Notes on fundraising auctions, event planning, and raising more for the causes that matter.
Your committee spent months procuring items. The order you sell them in decides how much of the work turns into money. Live auction item sequencing gets less attention than décor…
Your gala committee has one night to hit its fundraising goal. The auctioneer you hire has a direct effect on that number. Before you hire a benefit auctioneer, ask the…
Planning a Benefit Auction If you’re planning a benefit auction anywhere in Bell County, the auctioneer you hire decides how much your gala raises. I’m Kent Smith, a professional gala…
Every year I watch nonprofit leaders put their energy in the wrong place before a gala. They worry about the auctioneer. Will he be loud enough? Funny enough? Will he…
Most people think a great charity auction comes down to the auctioneer’s voice. It doesn’t. What makes a charity auction raise more money is what happens weeks before anyone picks…