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VIDEO: How to procure Walk-on Movie & TV Roles for your benefit auction

Use these three ideas to secure a walk-on part in a movie or TV commercial for your next school auction or nonprofit gala.

VIDEO: Benefit auction item ideas: Stock the Bar | Stock the Cellar

If your benefit auction guests are more likely to enjoy shots than shiraz, consider hosting a Stock the Bar pre-auction party for a new item idea.

VIDEO: Family Photo Party: The traditional photography donation gets updated into a great silent auction item

Many photographers graciously donate a sitting to gala auctions, but here’s a twist for a new silent auction item.

VIDEO: Do You Deliver? Offering Delivery Attracts More Bidders on Large Benefit Auction Items

Auction guests won’t bid on a large auction item if they have concerns about getting it home. Encourage bidding by offering delivery.

PODCAST: Do you deliver? Offering delivery attracts more bidders on large benefit auction items

In this podcast, fund raising auctioneer Sherry Truhlar explains how to entice guests to bid on a large auction item: offer delivery.

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Do you deliver? Offering delivery attracts more bidders on large benefit auction items

Auction guests won’t bid on a large auction item if they have concerns about getting it home. Encourage bidding by offering delivery.

Silent auction item or live auction item: Does it matter where it’s sold?

What is the difference between selling an auction item in a live auction versus a silent auction? The way it’s marketed and the final sales price. This post gives an example of how one item fared.

Family Photo Party: The traditional photography donation gets updated into a great silent auction item

Many photographers graciously donate a sitting to gala auctions, but here’s a twist for a new silent auction item.

PODCAST: Benefit auction item ideas – Stock the Bar | Stock the Cellar

In this podcast, fundraising auctioneer Sherry Truhlar offers an item suggestion for guests who enjoy shots over shiraz.

PODCAST: Benefit auction item ideas - Stock the Bar | Stock the Cellar Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Benefit auction item ideas: Stock the Bar | Stock the Cellar

If your benefit auction guests are more likely to enjoy shots than shiraz, consider hosting a Stock the Bar pre-auction party for a new item idea.

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  Children’s Chorus of Washington, Washington, DC

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