Smooth Event Logistics for Better Bidding
04/08/2010 - Fort Worth, TX
Maximizing Live and Silent Auction Revenue
Are you holding a benefit auction and want to ensure a well-orchestrated event that delivers greater giving from guests?Benefit auctions are time and resource intensive. However, there are ways to streamline your event planning process and day-of-event activities that will maximize staff resources, save you time, and further reward you with increased revenue.
Join our benefit event expert for this half-day seminar to address all of this and more. Bring questions related to your event or fundraising and auction goals, and we'll incorporate answers into the session.
At this seminar, you will learn:
- Pre-event promotion to get the right bidders to attend—and give
- High-efficiency check-in and check-out procedures
- Best event timing to boost giving
- How to leverage past event data to improve an upcoming event
- Item displays that drive more bidding
- Bid sheet layouts that work for you
Wednesday, April 8, 2010 - Fort Worth, TX
9:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Refreshments compliments of Greater Giving
Location:
United Way Tarrant County
1500 N. Main St
Fort Worth, TX 76164
Cost: Free
Presenters:
Patricia Borders, Area Marketing Executive for Greater Giving (formerly Auctionpay), has over 20 years of fundraising experience working with schools and nonprofits. She has held volunteer positions of PTA president, auction chair, and school fundraising chair, as well as sitting on nonprofit boards. Patricia now works with Texas schools and nonprofit organizations to implement Greater Giving solutions.
Mary Beth Harrington, Director of Membership Community Outreach, Texas Association of Nonprofit Organizations (TANO), speaks frequently about issues facing the nonprofit community. Prior to joining TANO, she was Executive Director of the Austin Public Library Foundation and Director of Agency Relations at the Volunteer Center of North Texas (VCNT). She has also served as Volunteer Coordinator for the Dallas Public Library, where she was responsible for over 3500 volunteers at 23 locations. In addition, Mary Beth has been a visiting professor at SMU and UNT as well as a contributor to Volunteer Management Review, the Journal of Volunteer Administration and selected as a LeadershipPlenty trainer for the Points of Light Foundation.
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