SASPEN PM Ward Round Club is a monthly event that takes place on the last Thursday of the month from February to November each year. This was previously an additional club that SASPEN or Non- SASPEN members could sign up for. With the review of membership categories, a decision was made by council to incorporate SASPEN PM Ward Round Club membership into the full SASPEN membership category. In that regard all SASPEN members will have access to join the meetings from February 2023, allowing for a much wider platform.

With that in mind the PM Ward Round Club monthly sponsorship package will in future be:

• Access to a wider audience by opening the membership to all SASPEN members.

   

• The sponsoring company will be featured on the SASPEN social media pages, newsletters,website and emails for the month leading up to the meeting.

   

• The sponsoring company canprovide product content to be posted on social mediaplatforms twice a week for the month leading up to the meeting. All advertisementsmust be reference and in line with the R911 and other applicable marketing codes.

• The sponsoring company can provide one referenced product advertisement for publication in the quarterly SASPEN Talk newsletter for the quarter that the sponsorship falls into.

•  The company logo and mention of the company name will be featured in all correspondence related to the event for the month leading up to the meeting. This will include SASPEN Social media posts once a week and a reminder email to all members once a week.

• A referenced advertisement on the SASPEN website for the month leading up to the meeting. The advertisement will be featured on the website with a link to the company website for the month.

• The sponsoring company will be provided with a 15-minute slot prior to the start of the monthly meeting. During this slot the company can address meeting attendees on any matter of their choice. Provided that the content is in line with the R911 and other applicable marketing codes.

• The sponsoring company can nominate four people, not necessarily company employees, to attend the meeting free of charge. This benefit can be used to nominate non-SASPEN members who the company might think has an interest in the topic that will be discussed for the month.

• Recordings of the meetings will be available on the SASPEN website following the event. For access by SASPEN Members.

• Companies taking part in the SASPEN PM Ward Round Club sponsorship will receive access to SASPEN social media platforms for advertising and marketing of company sponsored events for the year in which sponsorship is taken up.

• This package will be available at R15 000 per month sponsored. Companies interested in sponsoring more than one meeting for the year will receive additional sponsorships based on availability at a reduced rate of R10 000 per additional event.

  SASPEN council revised the trade sponsorship packages to offer a smaller package to companies not able to support the PM Ward Round concept.

   

  The trade sponsorship package will offer the following:

   

• The sponsoring company can provide one referenced product advertisement for publication in the quarterly SASPEN Talk newsletter once a year.

   

• A referenced advertisement on the SASPEN website twice a year. The advertisement will be featured on the website with a link to the company website for a month at a time.

   

• A referenced advertisement on SASPEN Social media platforms twice a year. The post will be posted on all social media platforms once off.

   

• Advertising and marketing of company sponsored events on SASPEN social media platforms for two events per year.

   

• Complimentary registration to a local ESPEN LLL workshop for 3 nominated company employees per year. LLL workshops take place during the CCSSA/SASPEN yearly congress and as a virtual event during the year.

   

• This package will be available at R7 500 per year.

   

  Ad hoc requests from companies, who did not take up sponsorship package with the society, to advertise on social media platforms will not be granted from 1 January 2023. Preference for other sponsorship opportunities will be given to companies who support the SASPEN PM Ward Round initiative and companies that take up Trade Sponsorship packages.

   

  If you are interested in taking up a trade sponsorship package, please make contact with the SASPEN secretariat, James Shaw, at info@saspen.co.za and Lynette Cilliers at Lynette.Cilliers@westerncape.gov.za for more information.

   

  On behalf of SASPEN we would like to thank the trade for supporting the society in 2022 in promoting clinical nutrition and education in South Africa. We look forward to working with you in 2023.