Getting the Most From Your Benefit Auction
02/04/2009 - Washington, DC
Want to maximize revenue and reduce stress at your fundraising auction? Join Auctionpay to learn how to achieve higher revenue, avoid pitfalls, and streamline processes for maximum results.
Please join Auctionpay's event consultant Siri Lippy, Sherry Truhlar of Red Apple Auctions, and Kirsten Dueck of Living Art Consulting to learn the tips, tricks, and strategies learned at hundreds of benefit auctions. You'll also get the best practices from thousands of Auctionpay clients-without the stress of thousands of auctions!
At this seminar, you will learn:
- Strategies for succeeding in a fragile economy
- How to streamline the auction preparation process
- How to procure the best items for each auction element-online, silent, and live
- Where to spend your auction budget to maximize revenue
- How to achieve smooth event flow from check-in to check-out
Wednesday, February 4th - Washington, DC
9:00 am - 1:00pm
Registration begins 30 minutes prior to start time.
Location:
Washington Ethical Society
7750 Sixteenth St., NW
Washington, DC 20012
Cost: $27.00
Lunch will be provided.
Presenters
Siri Lippy, Senior Professional Events Services Manager, Auctionpay, has provided event services more than 300 benefit events and consulted with thousands of nonprofits. She trains new Auctionpay staff in best practices for running both automated and manual benefit auctions and is passionate about helping organizations run smooth, sensational, profitable events.
Sherry Truhlar and Red Apple Auctions provide services and staff to increase benefit auction revenue. Sherry's engaging style and extensive background has won her auction awards and β within the last few months - landed her on two national television programs with E! Style host Isaac Mizrahi and TLC's handyman Andrew Dan-Jumbo. Red Apple Auctions has offices in Washington, DC and Miami Beach, FL.
Kirsten Dueck, Founder, Living Art Consulting, is a former Vice President and Department Director of Sotheby's, the world's premier auction house. In 1998 she established Living Art Consulting, providing strategic, management, and fundraising solutions to non-profit organizations. Over the years she has built upon her Sotheby's experience, her position as Executive Director of the George C. Marshall International Center, and her work in non-profit and arts management at J. Paul Getty Trust and the University of Colorado. Kirsten's work has been featured by the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, BBC, Financial Times, NPR's Morning Edition, Art & Auction, and Reuters. A licensed auctioneer, she serves on the Boards of Directors of the Catholic Business Network of Northern Virginia and Dulles Rotary and on the Board of Advisors to the Northern Virginia Community Foundation.
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