2025 SQL Saturday Orange County Call For Sponsors

Join Us in Supporting the Data Community!

πŸ“… When: Saturday, May 3, 2025
πŸ“ Where: Quest Software | 20 Enterprise, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656

We are excited to invite you to sponsor SQL Saturday Orange County 2025, a premier event for data professionals to connect, learn, and grow. Your sponsorship directly supports the event, allowing us to provide a high-quality experience for attendees while promoting your brand to a dedicated audience of database and technology professionals.

Why Sponsor SQL Saturday Orange County?

SQL Saturday OC is a single-day, community-driven conference where data professionals enhance their skills, explore new technologies, and network with industry peers. In 2024, we welcomed over 200 attendees, and we aim to exceed that number in 2025!

This event is organized by Mima Lopez, Event Coordinator of SQLSATOC, and working in conjunction with Data Driven Technologies, Inc., a local 501(c)(3) nonprofit, along with volunteers and industry experts from California and beyond.

Sponsorship Plans

We offer various sponsorship levels to match your budget and business objectives. Your contributions will be used solely for event costs, and any surplus will go toward future community events.

Sponsorship TiersVIK ($0)Bronze ($500)Silver ($750)Gold ($1,750)Platinum ($2,500+)
Swag/Advertising (min. of 250 items)βœ…βŒβŒβŒβŒ
Logo on Website & Social Mediaβœ…βœ…βœ…βœ…βœ…
Logo in Event Slides & Videosβœ…βœ…βœ…βœ…βœ…
Social Media Postsβœ…βœ…βœ…βœ…βœ…
Raffle Participationβœ…βœ…βœ…βœ…βœ…
Collect Raffle LeadsβŒβœ…βœ…βœ…βœ…
Email to AttendeesβŒβŒβœ…βœ…βœ…
Sponsor TableβŒβŒβœ…βœ…βœ…
Product SessionβŒβŒβŒβœ…βœ…
Room NamingβŒβŒβŒβœ…βœ…
Sponsor LunchβŒβŒβŒβŒβœ…
Appreciation DinnerβŒβŒβŒβŒβœ…

Additional Sponsorship Opportunities

Want to enhance your presence at SQLSATOC? These add-ons can ONLY be bundled with any sponsorship tier:

  • Lanyards & Badge Holders ($250 + material costs)
  • Speaker Shirts ($1,500) – Your logo on speaker apparel
  • Volunteer Party ($1,000) – Recognition at our pre-event social
  • After Party ($500) – Network with attendees post-event

Attendee Information

Unless the attendee specifically requests that their information not be shared, sponsors will receive contact information for all attendees.

Raffle Management

Raffle registration is used to opt-in attendee information with our sponsors.  Remember the raffle prize is your key to success and the better the prize the more leads you will collect. Attendees must be present to win.

We will manage the raffle, collect, clean up, and de-dup the data for you and send you the leads after the event.  We will let you know who the raffle winners are, and you can send them the prize.  At the same time, we strongly recommend we take over prize disbursement as well, to be a one-stop shop for an entire raffle lifecycle. Please let us know if you would like to handle the raffle prize on your own. 

How to Sponsor

For credit card payments, visit:
Donate via Zeffy

For other forms of payment, please send an email to:
πŸ“© sqlsatoc@datadriventechnologies.org

Cancellation Policy

If the event is canceled, sponsors will receive a full refundβ€”no event, no expenses, no sponsorship fee.

Join us in making SQL Saturday Orange County 2025 an incredible experience for the data community. Become a sponsor today!


2025 SQL Saturday San Diego Calls for Sponsors

When: Saturday, June 21, 2025

Where: UCSD Extension (6256 Greenwich Dr, San Diego, CA 92122)

Sponsorship Plan

We appreciate you taking the time to consider sponsoring 2025 SQL Saturday San Diego. We have assembled a few sponsorship plans that you can select from. Donations for this event will be used only to cover the cost of running an event. If we have any surplus, it will go into sponsoring future events.

The event is put on by Rebecca Renko Dycus, lead organizer of SQLSAT SD, and working in conjunction with Data Driven Technologies, Inc. a local 501.c.3 non-profit, and its volunteers. SQLSAT SD is spearheaded by a local organizing team, put together by a group of dedicated California-based database community volunteers, user group leaders, and volunteer speakers from SoCal, NorCal, other US States, and globally. The funding for this event is coming from Data Driven Technologies, Inc. a local 501.c.3 non-profit.

Event Overview

The 2025 SQL Saturday San Diego is a single-day conference that offers data professionals the opportunity to improve their skills and learn about new products while networking with others in their field and connecting with other members of the local Database community and our sponsors .

Attendance

We had over 400 registered attendees for our kick-off in 2024. Our goal is to exceed the previous year’s attendance each year. Review some of the fun we had in last year’s pictures

Cost of Sponsorship

2025 SQLSAT SD sponsorship ranges between $0 for VIK (Value-in-kind) to $2,500+ for Platinum, depending on the package you select: (VIK: company literature inserts, pens, notepads, stress balls, bags/tote, keychains, magnets, stickers, cups, gadgets, etc.)

