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The Easy Way to Schedule Your Benefit Auction Committee Meeting

Here’s a simple online tool that will make scheduling benefit auction committee meetings a snap.

PODCAST: Getting your charity auction volunteers to buy-in and work

In this podcast, benefit auctioneer Sherry Truhlar shares a process she’s used to get a volunteer to buy-in.

Getting your charity auction volunteers to buy-in and work

How do you get auction volunteers to work? Benefit auctioneer Sherry Truhlar shares a process she uses to get buy-in.

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.

Party with a Purpose: A Millennial makes a difference; Should charities be concerned?

Sherry’s virtual intern — a Millennial — is throwing a stellar birthday bash to raise money for The Scleroderma Foundation. Should the charity be concerned?

How to sell more raffle tickets? Hire the top sales rep in the country for your benefit auction.

If you want to make a lot of money in your auction raffle, it comes down to who is selling your raffle tickets. This post gives you some attributes of what to look for in your sales staff, and you’ll meet a direct-sales expert.

How to turn Millennials (young professionals) into cutting-edge auction volunteers.

Millennials represent that generation born from the early 1980s to 2000. Here’s some insider information on how to convert these young adults from disinterested bystanders into engaged benefit auction volunteers.

She’s got a feeling (and it came from the school auction)

In this re-post, “The McMommy Chronicles” writes about her experiences volunteering for her child’s school auction. We thank McMommy for letting us share with you her clever post about an important topic …. shoes!

Three free phone resources every Fundraising Auction Chair should be using

Using three FREE phone-related resources can make any Auction Chairperson’s job a little easier.

FREEBIE teleclass: 5 Myths Holding You Back from Making Big Money in Your Fundraiser Auction

Sherry is hosting another FREEBIE teleclass! This one is on the Five Myths Held by Auction Chairs and will be held on Wednesday, December 2, 2009.