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You are here: Home / Other / VIDEO: What’s my name again? (Why name badges help an auction.)
Sep 30

VIDEO: What’s my name again? (Why name badges help an auction.)

Sherry Truhlar 2 Comments

Should you hand out name badges in your benefit auction registration packets?

I love them, but you might think name badges “cheapen” your fundraiser.

Perhaps. Not everyone likes wearing name badges, and the dress codes might make it impossible to wear a badge. And I suppose if your event is filled with celebrities where everyone is expected to know one another, it might be awkward.

(Or is it? Even celebrities goof, like Gwen Stefani confusing Jimmy Fallon for Jimmy Kimmel on his own show, The Tonight Show. Blake Shelton starts to laugh as Fallon attempts to correct her. When she fails to understand her mistake, he graciously brushes it off. “We’ll fix it in post,” he mumbles.)

I like name badges and think they foster interactivity among your guests. Watch the video to learn about other advantages.

What’s your take on them? Love ’em or hate ’em?

Post your thoughts below.

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About Sherry Truhlar

Fundraising auctioneer and educator, helping schools and nonprofits plan more profitable benefit auctions. A prolific writer for her own blog and other fundraising sites, she’s been covered in The Beacon-News, Town & Country Magazine, The Washington Post Magazine, Northern Virginia Magazine, Wiley's Special Events Galore!, AUCTIONEER, and other publications.

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Comments

  1. Julie Q says

    September 30, 2014 at 8:24 PM

    Thanks Sherry,
    Able to list all the things I can’t come up with off the top of my head when the committee dismisses the idea of name tags in once concise little v-log.

    Reply
    • Sherry Truhlar says

      September 30, 2014 at 8:29 PM

      Glad it helped organize your thoughts!

      Reply

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