 TIERVIKBronzeSilverGoldPlatinum
AMOUNT$0$500$750$1750$2500+
SWAG/Advertisement
(min. of 250)
Products/services in lieu of money
X
Sponsor Logo and URL on the event website X X X X X
Sponsor Logo and URL included
in social media/email campaigns
X X X X X
Sponsors Logo included in session slides X X X X X
Sponsor Logo included in YouTube videos X X X X X
Social Media posts Facebook/X/LinkedIn/Instagram X X X X X
Sponsor Raffle X X X X X
Collect Raffle Leads* X X X X
Email sent on behalf of a sponsor   X X X
Sponsor table
Comes with 1 table, 2 chairs,
WiFi, and electricity
(based on availability.
Attendance is-optional) 
   X X X
Product-focused sponsor session 
(Based on availability) 
X X
Sponsor a room (name a room)
(Based on availability) 
   X X
Sponsor a Lunch X
Sponsor a Speaker Appreciation dinner X

ADD-ON Sponsorship Options:
The following add-on options are available and can ONLY be bundled with a sponsorship above. Please contact us if you want to sign up for one of these and we can send you a single payment link.

Option #A: Lanyards & Badge Holders. $250 + cost of the materials (or you provide this is a great add-on for marketing your company/business)

Option #B: Speaker shirts ($1500). Our logo on the front, your logo on the sleeves / back.

Option #C: Volunteer Party ($1000). We host an event for the speakers, sponsors, and main volunteers the Friday night before the event from 7-9 pm.

Option #D: After Party ($500). This would run from 5-7 pm and usually includes soft drinks and appetizers, but we can customize this if you would like to do more.

ATTENDEE INFORMATION:
Unless the attendee specifically requests that their information not be shared, sponsors will receive contact information for all attendees.

For credit cards, please use the link below:

https://www.zeffy.com/donation-form/2025-sql-saturday-san-diego-sponsorship

For other forms of payments like Zelle and ACH, please send an email to:

sqlsatsd@datadriventechnologies.org

Cancellation Policy

Any cancellation that is caused by us will result in a full refund. It’s really that simple – no event, no expenses, no need for sponsorship money.

Raffle Management

Raffle registration is used to opt-in attendee information with our sponsors.  Remember the raffle prize is your key to success and the better the prize the more leads you will collect. Attendees must be present to win.

We will manage the raffle, collect, clean up, and de-dup the data for you and send you the leads after the event.  We will let you know who the raffle winners are, and you can send them the prize.  At the same time, we strongly recommend we take over prize disbursement as well, to be a one-stop shop for an entire raffle lifecycle. Please let us know if you would like to handle the raffle prize on your own. 

Goodbye Eventbrite (for User Group) and Hello Meetup!

We are officially moving our LA Data Platform User Group meeting platform from Eventbrite to Meetup. This change will be finalized by April 30, 2024.

We started using Eventbrite a decade ago. Back in 2013, our user group was called SQL Malibu, was led by Julie Koesmarno, and we had a physical venue. Eventbrite was completely free to use for free events, and it was a great solution that we kept using beyond the user group meetings. We used that for the 2017 SQL Saturday in LA event and for all the events that followed after that, paying a small percentage of revenue for non-free tickets. In total, we have managed well over 100 meetings using Eventbrite.

Fast forward to today, Eventbrite is asking for money even for free events. While in theory, it’s still free (up to 25 free tickets), practically it’s no longer free. Even with 50% off for nonprofits, it’s still more than $0 that we used to pay before.

Given that our user group is already on Meetup and we don’t have to pay for it due to a partnership with Microsoft, it looks like a win-win. We can save money on Eventbrite and have less overhead publishing the same event on both platforms.

Feel free to join our Meetup page here – https://www.meetup.com/los-angeles-data-platform/

Feel free to join our Mailing list here – https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/l0u9k0

Goodbye PayPal for credit cards and Hello Zeffy!

We are officially moving our non-profit credit card processing operations from PayPal to Zeffy (event sponsorship for now). This change will be finalized by April 30, 2024.

Back in 2023, we moved from PayPal to Stripe to only discover that Stripe is charging extra for invoicing. Invoicing didn’t cost us a lot, but this was an extra cost, was not transparent and we went back to PayPal. We are very frugal with our expenses after all.

After our Stripe experience, we tested a few more platforms and finally in 2024, we found our new sweet home. We have finally found a provider that allows our non-profit to keep 100% of all the proceeds. With Zeffy, we pay no fees for credit card transactions and the only downside of Zeffy is the lack of PayPal’s look and feel. The main reason for that is Zeffy’s main purpose is fundraising. A small price to pay for paying zero fees.

Ready to use Zeffy? Click on the link below and forget about fees!

https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/referral?referredByOrganizationId=a79a9f31-ace2-47b1-bb99-c027805314a9