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.
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.”
Oprah’s leaving daytime. Time to request tickets for your auction fundraisers
Oprah has effectively turned in her resignation letter to CBS and will be leaving The Oprah Winfrey Show at the end of 2011. That means non-profit auction committees have around 18 months left to try and secure one of the top-selling auction items of all times.
Benefit auction item idea: Restaurant Dining at the Chef’s Table
Chef’s Tables always make great benefit auction donations. In this blog post, fundraising auctioneer Sherry Truhlar explains what a Chef’s Table is and why it’s popular.
Winning big ticket items comes naturally to floor team member Julie
Julie, a member of the Red Apple Auctions’ floor team, recently won a fabulous trip — her third or fourth fabulous trip in as many years. In this post, she shares her secrets on how she does it.
Use Signage to Tell Silent Auction Winners They Won & Need to Pay at Check-Out
A common question by guests is, “How will I know if I won anything in the silent auction?” This question is easily solved by using signage at your event. Here are some different options for how to create the signage and suggestions on the best places to display it.
Item Idea: Procuring Walk-on Movie & Television Roles
A great silent or live auction item is a walk-on part in a movie or a behind-the scenes for a video production. In this post (which includes a video), benefit auctioneer Sherry Truhlar gives some tips and tricks for securing that type. She includes some video out-takes from a commercial in which she was recently cast.
Auction item idea: Potato cannon (& a case study in good marketing)
A potato cannon was a clever item in this live auction, and the school did an outstanding job of pre-marketing it.
Buying acrylic frames – and my love of eBates
Sherry offers a suggestion of where to buy inexpensive acrylic frames and shares her enthusiasm for eBates.com
Item idea: Spending time on boats and yachts
Activites “on the water” are often good live auction items for your benefit auction. Add them to your procurement list.
