Reimagining Your Workforce Sponsorship Springfield

Support Reimagining Your Workforce: Breaking Barriers Together

Reimagining Your Workforce will bring together employers, workforce professionals, community leaders, and service providers to share practical strategies for finding, hiring, retaining, and supporting talent from often-overlooked workforce populations.

Sponsorships help keep the conference affordable, provide meals and refreshments, support speakers and programming, supply participant materials, and create opportunities for employers and community partners to build meaningful connections. We cannot make this conference possible without the generosity of our sponsors.

Sponsorship Opportunities

Presenting Sponsor — $2,500
Provides significant support for the two-day conference and includes premier recognition as a presenting sponsor.

Arvest Bank Lunch Sponsor A huge thank you to Arvest Bank for sponsoring our lunches again this year. 

Conference Partner — $1,000
Supports conference programming, speakers, participant resources, and event operations.

Supporting Sponsor — $500
Helps offset event expenses and keeps conference registration affordable.

Community Champion — $300
Supports refreshments, participant materials, and conference activities.

Community Partner — $200
Helps provide resources and materials for employers and community partners.

Conference Supporter — $100
Contributes to the overall accessibility and success of the conference.

Friend of the Conference — $50
Provides meaningful support for supplies, refreshments, and participant needs.

In-kind sponsorships are also welcome and may include meals, refreshments, printing, participant materials, promotional items, or other event-related resources.

All sponsors will be recognized in conference marketing and promotions, conference materials, social media posts, news releases, and during the conference. The level of recognition will reflect the sponsorship amount and the timing of the contribution.

Your support will help employers and community partners gain practical resources, proven strategies, and valuable connections that strengthen fair-chance hiring, employee retention, workplace success, and regional economic vitality.

Dates: September 22, 2026
Location: Jay Wasson Idea Loft at Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise Center (efactory)
Address: 405 N. Jefferson Ave., Springfield, MO 65806

Thank you for investing in employers, workers, and stronger communities. We cannot do this work without your support.

We gratefully recognize the partners whose continued support makes Reimagining Your Workforce possible. Arvest Bank is sponsoring the conference lunch, the City of Springfield’s Workforce and Economic Vitality team is providing the IDEA Loft, and the NEXUS Workforce Development Network is serving as the conference’s coordinating partner.

Note: MU Extension Council tax exempt and W-9 forms are included here for your use.