Are you in charge of staging a fundraising event?? Do you need help in looking for items to auction off? Are you looking for an outside firm to professionally manage your auction for you?
Whether you’re raising funds for your personal needs such as financial assistance for costly medical treatments or tasked to organize your company’s fundraising event, you can surely benefit from auction management solutions provided by a one-stop consignment-based vendor with years of experience.
Paying it forward
Raising funds for a worthy cause is a fulfilling yet oftentimes demanding job. Organizing an auction for a fundraising event can be stressful especially if you are not aware of the ins and outs of auctioneering. You will need items to auction off, you will need to organize and manage lists, contact bidders, prepare prices, and a million other things. This can be very stressful on top of everything else you have to plan for the event.
With a professional auction management team as your partner, however, you can rest assured that your fundraising activity will be handled with a white glove approach. Backed with years of experience, these auction specialists have earned considerable expertise in staging auction events for individuals or families as well as established charitable institutions.
Whether you are leaning towards a live or silent auction for your fundraising efforts, it would certainly work to your advantage if you leave the nitty-gritty to the able hands of an auction team. Here are the top three auction services that you can choose from to help you with your fundraising event:
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1. Off-site Auction Supplement
Even if you have a considerable collection of fully donated items for your event, you may still need assistance in acquiring a few more unique items. An experienced auction management company can assist you with this. They can offer you a list of items tailored to the concept or theme of your fundraising event.
Similarly, your chosen auction management team can also present you with a bespoke list of auction experiences to choose from. These may include domestic and international travel packages, tickets to award shows, concerts, or sporting events, food and wine experiences, or exciting adventures.
Your auction team can help you generate buzz about your fundraiser and ensure that you get a great event turnout.
2. On-site auction management
Some would prefer to hold auction fundraisers on site.
Instead of dealing with all of the stress and procurement yourself, let a professional auction management company take the reigns. A professional auction team will work with you from start to finish – selecting items, on-the-day event management, tracking donations, auction check-out, and post-event assessment.
One of the most helpful services that an auction management team can also offer you is that they can already make arrangements for auction experiences that bidders win. Their end-to-end assistance will already get the whole process of organizing experiences out of your hair.
3. On-site auction mobile bidding management
Modern technology has also permeated the world of auctioneering. These days, there are companies that hold silent auctions through the use of mobile technology. It is now a vital part of avant-garde nonprofit fundraising.
Your auction management team can help you work with your preferred mobile auction provider. While the mobile auction company takes care of the registration, general bidder assistance, and auction checkout at the end of the activity, your auction management team will help you with selecting and uploading auction items into the selected mobile system.
The auction management professionals will also oversee the day’s event management. This includes the physical setup, distribution of auctioned items to the winning bidders, and making arrangements for possible experiences that are auctioned that day.
The best part is that an auction management company can work with your mobile auction whether they are on site at the event or sending you a few customized select items.
Charity wins
Charity events can be more successful with the help of professional people who are well-versed with the finer details of auction events. With their valuable insight and experience, you can look forward to raising funds that will help realize the vision you have.
AUTHOR BIO
Darran Brown is the CEO and Founder of Go Charity. A graduate of UMASS Amherst, Darran has spent the last 20 years managing auctions across the United States. Having run some of the most successful live and silent auctions in the US, Darran has the insider know-how to every aspect of the industry. From memorabilia to trips and experience hospitality to fundraising 101, Darran is the leading expert on auction management and fundraising success.