Tell your benefit auctioneer when your nonprofit has a job opening
Got a job opening at your non-profit? Tell your vendors. They might know the ideal candidate.
Five simple steps to confidently leading your charity auction as a Volunteer Auctioneer.
If you’re using a Volunteer Auctioneer at your gala, you’re losing some revenue that could be easily recouped … if only you knew the secrets of professional auctioneers. The “Five Simple Steps” takes your Volunteer Auctioneer and auction committee through those areas where the most revenue loss occurs. Do these areas right … and watch more donations fly in.
How to Find a Fundraising Auctioneer for your Charity Auction
Never hired a charity auctioneer? If you’re unfamiliar with the process, you’ll appreciate some advice on how to go about finding and hiring the best benefit auctioneer for your charity.
On a personal note: Designing cards, plus-size modeling, and other fun surprises.
Benefit auctioneer / plus-size model Sherry Truhlar is delighted with her purchase of a greeting card at Trader Joe’s … for the most unusual of reasons.
Speaking to Rotary Club of Baltimore about benefit auction ideas
Fundraising auctioneer Sherry Truhlar spoke to The Rotary Club of Baltimore about benefit auctions. In this post, she shares her observations about what makes this Club special.
Video: Kathy, an auction guest from a recent auction
An auction guest at a foundation auction says a few words about the auction.
Video: Kevin, a client (Holy Cross Hospital) from a recent auction
Here’s a video clip from an auction on Saturday. An attendee / client at Saturday’s auction says a few words about why he thinks the group had a record-breaking fundraiser.
Five places to cut costs in your auction fundraiser. (Spend money wisely to make money.)
A recently released report substantiates the adage that “you must spend money to make money.” In a benefit auction, reduce costs in areas that have low return-on-investment, like these five.
Auctioneers are Rare; Female Auctioneers are Rarer
According to the statistics in an article Sherry read, there are only 10,034 full-time auctioneers in the USA. Compare that to 302,603 attorneys. In this post, she considers some of the reasons why it’s a relatively rare occupation.
Tips for CMP applicants (from someone who has graded your CMP application)
If you’re applying for a CMP designation from the Convention Industry Council, read this post. Sherry spent a long Saturday reviewing applications and has identified what she observed as the seven most common places where points were removed from an application. In many cases, the deduction of points would disqualify the applicant from taking the CMP exam.
