VIDEO: Item Idea: Heavy Equipment Training School
While driving a different route home, Sherry saw some new activity on an old road, and it inspired a new benefit auction item idea. Procure this auction item for the men in your life who enjoyed playing with Tonka dump trucks and bulldozers as boys.
VIDEO: Silent auction item idea: Photo Garage Doors
A German company is selling photos to cover your garage door. This could be a popular benefit auction item idea. It would certainly sell to someone!
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.
Wanna make more money in your silent auction? Re-read your descriptions. -Part 2
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.
Congrats, you won the auction item! Will you bother redeeming it?
An article in the Chicago Business Journal catches charity auctioneer Sherry Truhlar’s eye. She muses over what percentage of winning bidders ever use the items they purchase.
PODCAST: Family Photo Party – The Traditional Photography Donation Gets Updated Into a Great Silent Auction Item
In this podcast, fundraising auctioneer Sherry Truhlar offers a twist to the typical silent auction item donation of a photo sitting.
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Many photographers graciously donate a sitting to gala auctions, but here’s a twist for a new silent auction item.
Proof of silent auction ideas that work: Revisiting Printer’s Plates
Newspaper printer’s plates make for interesting silent auction items at your benefit auction fundraiser. Here’s an example of what they can look like.
Fundraising auction ideas for vegetables
A group asked benefit auctioneer Sherry Truhlar how they could use vegetables in their fundraising auction. She put on her thinking cap and shared what she knew to be true.
“Julie & Julia” silent auction idea: Use a popular movie to add a twist on auction item descriptions
Using a popular movie title to attract attention on a silent auction item is a good trick.
