Inspired Champion Partner Proposal

Champion package
FOR PURPOSE-DRIVEN BUSINESSES
"Be the change you wish to
see in the world."
MAHATMA GANDHI
Do good.
Inspire others.
Change
the world.
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STEP UP AS A GAME CHANGING
SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS BUSINESS LEADER
If you’re seeking to stake your claim as a socially
conscious business leader driven by a bigger purpose,
we are your people. Each year, Inspired partners with
a maximum of 10 big-hearted can-do corporate
sponsors – stand out companies who care not just
about bottom lines but about making a difference. We
set you apart from your competition by helping you
to emphasise your strong values. How do we do this?
By crafting your own personalised issue of Inspired
Magazine. Yep, we’ll do all the hard work to produce a
stunning print magazine branded with your logo and
letter for you to give your staff and clients. And we’ll
throw in a load of other perks too.
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Previous page Young
Afghan girls like this
one experience soaring
confidence after
mastering the art of
skateboarding.
Above An Afghan girl
at work in a Skateistan
art cla s.
Top right Skateistan’s
girl skaters in Kabul.
Above right Oliver
(right) has worked on
relationship building
with Afghans of a l ages.
Photo – Chad Foreman
OLIVER PERCOVICH
CONNECTION THROUGH SKATING
Intrigued by the possibilities, O lie convinced a friend
in the skateboard industry to donate more boards
and started holding impromptu skating lessons in
public places in Kabul. “I had no money, everyone
thought I was tota ly crazy but for me it made a lot of
sense,” he reca ls.
Many of the lessons took place in a dish-shaped
concrete fountain built by the Russians during their
invasion of the country. At firs the boys were his
sole students, while the girls stood far back, smiling
shy smiles and giggling behind their hands. Within
two weeks the girls were standing on the edge of the
fountain watching, intrigued. A few weeks later and
they were on skateboards.
While Afghan girls aren’t a lowed to ride bikes,
skateboarding was such a new entity it hadn’t had
the chance to be outlawed. The girls relished the
opportunity to escape the sidelines.
After one girls-only session in the fountain, O lie
watched gobsmacked as the girls – some middle
class, some desperately poor – joined hands and
started singing and dancing as one. He caught a
glimpse of the trust, the sense of community, that a
shared love of skateboarding could forge.
SKATEBOARDING-EDUCATION LINK FORGED
O lie go to know the kids he was teaching and
realised many worked the streets to help support
their families and were therefore unable to a tend
school. Among these kids was Fazi la, whose parents
had taken her out of school to beg fu l-time on
Afghanistan’s grey streets. O lie approached her
parents with a deal. Could Fazi la go back to school if
O lie paid her $1 a day? Her parents agreed. And the
link between skating and education was formed.
But O lie was so broke he was sleeping on friends’
couches, so hard up for money that he’d a tend
market at closing time to bargain fo ro ten frui to and enabling them to access
eat. He knew the $1 a day a rangement couldn’t last school.
for Fazi la, let alone a l the other kids he dreamed of Several students who’ve
helping.
completed Skateistan’s
Youth Leadership program
have gone on to represent
Impressed by what he witnessed during O lie’s Afghanistan at UNICEF
skating sessions, a friend of O lie’s a ranged a
events in Germany. One
meeting between O lie and the incoming president of young girl a tended
the Afghan Olympic commi tee. O lie convinced the the World Urban Forum
presiden to donate some land and then embarked a in Columbia along with
mass two-year fundraising e fort that resulted in the 20,000 other delegates as
construction of Afghanistan’s biggest indoor sports Afghanistan’s only female
facility – site of Skateistan’s first premises.
representative.
