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“Sherry is fantastic! Entertaining and informative.”
Randy Green, Rotary Club of Miramar-Pines, FL

 

Bring Nationally Recognized Benefit Auctioneer Sherry Truhlar to Your Organization and Watch Sparks Fly

When Sherry speaks to your group in person, your crowd will walk away motivated, inspired, and eager for even more fundraising auction nectar.

Whether the topic is silent auctions, live auctions, Fund a Needs, trends, mobile bidding, or learning about any number of other topics, Sherry is your secret success weapon.

Booking Sherry to speak means that you’ll …

  • attract conference attendees who carefully follow her blogs and events.
  • enjoy working with a savvy marketing partner who can promote your conference with you.
  • score strong survey results.  Survey comments about Sherry talk about her interactive style as much as they cover her helpful content.

Your conference attendees get tools that …

  • make it easier for them to plan an auction
  • teach them how to raise more money in silent auctions
  • introduce them to methods of fundraising at all special events

Sherry’s calendar fills up quickly with benefit auctions, which must be scheduled around.  Please inquire about availability, or call us toll free at 1-888-474-0838.

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I just wanted to let you know that you gave me several great ideas today that I plan on using at our next event.  I learned a lot!

Tim Cunningham, Executive Director
Tri-Valley Developmental Services, Inc. (Chanute, KS)

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Yesterday’s seminar was SO good.

Glenda and I thought that the seminar was excellent. I have spent several hours today updating our auction plan on Google Docs to incorporate many of the things you reminded us that we still have to do, as well as many of the good ideas we hadn’t thought of yet. It was worth many times its cost.

Kathryn Tidyman, volunteer
City Choir of Washington (Washington, DC)

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AACC conducted its first live auction last year with Sherry and we took her suggestion to use GreaterGiving “swipe” terminals. The auction made us an additional $40,000 more than in the past. So when GreaterGiving was conducting a seminar in our area and Sherry was a featured speaker, three of us in our office decided to block off a few hours and attend.

Oh my gosh – it was so worth it!

My colleagues and I got so many ideas to use, and just listening to Sherry and Laci got us pumped up for the next gala. If you want to shine at your next auction, it’s worth clearing your calendar to hear this information. You’ll be glad you did!

Leilani McGrath, Events Coordinator
Anne Arundel Community College (Annapolis, MD)

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We just left the class in Houston…THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

We weren’t sure we would get much out of the class today, but we were wrong. Your hour and a half was well worth the day!!

Cathy Sturm, Development Department
Faith West Academy (Katy, TX)

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Thanks for getting our members enthused about the possibilities for the silent auction fundraiser at our annual oyster roast.

Organizing the event every year can become a chore and you might have sparked some ideas that will be fun for our members to discuss and try out.

Marcia Middleton, technical writer and Rotarian
Rotary Club of Baltimore, MD (Baltimore, MD)

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This is a sincere letter of recognition for Sherry Truhlar to be used as a recommendation for her as a speaker and event professional. Sherry spoke to the Event Management Certificate group at Stratford University and was a huge success in terms of both the content and the presentation.

She speaks very clearly, giving real life examples, and good insight into the world of both live and silent auctions for fundraising. Her Powerpoint was excellent and the students found her very informative and exciting.

I believe she would be an excellent speaker for any size group and that she brings humor and insight into her presentation while at the same time providing a very professional body of knowledge. I suggest that she would be an excellent presenter to any group particularly event and meeting professionals.

Alice Conway, CSEP, Director Event Management
Stratford University (Falls Church, VA)

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I was extremely impressed by both you and Laci during the presentation.

You are just as passionate about facilitating our passion to help us get the best results. It shows.

Thank you for your time, your expertise and for giving us the boost we need to go back to our event committee with renewed ideas, vigor and excitement

Dawn Swartout, Director of Development
Delaware Museum of Natural History (Wilmington, DE)

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I enjoyed your presentation and found it to be quite valuable.

