9/12/2012: Nature, Nurture & Auction Profits

Start:: September 12, 2012 3:00 pm
End:: September 12, 2012 4:00 pm
Cost:: FREE
Category:: Fundraising

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Maximize your next gala auction event by understanding human nature and nurturing it. Recognize the maximum profits possible! Getting the most from a gala auction event requires understanding of human dynamics. Attendee behavioral attributes can be a friend, or foe. Are your attendees disengaged and chatty by the time your live auction begins? Comfortable, engaged attendees mean greater profits. Unlock the secret to profitability for your upcoming event!

Takeaways:

Setting the Event Agenda
Improving the Flow of Your Event
Silent Auction Set-up & Strategies
Supercharge Your Live Auction Revenues
Eliminating Long Lines at Check-in and Check-out

Tom Weitbrecht is principal & chief charity auctioneer of Strategic Auction Alliance. He is a regular on the charity auction circuit and has raised millions of dollars for non-profit organizations. His firm delivers a comprehensive A-Z service that includes professionally managed PC based check in/ check out, consulting, cashiering, bid spotting and bid calling. Mr. Weitbrecht is a licensed auctioneer in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont and Maine. He is a member of the National Auctioneers Association, Massachusetts Auctioneers Association National Association of Professional Appraisers and Turn Around Management Association.

Strategic Auction Alliance specializes in fundraising auctions and has raised millions of dollars for a diverse range of non-profits. They are the only company in New England to provide complete in-house fundraising auction services including; pre-event consultation, event planning, PC based check in/ out, clerking, cashiering, professional bid calling and post event reporting.