Skateistan would o fer skateboard instruction on Another boy, Noorzai, whom O lie
the condition its students embarked on one of three met as a street kid clad in filthy clothes,
programs – Skate and Create, in which students escalated through the ranks of Skateistan to
receive weekly skateboarding instruction alongside become sports coordinator of Skateistan’s north
an educational arts-based cu riculum; Back-to- Afghanistan operation. He is now enro led in law
School, an accelerated learning program that
school.
prepares out-of-school youth to enrol o re-enrol
in the public school system; and Youth Leadership,
in which participants help with skate sessions and For O lie the biggest satisfaction comes from
classroom lessons, help to plan and manage events, witnessing new relationships form and students’
and take part in special sports, arts, and multimedia confidence soar. “Over a period of weeks they gain
workshops.
a lot of confidence as they do something they never
Unlike traditional Afghan schooling which largely though they’d do,” he says. “And the relationships
operates on rote learning, Skateistan concentrated on they form are vita ly important.”
teaching critical thinking ski ls, enhancing creativity O lie gains particular satisfaction in seeing povertystricken
kids interact with their middle class peers
and encouraging self-expression. Skateistan also paid
some of its students to become instructors, freeing – something that otherwise rarely occurs. He watches
them of the need to peddle wares on Kabul’s streets the street kids, who are often bigge risk-takers and
DREAMING BIG
TRANSCENDING SOCIAL BARRIERS
Above Afghan girls
Wahila and Fazi la were
able to leave the streets
and return to education
thanks to Skateistan.
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Who are you?
You operate a successful organisation with a big heart. You are
driven not only by a desire for healthy bottom lines, but also by a
yearning to better the world. You’ve worked hard to achieve success
so that now you have the freedom to make a positive impact and
leave a lasting legacy. For your organisation, contribution is no
superficial public relations move, but rather a deep desire to give
back to your community.
As such you’re on the lookout for meaningful ways to contribute to
society. You seek to be positioned at the forefront of the groundswell
in purposeful and ethical business. You know it’s this attention to
contribution that will help you stand apart in your market.
Who are we?
ISSUE 1, 2015 $14.95
INSPIRED MAGAZINE
Inspired believes in the power of inspirational stories to forge a
better world. Inspired produces Inspired Magazine (annual print
and digital magazine) and runs Inspired Journeys to showcase
the work of inspirational people striving to protect and benefit
vulnerable people, animals and places.
We are a profit-for-purpose business.
Our purposes are:
1. To inspire positive change among our readers.
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2. To support not-for-profits by showcasing their work and provide
a pathway for readers to support their efforts financially.
3. To support charities by donating 25% of after tax net profits
to one of the charities we feature each year. We choose which
charity to donate to, based on voting by our followers -
including our corporate partners and their employees.
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From housewife to bear rescuer
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Revealing true beauty
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GOOD
STUFF
SAVING LIVES IN CAMBODIA
Horror at desperate acts sparks action
RHINO RESCUE
Risking life to save rhinos
AFGHANISTAN’S SKATER GIRLS
Education and smiles for war-wearied kids
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NEPAL’S LOST CHILDREN
Reuniting trafficked kids with their parents
SAVING BALI’S STREET DOGS
A life dedicated to dog rescue
FEARLESS MOTHER OF THOUSANDS
One women’s quest to save Cambodia’s orphans
ISSUE 3, 2018 $14.95
Linda Buller
LIVE
YOUR
LEGEND
A quest to live a life of meaning
Linda Buller has dedicated the past 20 years of her life to saving
Bali’s abused street dogs. As a survivor of abuse herself, she is awed
by the dogs’ capacity for recovery – at the way they can forgive
humans for abuse, and remain open to healing and love.
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New feature on ethical travel
“He caught a glimpse
of the trust, the sense of
community, that a shared
love of skateboarding
could forge.”
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Why partner with us?
As a purposeful business leader you’re looking for ways to lead the
groundswell of movement towards socially conscious business.
You’re seeking to contribute to the world, to do good, and to leave
a brand and personal legacy. You wish to express your strong
community-minded values to your employees and your clients.
But you’re so damned busy working in and on your business.
Inspired Magazine provides you with a marketing solution that
enables you to make an impact and express your strong values
to the world.
We produce your own personal issue of Inspired Magazine,
branded with your logo on the front cover and featuring an inside
front cover letter from you.
Producing such a magazine yourself would cost you many
thousands of dollars. But we do it all for you so you can
contribute to charity by helping us promote their work, while also
promoting your strong values with the personally branded print
run of Inspired Magazine for your staff and your clients.
