Associate Membership

Are you a tree care industry supplier, manufacturer or service provider?

Discover the many TCIA Associate Membership tools that can help grow your business:

• Preferred exhibit booth rates at TCI EXPO
  The world’s largest trade show for the Arborist Industry. Associate members receive up to 25% off booth space registration - your savings may even cover the cost of membership. TCIA promotes the show heavily in advance to increase sales of your equipment, supplies and services. In addition, upon request, current TCI EXPO exhibitors receive FREE (electronic listing only) pre- and/or post-show attendee lists for additional marketing. 

• One FREE Listing twice/year in TCI Magazine Buyers’ Guide.
  An excellent way to highlight your products or services to TCIA members and more than 24,000 magazine subscribers. Advertising and marketing message available at special member rates.
  - Download, complete and send us our Product and Services List PDF. This will be used for our Buyers’ Guide and Suppliers’ Directory.

• Online Supplier Directory .
  Associate members are published in the Supplier Directory, an online buyers’ guide with a company description and logo. Banner ads available for more exposure. TCIA.org receives over 15,000 visitors every month.
  - Download, complete and send us our Product and Services List PDF. This will be used for our Buyers’ Guide and Suppliers’ Directory.

• Exceptional advertising opportunities in Tree Care Industry (TCI) Magazine.
  TCIA’s official four-color monthly publication, TCI Magazine, is the most widely read magazine in the industry, with an audited circulation of more than 24,000 arborist and green industry subscribers that generates qualified leads.

• Efficient, custom-designed, pre-sorted mailing lists.
  Almost 2,000 TCIA member companies, TCI Magazine subscriber list available to Associate Members for rental.  TCI EXPO pre-and/or post-show attendee lists (approximately 2,000) are available to current exhibitors.

• Preferred display advertising rates.
  Discounted advertising opportunities (advertisements, inserts, etc.) in TCIA’s monthly full-color TreeWorker newsletter printed and emailed to over 2,500 companies every month.

• Associate Member Director Representation on TCIA’s Board of Directors.

How to Join

• Complete the online membership application or

• Download an Associate membership application to mail or fax to TCIA

If you have questions or would like more information about TCIA associate membership, contact Dave Lee or Tom Dunn.

In addition to the associate member benefits, TCIA offers its associate members the opportunity to support a variety of programs that directly benefit our members.

• Partners Advancing Commercial Treecare (PACT)
  PACT is a strategic partnership with TCIA that will allow your company to gain maximum exposure to our membership. Our partners work with us in everything we do to advance tree care businesses. Your message is woven into our framework, reaching owners while they’re engaged.
• Host trainings and workshops at your facility, potentially funded by the Arborist Safety Training Institute. 
  TCIA hosts numerous classroom and outdoor workshops throughout the year. The opportunity exists to hold these events as your facility.
• Develop educational programs.
  Advance safety training and educational instruction by working with TCIA’s team to develop content for training manuals and workshops specific to your company’s products.
• Voice for Trees Political Action Committee Dinner & Auction.
  It’s the highlight of the Winter Management Conference and you can be a part of it.  Attend the event or donate an auction item. The funds raised help TCIA to continue to place commercial arboriculture on Washington’s priority list and establish TCIA as a primary source of industry standards and as a partner in legislation and regulation deliberations. 
• Support the next generation of arborists.
  The Robert Felix Memorial Golf Tournament, held at Winter Management Conference, and Student Career Days, held at TCI EXPO, raise funds for students of arboriculture. Numerous opportunities are available to be involved in either event

If you have a creative sponsorship idea, we want to hear about it! Please contact Amy Tetreault, with any questions or ideas, at 800-733-2622, or atetreault@tcia.org.