Where: W Hotel; Atlanta

Quantity: 55

Event Details: The Recording Academy Atlanta Chapter is hosting an exclusive VIP reception and ceremony in honor of Georgia’s 51st Annual Grammy nominees. Out of the 110 award categories, members of the Georgia music community received 66 Grammy nominations!

Recipients: Invited Grammy nominees include Ne-Yo, Usher, Ludacris, T-Pain, Bobby Valentino, Vaushaun “Maestro” Brooks, Polow Da Don, Gnarls Barkley, Soulja Boy, Big Boi, Andre 3000, T.I., Young Jeezy, Earl Klugh, Keyshia Cole, Anthony David, India Arie, Janelle Monae, Phil Tan, Sean Garrett, Montay Humphrey, Trisha Yearwood, Sugarland, Patty Loveless, Little Big Town, Casting Crowns, Karen Peck & New River, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Taj Mahal, Steven Lance Ledbetter, Robert Spano & Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Lady Antebellum’s Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood and After Edmund producer Scotty Wilbanks. Additional VIP guests will include past Grammy winners from Georgia.

Benefits: · Company name, logo, Web site, included products, etc., on all press materials.
· Framed sign displayed by product table thanking all gift-bag sponsors by name.
· Pictures of celebrities receiving gift bags, which can be used for your promotional purposes.
· Create opportunity and collateral for a PR campaign.
· We’ll also be working on securing a press giveaway.
· Previous Gifted Presence gift bags have been featured in contests in Life & Style Weekly, on “The Tyra Banks Show” Web site and others.

Deadline: Products must be received by Jan. 23!

For fees and more information, contact Rebecca Lightsey at rlightsey(at)giftedpresence.net

Hundreds of small-business owners, business and technology sponsors, vendors and members of the media will come together to learn and share their strategies for finding and retaining customers in this ever-changing economic landscape. We are looking for additional items to provide to over 300 attendees.

If you are interested in providing products for the gift bag, please contact Laura Leites at laura@workstationbs.com. The deadline for receiving all materials is Jan. 26.

We are seeking additional celebrities to be our guests at the event, which will provide a great deal of media exposure for those who join us. Leads are needed immediately. The deadline is Jan. 10.

We are seeking items for the gift bags (quantity: 200), which will be distributed to the media outlets attending. Upscale fashion, beauty, lifestyle, fitness and gift certificates would be appropriate. We are also seeking high-end items for a charity raffle to benefit the Make a Wish Foundation. Those who donate will be credited on the invitation with their logo, as well as on our sponsor boards the evening of the event. In addition, those who donate may have two representatives from their organization attend the event as our guests. The deadline for submission is Jan. 15.

Previous KMR events can be viewed at this link: http://www.kmrpr.com/kmrservices_event.htm

For more information, please contact Katherine Rothman, CEO, at info@kmrpr.com or (212) 213-6444 by Jan. 10.

All throughout 2009, you can reach women/consumers at female targets such as “Bride Wars” (Anne Hathaway, Kate Hudson) on Jan. 9; or men at action/adventure films such as “Valkyrie,” etc.; or moms/kids/families at animated and family films such as “Pink Panther 2″ in February. We can reach tweens and teens, too.

We cover movies at a variety of theaters all throughout Manhattan, and we offer *full theater quantity distribution* as well, for all holidays or new product launches.

In this economy, you have to be resourceful, and placing a product or promo sample, coded coupon or brochure/catalog directly in the hands of a targeted movie theater audience is the ultimate in experiential marketing, and we’re less expensive than a mailing. We fill each Pop Bag with non-competing products and then distribute them as gifts to target movie audiences — or we can offer full-theater sampling.

Brands receive the benefit of tying in with the enjoyment of the movies and being associated with a gift. Audiences have loved the bags to-date (testimonials at www.thepopbag.com in the Sponsors section). You choose the quantity based on your budget; 200 pieces minimum — any maximum.

Pop Bag Inside: product or promo samples, beverage, snack, magazine, coded coupon, catalog, postcard or brochure.

Pop Bag Outside: brand logo — alone or integrated into a design — or give us your logo bags; we’ll fill them up with goodies and distribute them directly to consumers.

Call for prices; we’ll work within your budget. Contact Kim Taylor at Bkim7@aol.com or (917) 318-0902 by March 31.

Just Do One, launching Jan. 1, is looking for the best eco-friendly videos showcasing how one person does at least one act of being green everyday. The winning entrant will receive a cash prize of at least $5,000.

We are seeking celebrity judges.

For more information, contact Tricia Kent at verokent@aol.com by Jan. 31.

We would be interested in Olympians, fitness/figure competitors, actors, etc. A celebrity who may be diabetic would also be a perfect fit since the beverages have no sugar, no carbs, no artificial sweeteners or colors and no calories.

Please send information to Tricia Kent at verokent@aol.com by Jan. 31.

Because we are a student organization and the event is non-profit, we look to sponsors and other companies to help fill our VIP gift bags with great items. We are looking for everything from beauty products and accessories, to gift certificates/coupons, to small drinks or snacks.

At past shows, upwards of 500 people have been in attendance and the shows attracted a range of press, including 944 and Saturday Night Magazine, to name a few. This is a great way to showcase products to a wide array of USC students and other media.

For more information, please contact Casey Kent at caseydkent@gmail.com by Jan. 31, 2009.