Hi! I’m Roberta Vigilance, owner of Vigilance Style & Grace (VSG). I help event planners successfully secure sponsors for their events.
I specialize in partnering with event planners who are passionate about making an impact through community-focused events. Whether you're organizing for underserved communities, IT professionals, or any other group, if your event is designed to bring people together, create impact, or provide fun, I can help you secure the sponsors needed to fund and elevate it.
At VSG, we approach the sponsorship process with a win-win mindset, and it’s at the heart of everything we do. We create meaningful partnerships that deliver measurable results for both event planners and sponsors.
My sponsorship journey began with planning events myself, so I understand the time, effort, and expertise required to attract, secure, and retain sponsors. That’s where I come in. I offer a range of services, including personalized coaching, strategic consulting, and sales training, to guide clients through the sponsorship process in a simplified, strategic, and successful way.
I’ve had the privilege of working with clients in North America, Africa, and Europe, and I’m eager to continue growing globally. I’m passionate about creating win-win partnerships between event planners and sponsors, and I’m open to working with event planners anywhere on the planet (or even beyond, if you’ve got an event on Mars!). No matter where you’re located, I’m committed to helping you navigate the sponsorship landscape with expertise and confidence.
Let’s work together to make your sponsorship journey a success!
This photo was taken in 2001 at the 'Teen Fashion & Talent Show,' an event that attracted many sponsors. Looking back, I realize that my belief in the purpose of the event and my unwavering passion were the driving forces for planning events, even before I fully grasped the concept of sponsorship. Though I didn’t have a mentor or a clear roadmap, my conviction in the value of my events kept me going. It wasn’t just about asking for money—it was about offering something valuable to brands that resonated with my audience. My journey was shaped by persistence, trial and error, and a deep sense that I was being guided by something bigger than myself. There were setbacks along the way, but I kept moving forward, fueled by a vision I couldn’t ignore.
I'm not just a bridge for financial support. I'm empowering events to be more meaningful, brands to be more human, and audiences to feel more connected—one sponsored-event at a time. It’s a legacy of win-win.
Driven by a passion to help college students break into the entertainment industry without compromising their values, she began her journey by planning events for them and seeking money to implement her events. Her goal was to educate and network these young individuals, and she thought a networking event could make that vision real with the necessary funds.
Beginning with no connections and no money, she built her expertise in securing sponsors from the ground up. Her experience showed that anyone with passion and the right knowledge could secure sponsors for their events.
She did know about sponsorship. Her relentless drive to get funding for her events led her to sponsorship and securing sponsors for all of her events. She built her reputation as an innovative sponsorship expert and frontrunner across the globe.
Her mission is to continue to share her knowledge worldwide, helping event planners and organizations secure sponsors to support events that help their communities thrive. By showing them how to secure sponsors for their own meaningful events, she empowers people to turn ideas into reality and make positive changes in the world.
Her proven techniques, practical guidance, and passion for helping her audience achieve success, empower organizers to confidently secure sponsors and elevate their events to new levels of success. With a purpose to educate, support, and find solutions, she is here to help you succeed.
Whether it's your first time securing sponsors, you feel unsure about qualifying for sponsorship, or your team needs guidance, she is here to guide you. She’ll teach and advise you on building win-win sponsorships for truly successful outcomes.
An overcomer!
Loves music!
Enjoy comedy!
A vegan!
First person of color to write books on planning sponsored-events and securing sponsors!
Watch Christmas movies all year round!
Born in New York City and raised in a village in Guyana!
"Each One, Teach One."
African-American proverb
"Who Feels It, Knows It."
African and Caribbean cultures
"Love All. Trust A Few. Do Wrong to Noone." William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well
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Contact us today, and let’s discuss how we can help you achieve sponsorship success for your event.
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