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Entries in fundraising (6)

Wednesday
Jan252012

The First Choice Live Auction Raffle

This one is easy, but not necessarily for every auction. It is a slight variation of the popular "54 Card Drawing", but can also be handled like any standard raffle the night of your charity auction. In a nutshell...you sell your guests “the opportunity to take their choice of any item from the live auction before it even starts."

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Tuesday
May172011

Blackbaud: Using Social Media Increases Fundraising by 40% 

Do you know how many of your supporters use popular social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube? 42.3% of the entire American population use Facebook. Twitter has over 16 million users.

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Monday
Apr112011

Silent Auctions: Wheat vs Chaff

Regardless of how hard you try, the average silent auction bidder is only interested in about 5 of the items you offer in your Silent Auction. That's it. It's not a big number, and that's fine. We just need to stop pretending like every bidder is trying to win 30 things at your auction. They don't.

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