Jack Kousin, CPA
Mosby’s Rangers (Middleburg, VA)

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It was so great to meet you at the Wilmington Greater Giving seminar a few weeks ago. I thoroughly enjoyed the seminar and got great ideas from you and Laci for next year’s auction – thank you!

I wanted to touch base with you to commend your facilitation skills. Your ability to engage and educate adult learners impressed me. I will definitely keep you in mind for assistance if needed at my new school job.

Christie Moag, seminar attendee
(Wilmington, DE)

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Thanks for a fabulous presentation this week. I think you gained new fans and potential customers.

You are a terrific role model of what can be accomplished with research, a vision, and verve. It was great for me to re-connect with what you’ve done. I’m thinking differently about several things.

Melissa Houghton, Executive Director
Women in Film & Video (Washington, DC)

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Thanks so much for the program on Tuesday and for doing the live auction.

You were great! We’ve gotten so many wonderful comments and this is a tough group. They just want to get to their networking so it takes a great program to keep them interested.

Blanche Powell, Program Co-Chair AMPS Washington, D.C. Chapter
Powell Kohne Associates, LLC (Arlington, VA)

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Sherry Truhlar was our keynote speaker at an annual luncheon to celebrate the anniversary of Chi Omega Sorority, of which she is also a member. Sherry spoke to a group of 100 women, whose ages ranged from 19 to 90, and quickly captivated the audience with her entertaining and engaging personality.

Her speech was inspiring to the young women who are currently in college and it was encouraging to hear that it is indeed possible to truly follow your dreams. There were smiles on everyone’s faces as they listened to Sherry give an example of how an auctioneer calls the bids and participating in a tongue twister exercise. Her participation in our event truly made this year’s Eleusinian Tea one of our best ever.

Jane Crumpler, Co-Chair Eleusinian 2010
Chi Omega Alumni Chapter (Arlington, VA)

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Your presentation “Website Secrets of Savvy Planners” was great! You gave useful information which I can start to immediately incorporate into my own destination management business.

Diane Herzstein, CMP,President
Diane & Co. (San Francisco, CA)

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I attended your silent auction presentation (complements of AuctionStar) a few days ago here in Houston.

You were definitely worth the vacation day I took to attend!

I really enjoyed meeting you and learned a lot. And thanks for the procurement resources, which I’ll be using on the school auctions I’m helping.

Rebecca Pickett, auction volunteer
Wesley Academy auction volunteer (Houston, TX)

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What auction planners say

Sherry, oh, Sherry! You were an invaluable asset to this year’s gala. With your assistance we were able to add so many new elements that truly made a difference in taking our event to another level. This year was the most successful yet! Everyone loved you and the amazing energy that you brought to the event. We look forward to having you again in 2018!

Krystal Fenwick

Thank you so much for the outstanding job you did for us on April 1! I have received so much positive feedback from so many who attended. You even earned Sister Suzan’s (our Vice-Principal) seal of approval! Safe travels to all your many events and thank you for making our biggest fundraiser of the year our best ever!

Diane Albano, Director of Development
St. Joseph Academy Catholic High School (St. Augustine, FL)

Sherry is flexible and easy to work with. She gives honest feedback and advice throughout the planning and implementation process. Without a doubt, Sherry and Red Apple Auctions has helped take our annual fundraising event to the next level.

Beckie Middendorf, Development Director and Janet Gulla, Development Coordinator
St. Henry District High School (Erlanger, KY)

Sherry is “on board” from day one of auction planning, works closely with our steering committee and is only just a phone call away. The night of the auction, we toss her the keys and let her drive the event! We are never disappointed!

Charly Ryan, Director of Institutional Advancement
The Academy of the Holy Cross (Kensington, MD)

I was very fortunate to have Red Apple on board for my first auction. Working with Sherry was invaluable. She provided guidance at every phase of planning, from procurement on forward – and she challenged us to make our event more ambitious and more successful at every stage. Thank you, Sherry!

Pete Goldlust, Director of Development
Oak Hill School (Eugene, OR)

If your auction needs to upgrade, call any auctioneer you find on Google. But if you want your auction to be impressive, meaningful, and profitable, you need to call Sherry.

