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A common mistake in silent auctions is the failure to provide a clear, comprehensive description of the item for sale. Guests won’t bid the big bucks unless they know what they’re buying! Here is Part 2 of this series.
Our previous Chairs built on the prior events and did a great job. However, we knew we needed to step things up if we wanted our event to grow. Before, if there was an item that nothing else "went" with or seemed to make sense to make a basket, we would purchase items to put together with that item and make a basket. In some of those cases, we didn't even sell the basket for what we spent on the additional item(s), and obviously therefore made nothing on the donation. We also knew we could make more on selling some gift certificates individually rather than putting them in a 'basket.' So we loved the Frenzy Sherry suggested and did at our auction! We found Sherry while surfing for ideas online. When we started to check around, and we realized that a couple of our parents had heard her speak several years ago. We decided to hire her because we wanted fresh ideas. We didn't really do research on what other auctions offered; what sells better; what do people WANT to buy? We also enrolled in her 8-week online Blueprint course, which is incredibly in-depth, fabulous, fun and the best money you could spend as an Auction Chair. There were so many great ideas and even photos of other events which gave us even more ideas;). We also had the Red Apple team work our event at the auction .... ” This year, we had...
Phyllis Moroney, Auction Gala Co-Chair 2010
St. Jerome Catholic School, Fort Lauderdale, FL
