Save the Date
Mark your calendars for April 3-5, 2025, and plan to join us back in New Orleans, Louisiana, for the 2025 AMA International Collegiate Conference!
The 2025 conference will be packed with engaging chapter experiences, insightful career prep programming and invaluable networking opportunities. Compete with your peers in thrilling competitions, gain inspiration from renowned keynote speakers and connect with like-minded individuals who share your passion for excellence.
Don’t miss out—make plans to meet us in New Orleans and elevate your collegiate experience!
Boost Your Fundraising Efforts
Looking for some fresh and fun ways to raise funds? We’ve got you covered! Check out these creative and effective fundraising ideas that will help you reach your goals.
- Faculty Pie in the Face: Organize an event where students can donate to see faculty members get a pie in the face.
- Chapter Movie Night: Charge $50 for businesses to run ad spots before the movie starts, charge students for movie tickets, facilitate snack sales, and offer sponsorship opportunities.
- Bingo Fundraiser: Collect prizes from local businesses, charge for entry and bingo cards, and sell snacks during the event.
- Karaoke Night: Rent a karaoke machine and work with your campus to find a location for the event. Charge an entry fee and invite students to showcase their vocal talents and support a great cause.
- Gaming Tournament: Charge entry fees, and solicit donations for prizes for winners. It’s a great way to get the gaming community involved and have fun while raising funds.
- Client Projects: Position chapter work as agency projects and secure funding by taking on 4 to 6 client projects.
- Headshot Session: Host an event where professional headshots are taken. Charge a fee for student members and non-members. To reduce costs, use a team member who’s in marketing/reporting/communications or enjoys photography to take the photos.
- Tutoring Services: Offer tutoring for donations to help students on and off campus.
- Restaurant Nights: Partner with a local restaurant and receive a percentage of the sales for the chapter funding.
- Golf or Bowling Outings: Organize fun community-building golf/mini-golf or bowling outings to secure funds.
- Career Fairs: Host small career fairs on campus and charge businesses a fee to participate. Invite them to recruit marketing and business students.
- Silent Auction: Solicit donations from area businesses, display items for bidding, and encourage participants to place bids to raise funds.
- Sponsorship Packages: Offer sponsorship packages to include speaker spots at workshops at your local event, sponsor placements on chapter t-shirts and career fair engagements.
- Paid Ads: Sell advertising space to be showcased at fundraising and other events through slideshows or videos.
- State Funding Proposal: Submit proposals to the school for state funding to help secure chapter funding.
“I enjoyed listening to inspiring speakers share their career stories, the impressive competitions, the energetic conference atmosphere, and finding valuable networking opportunities at the career fair.”
-2024 Attendee
Why Attend?
Dynamic Competitions
Showcase your marketing savvy and creative expertise by competing against peers in dynamic competitions to solve real-world business problems as your strategies and skills are put to the test.
Innovative Insights
Attend sessions led by industry experts, exploring the latest trends that are transforming the marketing landscape.
Chapter Leadership Sessions
Foster development through enlightening sessions designed to build leadership skills and enhance chapter performance.
Networking
Cultivate meaningful connections with peers and recruiters to share insights, and uncover strategies to kickstart your marketing career.
Career Guidance
Unlock your professional potential with engaging speaker sessions and practical workshops designed to give you the tools to thrive after graduation.
Recognition
Celebrate your hard work, dedication and impressive achievements at the highly anticipated annual awards banquet—a favorite among attendees.
“I gained lots of insights from other chapters on how to improve our own. The advice from speakers and the 1-on-1 time with experienced marketers was invaluable.”
– 2024 Attendee
AMA Event Policies
Event Location
Sheraton New Orleans
500 Canal Street
New Orleans, LA 70130
Phone: (504) 525-2500
BOOKING LINK COMING SOON!
We’ve secured an AMA room block at a special rate of $259.00 single/double/triple/quad occupancy per night (excluding taxes and applicable fees, which are currently 16.20% + $3.00 per room per night, but are subject to change).
Internet Service
Complimentary basic internet access will be provided in guest rooms.
Airport
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
Distance From Property: 14.8 Miles
Area Information
Located on historic Canal Street just steps from the French Quarter, the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel is a short walk from Bourbon Street and steps away from the Mississippi River. The Warehouse Arts District, Harrah’s Casino, the Aquarium of the Americas, IMAX Theater, the Superdome are all nearby, as are major malls including the Outlet Collection at Riverwalk, French Market and The Shops at Canal Place. Please visit New Orleans & Company for additional city information. https://www.neworleans.com/
ADA
The AMA is committed to providing equal access to our meetings for all attendees. If you are an attendee with a disability and require program accommodations, please contact the AMA Support Center at (800) AMA-1150. A member of our staff will ensure that appropriate access arrangements are made. If you have specific disability-related needs for your hotel sleeping room, please be sure to communicate those directly to the hotel when you make your reservation. In an effort to provide the highest quality of service to all attendees, we require that details of all access requests be communicated to our office at least 14 days in advance of the beginning of the meeting.