5:30 pm Reception
7:00 pm Dinner and Speaker
Camelback Inn, a JW Marriott Resort & Spa
The Design Excellence Dinner is one of ASU’s premier events and continues a tradition of bringing leading business experts to our design, planning, and real estate development community. Through this annual event, the college strengthens its relationship with our supporters, while providing additional resources for a quality design education to our students. Comprised of a dynamic grouping of disciplines—architecture, design studies, housing and community development, industrial design, interior design, landscape architecture, planning, real estate development, and visual communication design—the College of Design is at the forefront of the global, regional, economic, and environmental design questions that are shaping the twenty-first century.
About Craig Newmark
Craig Newmark is the “Craig” of Craigslist, the founder of the centralized network for worldwide urban and regional communities featuring classified advertisements with discussion boards. Craig speaks on the future of online community and commerce, as one of its most successful innovators and practitioners.
Called “The Wizard of the Local” by Time Magazine, Craig was named to its 2005 Time 100. Started in 1995 in Craig’s bedroom as a simple email exchange service, Craigslist now has around 10 billion page views per month, about 35 million unique visitors, and serves more than 550 cities in 55 countries. Craigslist was incorporated in 1999.
As huge as Craigslist has become, it remains a model of modesty and community service. The key to its success: listening hard, following through, and doing what people need the site to do. The Craigslist motto is “Give people a break”—a break from how difficult our lives are. Craig Newmark is chairman of Craigslist and works full time in customer service. He holds a master's degree in computer science. He worked for IBM for 17 years, as well as for Charles Schwab & Co.
Sponsorships
We are pleased to offer the following opportunities for your firm to sponsor this premier event. This year, our sponsors are joined by the dinner's first Media Sponsor—AZRE and Arizona Business magazines. Your sponsorship helps to support the students and programs of the College of Design. Especially in this tough economic time, our students need the support of the professions and industry that represent their future careers.
Sustaining Sponsor $25,000
Maroon + Gold Sponsor $15,000
Gold Sponsor $10,000
Silver Sponsor $5,000
Copper Sponsor $2,500
Individual tickets may be purchased for $200 per person.
Click HERE (658k pdf file) for more information about the benefits of sponsoring a table at the dinner.
Contact
For more information about attending the event, sponsorship benefits, or to purchase individual tickets, please contact Sharon Haugen at 480.727.8853 or Trista.Dunagan@asu.edu. Click the links for information about the Council for Design Excellence or to see a complete list of 2009 dinner sponsors.
We appreciate your continuing engagement with the college.
Click HERE for a link to a printable Save the Date announcement.
2009 Design Excellence Sponsors
   
Maroon + Gold Sponsors Gold Sponsor Media Sponsor
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