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FUNDRAISING TIPS
Here are a few fundraising tips if you are planning
to run your own
silent auction:
 1.
Group Like Items - It is always a good idea to group
like items together. This will enable the bidders to
easily locate and bid on the items they are really interested
in.
2.
Make Frequent Announcements - If your guests aren't
reminded frequently of it regularly, their attention
may be diverted to food, drink, or conversation. It
is a good idea to make announcements, preferably with
a microphone, every fifteen minutes and especially with
10 minutes, 5 minutes, and 1 minute to go in the silent
auction.
3.
Encourage Your Guests - Encourage one or more of your
active donors to participate in the bidding. If others
see an active donor involved, they may become more involved
in the bidding.
4.
Location, Location, Location - The silent auction needs
to be in a high-traffic area. The bar area and the dinner
area are the logical choices to receive as many views
as possible from the guests.
5.
Avoid an All - Day Auction - We can attest that auctions
running from morning to evening rarely raise any more
money than those with a shorter time frame. Most, if
not all bidding is done during the cocktail hour and
dinner. An hour and a half to four hours is more than
enough time to run an auction. If the event is an all
day event, the possibility of employing two separate
silent auction could be the answer. We have seen this
work in the past and generate more revenue than one
all day affair.
6.
Collecting Payments - Avoid ending your auction so close
to the end of your event that many of your guests have
left. Try to allow yourself at least 45 minutes before
the end of the evening to notify the winners and check
them out. Contacting people after the event is always
more difficult than when they are at the event.
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