Greater Giving

APRIL 9, 2024

Silent Auction Partner with local businesses or collect unique experiences to create a silent auction. Live Auction Take your live auction to new heights by auctioning off the opportunity to attend next years Kentucky Derby in person! Create a bid sheet on brightly-colored paper for each table.

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Greater Giving

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Silent Auction Ideas: Mastering Pricing and Selling Strategies In a recent survey 85% of nonprofits said they incorporate a silent auction to raise revenue at events. One of the questions our team gets quite frequently is how best to price items in silent auctions. Price your items to sell.

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Greater Giving

AUGUST 30, 2022

Silent auctions are a fun way to raise money for your organization or event. We’ve got insights and best practices to share with you on the in’s and out’s of hosting a silent auction. Setting a fundraising goal is the first step in planning an auction. Silent Auction Donation Ideas.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

One easy way to take your auction from a mess to a success is through proper management of your auction items. As you can imagine, this makes for a bad auction experience. Part of auction management that can’t be overlooked is managing your auction items. What is auction item management?

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Qgiv

JANUARY 19, 2022

Thanks to technological advances and changing times, online events are quickly becoming the norm, and virtual auctions are no exception. An online auction is a great way to engage your supporters and raise money for your organization at the same time. There are many benefits to hosting an auction online.

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Qgiv

APRIL 23, 2021

Silent auctions are a classic go-to fundraising event—and for good reason. Guests bid on items, have an exciting time, and go home with a valuable prize. From large in-person events to a more casual virtual gathering, a fundraising silent auction can bring in much-needed revenue and provide supporters with a fun-filled night.

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Greater Giving

JUNE 29, 2022

Auction Procurement Committee. Here are just some of the roles and responsibilities that need to be delegated to members of the auction committee: Generating leads for item procurement. Displaying auction packages at the venue. Creating an auction catalog. Managing online or mobile bidding and sending text message alerts.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

From online donation forms to auction software, peer-to-peer platforms to text fundraising, there are plenty of fundraising tools that will help you raise more money for your mission. Auction platforms. If you invest in the right auction software, running a silent auction becomes a breeze. Text fundraising.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 29, 2016

(Note: When I mention online or mobile fundraising, I mean everything ranging from online donation pages to mobile and online silent auctions or raffles, and even social media campaigns.). As an example, let's imagine that you are including a silent auction as part of your fundraising event. Image : stokpic / CC0.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

After years of staging events, you may feel like there’s nothing you haven’t covered, from art auctions to wine tastings to trivia nights. Auctions Auctions are a major source of funding for a lot of nonprofit associations because they engage the competitive spirits of supporters. Using a theme can make this a little easier.

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Greater Giving

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Nicole Bennett of Perry Consulting was kind enough to participate in a webinar discussing the ins and outs of holding profitable silent auctions. The webinar began with a poll that showed more than half of attendees are holding hybrid events —a combination of an in-person auction with an online auction.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Planning an auction takes a considerable amount of effort for nonprofits. Between procuring items, finding a venue to accommodate all of your guests, picking up bid paddles, and getting people to register, it can be hard to juggle the different parts of a great event. running a silent auction. running a silent auction.

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Neon CRM

APRIL 27, 2023

Auction: This is an event where your team collects donated items and takes bids from attendees in order to raise money. While your nonprofit could go for a live auction, silent auctions are more common—-and they more easily allow for a hybrid live/online bidding process.

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