Advertising and Exhibits
About the Meeting
The Best Market for U.S. History Books, Products, and Services
The Organization of American Historians is the premier professional association dedicated to excellence in the scholarship, teaching, and presentation of the American past. Each year, college and university professors, community college professors, public historians, archivists, precollegiate teachers, and students gather at the OAH Annual Meeting to discuss and learn about the best new work in American history research and theory, to make professional contacts, and to view the latest books, products, and services in the exhibit hall. Many attendees are the decision makers responsible for American history precollegiate, college, and university curriculum course content and textbook adoptions at their institutions.
Exhibitor Information
One-on-One Opportunities for Book Sales and Conversations
Reserve space in the OAH/NCPH Annual Meeting exhibit hall and have access to your most interested and targeted audience for U.S. history titles, products, and services. More than two thousand college, university, and community college history professors; public historians and archivists; precollegiate historians; and graduate students visit the exhibit hall during the convention, anxious to see the best and latest in scholarly publications, digital media, online teaching resources and other products and services pertaining to the study and teaching of American history. Many attendees are responsible for curriculum development of individual precollegiate and collegiate classes and departments. The exhibit hall is ranked consistently by attendees as one of the most important reasons to attend the annual meeting.
Silent Auction
Join us for the 2012 OAH Silent Auction!
In addition to exhibiting at the meeting, increase your impact among attendees by contributing to the 2012 OAH Silent Auction. Your contribution will add an additional opportunity to promote your organization and publications to OAH and NCPH members and nonmembers as well. Silent Auction items will be on display in the exhibit hall throughout the meeting, and we encourage exhibitors to use their donation to drive traffic to an exhibit booth. The winners will be announced at the OAH Awards and Presidential Address on Saturday afternoon.
Digital Advertising
OAH Annual Meeting Website Advertising
Launch your sales efforts by promoting new American history titles, products, and services to thousands of potential customers during the months leading up to the OAH Annual Meeting. Many American historians, professionals, and graduate students will visit http://annualmeeting.oah.org between January and April 2012. Placing an ad on this high-traffic location allows you to capture attention early and direct traffic to the URL of your choice. Whether your ad links to a company home page or a specially designed marketing page, the connection is instant.
Program Advertising
The Most Popular OAH Print Advertising Venue
Let the OAH/NCPH Annual Meeting Program launch your latest American history titles, products, and services to all of the OAH’s 8,000 members and the NCPH’s 1,500 members. The Program is the most sought-after print promotional tool offered by the OAH, with nearly half of its pages devoted to advertising. The OAH/NCPH Annual Meeting Program is essential reading for the thousands of historians who gather each spring to discuss the best new research in American history, make professional contacts, explore the host city, and discover the latest titles and products in the meeting exhibit hall. The Program also delivers important information about new trends, books, and products to those who cannot attend the annual meeting.
Sponsorships
Make a lasting impression.
As the world’s largest international convention specifically for those who study and teach American history, the OAH Annual Meeting is an ideal venue for networking with and creating a lasting impression on precollegiate teachers, graduate students, public historians, and university professors. Sponsorship provides maximum visibility before, during, and after the conference, while reinforcing your organization’s name and image to attendees. Your organization can sponsor a reception, a meeting publication, Internet access for attendees, a refreshment break in the exhibit hall, or any of our other popular options. Sponsors are recognized in both the Annual Meeting Program and Onsite Program, and on signage at the meeting.
