Maximizing Your Benefit Auction
11/10/2010 - Wayne, PA
Making Everything Count in a Fragile Economy
In a stressful economy, how can you reduce your fundraising stress while maximizing auction returns? This seminar will teach you how to get the right donors to attend your auction, avoid operational pitfalls, and streamline processes for maximum results. You'll also learn how to make your event night and program run smoothly through best-practice technology planning and optimal audio-visual staging.
In this seminar, we will share the tips, tricks, and strategies learned at hundreds of benefit auctions. You'll get the best practices compiled from the experience of thousands of Greater Giving clients. You'll also get some new approaches to help your organization and mission stand out, so you can take advantage of emerging fundraising opportunities as the national economy begins to recover.
At this seminar, you will learn best practices for:
- Improving efficiency and operations
- Developing a clear and compelling message and reason for giving
- Growing existing donor relationships
- Finding new donors
- Establishing and growing sponsor relationships
- Creating an auction experience that drives more bidding
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - Wayne, PA
9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Check-in begins 30 minutes prior to start time.
Location:
Edu-Tech Academic Solutions
Radnor Township Building
301 Iven Avenue
Wayne, PA 19087
Cost: $18.99
Lunch will be provided.
To register, click here.
Presenters:
Sherry Truhlar, CMP, BAS, Red Apple Auctions, has been labeled as the "Queen of Benefit Auctions" by her clients and featured in media including the Washington Post Magazine, AUCTIONEER, and the E!, Style, and TLC channels. Sherry has a knack for turning less-than-profitable auctions into top revenue-producing events. For over a decade she honed her marketing skills with Fortune 10 companies like General Electric and Koch Industries. After years of winning top producer awards, she pursued a hobby which resulted in the launching of Red Apple Auctions, a boutique auction firm dedicated to teaching schools and nonprofits how to improve the bottom-line results of their charity auctions. Now, as creator of the Profitable Auction Blueprint® training program, Sherry not only travels the country as an auctioneer, but leads webinars globally, sharing simple ideas leading to greater auction revenues.
Siri Lippy, Sr. Professional Event Services Manager, Greater Giving, has provided event services for more than 300 client events and has consulted on fundraising best practice with thousands of nonprofits. She trains new Greater Giving event staff in best practices for running both automated and manual benefit auctions, and is passionate about helping organizations run smooth, sensational, profitable events.
Bob Sager, President, Edu-Tech Academic Solutions, has been providing consulting and support services in the commercial and education environment for over 20 years. He has also developed and presented hundreds of technology-based instructional training programs in a wide range of subjects for students from 3 to 81 years old. Bob and his team of technology specialists provide technology support, service and training solutions for independent schools throughout the Philadelphia region. Bob holds a B.S. in Elementary Education/Early Childhood Development from The Ohio State University, as well as an M.Ed. in Instructional Technology from Arcadia University.