Banishing the Auction Check-Out Line: a Teleseminar from Red Apple Auctions
10/07/2010 - Teleseminar
Easy, Affordable Ways to Streamline Your Check-Out Process
It's hard to have a spectacular event when your guests (or your staff) are complaining about the check-out line. If you've mastered check-out processes, you can make your job even easier by tying event registration to check-out (it's one of the latest trends).
Here's what you'll learn on this free call:
- Want to increase event revenue by 20-25%? Here's the #1 technology item you need to do it
- Questions you should ask your bank before you decide whether or not to use their credit card terminals at your event; the answers will surprise you
- How to incorporate bidder psychology into your event to get the donations sizzling
- The big mistake many nonprofits make when deciding which credit cards to accept—you'll be astonished to know where the biggest dollars come from
- The latest trend in auction registrations—a technique that allows a guest to donate at your event without bringing checks, cash, or a credit card
- West and East Coast spending trends, and the difference between them
Thursday, October 7, 2010
10-11 a.m. Pacific
11-12 p.m. Mountain
12-1 p.m. Central
1-2 p.m. Eastern
Cost: Complimentary
To register, click here.
Speakers:
Sherry Truhlar, CMP, BAS, has been labeled as the "Queen of Benefit Auctions" by her clients and featured in the Washington Post Magazine, AUCTIONEER, 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.
Laci Engel, Greater Giving Area Marketing Manager, has delivered fundraising services to nonprofit organizations in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Delaware for more than 5 years. Her nonprofit experience and her understanding of benefit auction planning and execution helps nonprofit organizations streamline events and increase fundraising revenue. Laci holds a B.A. in Economics from Willamette University and an Executive M.B.A. from University of Oregon.