Procurement
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.
“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.
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.
Great charity auction donations come from those “doing it anyway.”
If you ask people to share something they already love doing, it’s easier to procure items for your charity auction. Here’s a couple of ideas to get you started with your auction acquisitions.
Spring benefit auction idea: Grow auction revenue with a Garden Club Tour
Have you asked your local Garden Club for a donation to their annual Garden Tour? Two tickets to their Garden Tour could grow the revenue in your own auction fundraiser.
Auction Tips for Selling Art in your Fundraiser – Part 2
Art can be a tough sell at an auction fundraiser. In this post, Washington, DC-based fundraising auctioneer Sherry Truhlar gives some pointers on how to sell it. This is Part 2 of the 2-part post.
Auction Tips for Selling Art in your Fundraiser – Part 1
Art can be a tough sell at an auction fundraiser. In this post, Virginia auctioneer Sherry Truhlar, CMP, BAS gives some pointers on how to sell it. This is Part 1.
Congrats, you won the auction item! Will you bother redeeming it?
An article in the Chicago Business Journal catches charity auctioneer Sherry Truhlar’s eye. She muses over what percentage of winning bidders ever use the items they purchase.
Auction Item Idea for Procurement: Sleigh Ride
Ah, it’s that time of year when a sleigh ride might be on your activity list. Before you leave the premises, be sure to ask for a donation for your auction.
Auction Procurement Tip: Use Your Location to Help Make Connections to Celebrities
When you have your sensors up, you can find auction donations everywhere you go. In this post, benefit auctioneer Sherry Truhlar talks about a donation idea she concocted while attending a Pink Martini concert. She offers suggestions on ways you can connect with celebrities just by virtue of “where you are.”
