{"id":28066,"date":"2024-04-03T15:51:22","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T19:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/actec.matrixdev.net\/?page_id=28066"},"modified":"2024-04-04T12:08:54","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T16:08:54","slug":"2024-annual-meeting-sponsor-highlights","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/actec.matrixdev.net\/become-a-sponsor\/2024-annual-meeting-sponsor-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 Annual Meeting Sponsor Highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Over 1,070 Fellows, spouses, guests, and sponsor representatives met at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge in Phoenix, Arizona, March 6-10, to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the College. A record number of supportive sponsor companies attended offering services from appraisals and valuations to tax and charitable planning. All attending sponsors had the option of attending the robust Professional Programs. ACTEC thanks our sponsor companies for their support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Annual Meeting Sponsors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Learn more about becoming an actec sponsor<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Sponsor Perspective: Deborah Schmidt Robinson<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

During the 2024 Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Deborah (Deb) Schmidt Robinson<\/a>, shared her unique experience as a representative at the first ACTEC Annual National Meeting to allow sponsorships. Deb explained how her first Annual Meeting sponsorship came to be, what that first experience of sponsoring an ACTEC Annual Meeting was like, and why she continues to sponsor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How did your first Annual Meeting sponsorship come to be?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to 2003, the College only offered sponsorships for State and Regional Meetings. ACTEC Fellow Carlyn McCaffrey<\/a>, who was ACTEC President at the time, called and offered me (with Sotheby\u2019s at the time) the opportunity to be one of the first sponsors of an ACTEC National Meeting. She invited us to sponsor the 2003 Annual Meeting in Puerto Rico and laid out clearly what the sponsorship would include: Three sponsor representatives only could attend; the cost was $25,000; we would only be able to participate in the event we sponsored (where we would be thanked as the sponsor of the event); there was no sponsor table; and no signage or literature was allowed. She also offered that many in the College did not wish to have sponsors at the meetings so our participation would be watched closely. Without hesitation, I said, \u201cWe’re in!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite not having a table and minimal exposure, was the opportunity worthwhile for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Absolutely! We ended up sponsoring the President’s Welcome Reception. There was no sign\u2014Carlyn thanked Sotheby\u2019s and that was it! And I was seven months pregnant\u2014in hindsight, maybe not the best timing to travel so far but I would not have missed it.  (That’s how I remember it was 2003, because my son was born in May 2003.) Only four companies were sponsoring the 2003 Annual Meeting in Puerto Rico: Sotheby’s<\/a> (the company I was with at the time), Empire Valuation Consultants<\/a>, HSBC<\/a>, and Merrill Lynch<\/a>\u2014and look where we are today! While having a table is beneficial for visibility, networking with colleagues nationwide was the real value to that initial sponsorship. I knew that from the start, and it continues today. Having the table is great because people know where to find me, but the important thing is seeing the Fellows we know and meeting new Fellows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have you attended all of ACTEC’s Annual Meetings since 2003?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Initially, competitive companies could not attend the same ACTEC meeting. We alternated years with our competitors. For instance, Christie’s and Sotheby\u2019s would take turns. After leaving Sotheby’s in 2016 to start my own boutique art market consulting firm, I missed attending the Annual Meetings and seeing all the Fellows and spouses annually, at a minimum. So, I brought my new company, Art Market Advisors<\/a>, and secured our table at the 2018 Annual Meeting. Attending the Annual Meeting is a great touchpoint for me\u2014this is the one event I seriously look forward to all year long as I share many career and personal milestones with this exceptional group of professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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75 Years of ACTEC<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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75th Anniversary History <\/em>Book<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Fellows and attending sponsors received the 2024 Annual Meeting ACTEC 75th Anniversary History: An Update, Adding Twenty-Five Years to the 1999 History<\/a><\/em>, an important update to the 1999 History<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commemorative Video<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The commemorative video, 75 Years of ACTEC<\/em>, was played during the Annual Business Meeting on Friday, March 8. The College shares the video below in which Past Presidents share their unique thoughts and perspectives on the organization’s history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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