BUSINESS BENEFITS:
• Staff attraction and retention
Employees these days are not just about earning a
buck. They yearn to experience a sense of purpose and
contribution in their work. By partnering with Inspired
Magazine your staff know they work for a socially
conscious organisation who cares.
• Validation of corporate values
This partnerships shows you walk the talk when it comes
to company values.
• Brand elevation
Your partnership with us elevates and cements your
brand to the ranks of the socially conscious businesses
who care.
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"The purpose of life is ... to be
useful, to be honorable, to be
compassionate, to have it make
some difference that you have
lived and lived well."
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
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NEPAL’S LOST CHILDREN
Reuniting trafficked kids with their parents
SAVING BALI’S STREET DOGS
A life dedicated to dog rescue
FEARLESS MOTHER OF THOUSANDS
One women’s quest to save Cambodia’s orphans
NEPAL’S LOST CHILDREN
Reuniting trafficked kids with their parents
SAVING BALI’S STREET DOGS
A life dedicated to dog rescue
FEARLESS MOTHER OF THOUSANDS
One women’s quest to save Cambodia’s orphans
ISBN 978-0-646-96358-7
9 780646 963587 >
LIVE
YOUR
LEGEND
A quest to live a life of meaning
INSPIRED TRAVEL – BORNEO
New feature on ethical travel
ISSUE 3, 2018 $14.95
YOUR LOGO
ISSUE 3, 2018 $14.95
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LIVE
YOUR
LEGEND
A quest to live a life of meaning
INSPIRED TRAVEL – BORNEO
New feature on ethical travel
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What you'll receive
BE A GAME CHANGER IN THE COMMUNITY
As an Inspired corporate sponsor you’ll be helping showcase the work
of the charities working on the ground to make a difference. You’ll be
helping promote and support the work of those dedicated to helping
animals, people and habitats in need of support and protection.
CLAIM YOUR SPACE AS A SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS LEADER.
In recognition of your role as such a leader you’ll receive:
• We’ll co-brand copies of the magazine especially for you, with
your logo and an inside front cover letter from you. It’s like
having your own feel-good, company magazine produced
entirely for you. Inspired’s annual magazine is a gorgeous 72pp
publication produced on quality matte paper with stunning
design, evocative stories and engaging photos.
• Front page co-branding and inside front cover letter in Inspired’s
digital issue. Inspired’s digital magazines feature the same
stunning design, stories and photos for which the print magazine
is so revered.
• 1 x full page advertisement in Inspired annual print magazine.
• 1 x full page advertisements in Inspired annual digital magazine.
• 150 hard copies of the Inspired Magazine print annual featuring
your co-branding and ad to distribute to your staff, clients and
followers, plus any extra copies you’d like at wholesale prices.
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• Unlimited free copies of Inspired Magazine digital annual,
featuring your ad, to distribute to your staff, clients and followers
as corporate gifts from you.
• Your business promoted as one of 10 Inspired partners on the
Inspired website, with a link to a profile about your and your
company (we can write it for you).
PRIORITY INVITES TO INSPIRED JOURNEY HOLIDAYS.
Your staff will receive priority invites to every Inspired Journey.
Consider sending your staff as part of a corporate volunteer program,
or as an incentive for reaching KPIs.
Find out more at www.inspired.org.au/journeys.
YOUR LETTER
INVESTMENT
Have a magazine produced
for your socially conscious
business for the 12-month
fee of:
$9797 + GST
As an Inspired corporate sponsor you’ll be
helping showcase the work of the charities
working on the ground to make a difference.
You’ll be helping promote and support the work
of those dedicated to helping animals, people and
habitats in need of support and protection.
SHow 'em what you got
YOUR AD
YOUR LOGO
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If people have purpose
and connect to others
they are going to be ok.
FLEUR PORTER
Incubators
Step up as a game-changing
socially conscious business leader
If you’re seeking to stake your claim as a socially
conscious business leader, please contact us to express
your interest.
Inspired Magazine takes a maximum of 10 partners a year.
Please register your interest in applying to partner with us
by emailing samille@inspired.org.au
STORIES TO UPLIFT, ENGAGE + INSPIRE
www.inspired.org.au
Contact
Inspired Magazine editor
Samille Mitchell
Email: samille@inspired.org.au
Phone: 0407 998 721.