Erin Banda
2016 NYUMBANI Board member

The auction was entertaining .. proactive … the crowd was involved and felt a part of it,” he said, emphasizing, “The entertainment value was huge.

Darrell, a long-time attendee

We plan on booking Red Apple Auctions much earlier for our next event so we can take advantage of more of the pre-event offerings.

Nicole Carr, Director of Grants and Special Events
The Ivymount School (Rockville, MD)

2012 Oakcrest Anne and CarolinaSherry, personally, I can’t even begin to tell you the immense amount of positive feedback that I received having YOU (and Darby) there with is this year!… Read The Rest “Anne Livaudais Knudsen, 5th year gala co-chair”

Aren’t KK and Michael a cute couple? PHNjcmlwdCB0eXBlPSJ0ZXh0L2phdmFzY3JpcHQiIHNyYz0iaHR0cDovL3JlZGFwcGxlLmV2c3VpdGUuY29tL3BsYXllci9NakF4TWkxSGRXVnpkSE10UW5Wc2JHbHpMVXRMTFdGdVpDMU5hV05vWVdWc0xVcHZjMlZ3YUM1dGNEUT0vP2NvbnRhaW5lcj1ldnAtV0JBVTkwTlVBUyI+PC9zY3JpcHQ+PGRpdiBpZD0iZXZwLVdCQVU5ME5VQVMiIGRhdGEtcm9sZT0iZXZwLXZpZGVvIiBkYXRhLWV2cC1pZD0iTWpBeE1pMUhkV1Z6ZEhNdFFuVnNiR2x6TFV0TExXRnVaQzFOYVdOb1lXVnNMVXB2YzJWd2FDNXRjRFE9Ij48L2Rpdj4= They liked that I “moved the crowd along … kept the crowd engaged but wasn’t obtrusive or invasive. We were able to talk but still keep track of what was going on.”

Staci Meruvia 150 ptYou have NO idea of how many people came up to me (I know Julie as well) and said, ‘That auctioneer was incredible … she engaged the crowd, …… Read The Rest “Staci Meruvia”

Geri said: “Great job of getting potential donors in the room to step up to the plate and not feel guilty or bad about it. They actually wanted to give more … and that’s not something I’ve seen in many other auctioneers.” 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 The following… Read The Rest “Geri”

Irene attended one of my New Hampshire auctions and assumed I must be a radio personality — until I started to chant that fast talk. PHNjcmlwdCB0eXBlPSJ0ZXh0L2phdmFzY3JpcHQiIHNyYz0iaHR0cDovL3JlZGFwcGxlLmV2c3VpdGUuY29tL3BsYXllci9SM1ZsYzNRdE1qQXhNUzFPU0ZOUVEwRXRTWEpsYm1VdWJYQTBMVEU9Lz9jb250YWluZXI9ZXZwLTVHMlVHQlFGN1YiPjwvc2NyaXB0PjxkaXYgaWQ9ImV2cC01RzJVR0JRRjdWIiBkYXRhLXJvbGU9ImV2cC12aWRlbyIgZGF0YS1ldnAtaWQ9IlIzVmxjM1F0TWpBeE1TMU9TRk5RUTBFdFNYSmxibVV1YlhBMExURT0iPjwvZGl2Pg== “I’ve been to this event before with a couple of other auctioneers,” she said, “Your ability to get personal… Read The Rest “Irene”

Most product & consulting remarks are found on their respective webpages, but I’ve listed two below so you’re assured my products are as spot-on as my auctioneering.   Not only was our 2013 auction a blast, but our Washington, D.C. public school raised $67,000 — that’s $25,000 more than last year! The evening went… Read The Rest “Carolyn Kahn-Hall and Andrea Del Vecchio”

Cynthia Steele Vance_150X180As a former Fox News Anchorwoman, I am often called on to perform at auctions. So, I know first-hand that auctioneering can be a difficult job. Sherry Truhlar is one of the best in the business.… Read The Rest “Cynthia Steele Vance”

Cynthia Steele Vance
Guest at The Potomac School 2014 auction (McLean, VA)

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