The Ultimate Bag of Freebies
By Lauren Goldstein

(FORTUNE Magazine) – The best part about speaking at corporate off-sites is, of course, the freebies. Yes, the exotic locales and fancy dinners are nice. But the stuff--the tote bags, the Beefy-T's, the logo watches.... Well. You think you're living large? Get a load of the gift pack the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gives its presenters at the Oscars: a three-foot-wide basket filled with goodies so valuable that it comes with a security guard to carry it to the parking lot after the show. Just for uttering a few bad jokes and opening an envelope, the lowliest best-lighting-in-a-foreign-animated-film presenter drives home with a bundle of baubles worth over $10,000. Here's a partial list of what they get.

--Lauren Goldstein

--Tag Heuer watch, $1,050 --Two Christofle champagne flutes, $250 --Frederic Fekkai gift certificate, $250 --Giorgio Armani tie, $125 --Salvatore Ferragamo scarf, $255 --The Peninsula Beverly Hills gift certificate, $1,000 --Nikon Nuvis S camera, $350 --Blockbuster VIP gift card, $100