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AUCTION! The 98 Solutions to Every Charity Auction Challenge is the only workbook fundraising organizations will ever need to generate maximum revenue. 

This interactive manual walks you through the 8 essential committees, the fundamentals of attracting supporters to “attend and spend” and much, much more! 

Learn how to secure unique donations and keep 100% of the proceeds.  Implement all 13 ways to raise more money in your Silent Auctions, as well as taking your Live Auctions from so-so to Superb!  Everything’s included to train volunteers to run every aspect of your event, and even register and checkout guests!  This straightforward Question and Answer format packs 250 pages of insight, proven money-making techniques and more than enough detail to easily implement powerful improvements.  Numerous fill-in-the-blanks exercises transform new ideas into concrete steps to take your event to the next level! Don’t wait!  There’s never been a Fundraising Manual like this before!

About the “GET MORE BENEFITS” Series

BUILD! The 7-Step Workbook to Start or Grow your Benefit Auction Business is ideal for any auctioneer, consultant, event planner or astute individual who wants to make more money, find more clients, or start a benefit auction company or division.  In BUILD!, you will learn how to get paid in your market, what services you must provide, where to find potential auctions and how to make sure your company is the only obvious choice!

BECOME! Learn in 1 Day How to Establish Yourself as a Benefit Auction Expert This Manual includes letter templates and phone scripts to schedule Evaluations; four Evaluation forms; an easy-to-use checklist of the 80 Strengths of a terrific silent auction and another checklist of 100 Recommendations for improving existing auctions!  BECOME! also includes numerous Auction Evaluation Reports as samples, as well as sample e-mails to schedule your in-person presentation.

COACH! The Handbook for AUCTION! Consultations contains fundamental knowledge about all aspects of planning charity auctions, the skills you’ll need to help both you and your clients generate maximum revenue. 

In COACH!, you’ll learn how to deal with committees, have higher quality items to auction, and get more bidders involved and spending.  Separate chapters are devoted to silent auction secrets and live auction techniques. This book contains an overview of various options for event registration, invoicing, checkout and item collection.  Also included in this volume are extensive job descriptions and methods for training staff or volunteers to conduct a charity auction smoothly and professionally. 

COACH! is the “teacher’s guide” version of the charity auction book called AUCTION! The 98 Solutions to Every Charity Auction Challenge.  When you sell or give your clients a copy of AUCTION!, you’re certain to save valuable time and raise more money!  Your clients will be able to plan and produce higher quality events with more than 250 pages of proven fundraising auction solutions.  Best of all, they’ll require less of your time for consultation, freeing you up to take more auctions!
 

SOLVE! Real Examples of Benefit Auction Solutions The first book of its kind, SOLVE! chronicles real e-mail consultations during author Jenelle Taylor’s past 5 years as Auction Designer for Society Benefits.  Since 2002 Jenelle provided unlimited consultation and event solutions for over 100 diverse fundraising auctions which raised nearly $8 million dollars for worthy causes in just a short time.  SOLVE! contains actual excerpts of more than 30 consultation topics, so that aspiring consultants learn how to translate concepts into solutions for their clients.  In addition, SOLVE! contains two complete case studies of client consultation from contract signing through the wrap up.  See how alert monitoring of clients’ progress can maximize results and avert potential disasters! Finally, learn along with your peers through excerpts from Jenelle’s consultations mentoring auctioneers around the country who are just starting or building their benefit auction careers.

BOOST! CD-The Essential Forms for Your Benefit Auction Business

OFFER! CD-The Essential Forms for Benefit Auction Consultation

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DISCOVER! Best Practices from Industry Experts This volume collects the (un)common wisdom of our benefit auction industry, gathered from years of conversations, courses, certifications, seminars, and observations.  Never before have all of these tips and techniques been collected in a written format for easy reference. 

Last Edited:  09/30/2007