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Could you host a benefit auction in a shopping mall?
In their efforts to avoid empty storefronts triggered by a poor economy, some shopping centers are offering non-profits free space or deeply discounted rent if they move into these vacant stores. The question is, could you host a benefit auction in it?
Benefit auction floor crew member Julie sings the opera. (Sort of.)
One of the Red Apple Auctions floor crew is competing in an opera-inspired “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” lyric competition. Watch her video.
Charity auction technology idea: Get more benefit auction bang for your Twitter buck
Heard of Twitter? Twitter has become more accessible to everyone as it now converts tweet posts to text messages. It means you can get great benefit auction content from Twitter, even if you don’t have a Twitter account.
Fundraising auctions in New York: Prepare your entries for Style Awards
BizBash has opened its proverbial Web doors to accept entries for the 2010 New York Event Style Awards. If you’ve hosted a fundraising auction in NYC in the last year and want to enter, the deadline is September 24.
Here’s quite a spectacle to nab for your silent auction fundraiser
Harry Potter fans (and there’s no shortage of them at your benefit auction) will snap up tickets to Harry Potter, The Exhibition. A couple of passes to the traveling exhibit would be a popular addition to your silent auction.
School auction planning starts this month. Get fired up!
School auction chairpersons have a few tasks to manage as the school year begins. Here are three benefit auction action items worth initiating promptly.
Congrats to the finalists in the 2010 BizBash Chicago Event Style awards
Finalists for the 2010 BizBash Chicago Event Style awards have been announced. Some of the events had auctions … maybe one will win.
“Demolishing” the idea that you need a glamorous charity auction item
Getting to legally crash a car again and again is worth paying for. One auction bidder paid $3000 to give his son the chance to wreck a car in a demolition derby. Here’s the story, and some ideas on making it work for your charity auction.
Silent auction entertainment? Maybe. For the 20-something crowd.
Some new technology geared for dance parties might actually be workable for a silent auction, especially those targeting Millennials.
A random benefit auction idea turns out to be a real-life growing business
A casual idea suggested for a benefit auction item turns out to be a real-life growing business. If a company can build this concept into a full-fledged amusement park, it’s certainly worth pursuing as a donation for your auction fundraiser.
