How does this Work?
We work with you and your team to make your next auction the most profitable in the organization's history, to lay the groundwork for future growth and establish a culture for further groundbreaking philanthropy.
Let's get into the nitty-gritty of what we can do for you!
- Develop strategies to increase profits in any economy
- Determine the type of items which sell best
- Discuss best planing for a silent auction
- Empower your organization to raise more money
- Learn advanced fundraising strategies
- Increase underwriter benefits and involvement
- Event logistics management
- Empower your board to raise more money
Audience Development & Motivation
- How to put more power bidders in your audience
- Techniques to increase and elevate bidder participation
- Best strategies to conduct a "Fund-a-Need" appeal
- Cultivate new donors and sponsors
Item Acquisition
- High-yield silent and live auction items
- Top selling items - what items sells best!
- Five categories of auction items to avoid!
- Item solicitation techniques and coaching
Innovative Money Making Ideas
- Fund a need strategies and methods
- Twelve new creative revenue streams
- Innovative activities that boost revenue
Maximum Impact Marketing
- Create a dynamic climate for giving
- Connect your guest to your cause
- Auction catalogs that make money
Event Strategies and Planning
- Event profit forecasting
- Effective auction committees and job descriptions
- Volunteer, board and staff training
- Event timing to maximize revenues
- Sound and lighting specifications
- Tour auction venue to recommend layout and set up
Live and Silent Auctions
- Creative sequencing of live auction items and bid increments
- How to best run a silent auction
- Selection of silent, big board and live items
- Pre-bidding and absentee bidding
- Silent auction bidding systems
- Silent auction guaranteed bidding
- Silent auction set up and display
- Live auction staging and display
Forms and Procedures
- Silent and live auction forms
- Streamlined registration and cashiering
- Auction logistics
Evaluation
- Strategic analysis of auction revenues and procedures
- Mine your auction data
- Pre and post-auction consultation
Lights, Camera, Auction!
- Add entertainment and fun
- Multi-media approaches
- Orchestrate music and entertainment into the auction
New Technology
- Benefit auction software
- Express check out and credit card processing
- Online registration and payment systems
- Online bidding systems
Training & Coaching
Volunteers, board and staff, sponsors, auction committees
