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SUMMARY:Webinar: Marketing Your Auction Items
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Beth Sandefur\, Beth Sandefur Events and Greater Giving\nDATE: Wednesday August 16TH\, 2017\nTIME: 11:00 am Pacific\nYour auction is a centerpiece to your fundraising event and you want your guests to be excited to shop to support your cause. With all the messages we receive each day\, breaking through the clutter can be a challenge. This webinar is designed to give you tips & ideas for how to create great auction content and how to market it to your bidders at every step of the event process. \nIn this webinar\, we will cover: \n\nIdeas for packaging donations into lots designed to sell\nWriting auction descriptions adaptable to multiple formats\nPre-event marketing campaigns for email & social media\nHow to create compelling – and complimentary! – print & digital collateral\nDisplay ideas to showcase items in your event space\n\nAbout the speaker\, Beth Sandefur: \nBeth is a seasoned event planner with a strong background in development and hands on experience with theatrical production. Beth specializes in logistics and execution of gala fundraisers and auctions for non-profits and has worked with budgets and fundraising goals that range from the tens of thousands to well over a million dollars. As a planner\, she believes in working with clients to find the inefficiencies and redundancies in their systems to create a streamlined approach\, keeping the organizational mission in the forefront\, while still throwing a great party. She also works as a consultant to help clients integrate their annual fundraising event into year-round donor development through auction data collection & analysis as well as creating comprehensive sponsorship proposal strategies.
URL:https://blog.greatergiving.com/event/webinar-marketing-auction-items/
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SUMMARY:AFP Fundraising Day Wisconsin 2017
DESCRIPTION:Bringing National Talent to Your Backyard! \nJoin us. Sharpen your development skills at a statewide\, daylong professional development program. Simply the best professional education value in Wisconsin! \nWhile at the conference\, be sure to stop by and visit with Heidi in the Expo Hall where she’d love to chat with you about your fundraising events. She will have auction planners\, giveaways\, and a drawing to win a $100 Amazon gift card! We look forward to a great day of education along side our great friends in Wisconsin.
URL:https://blog.greatergiving.com/event/afp-fundraising-day-wisconsin-2/
LOCATION:Country Springs Hotel and Conference Center\, 2810 Golf Rd\, Pewaukee\, WI\, 53072\, United States
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SUMMARY:Seminar: Maximizing ROI at Your Benefit Auction Reno\, NV
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Atypical Consulting + Events\, KLM Auctions\, and Greater Giving \nHow do you spend your time to be sure your event is red carpet ready and finishes in the black? This seminar will focus on key strategies needed  to increase your fundraising\, turbo-charge your live auction\, and maximize your special appeal. \nAt this seminar\, you will learn best practices for: \n\nWhich part of your fundraiser brings in the most money\nTips for drastically increasing your live auction revenue\nHow to craft your best special appeal strategy\nHow to tell your story to maximize impact\nTools to get you on track and ahead of the curve\n\nBONUS SESSION: This session will cover new trends in online and mobile bidding technologies. We will discuss how to drive participation and raise more funds with minimal effort using online bidding; how online auctions can be seamlessly integrated\, and how to leverage social media to extend your fundraising reach.
URL:https://blog.greatergiving.com/event/seminar-maximizing-roi-benefit-auction-reno-nv/
LOCATION:Peppermill Resort Hotel\, 2707 South Virginia St\, Reno\, NV\, 89502\, United States
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SUMMARY:Seminar: Create Auction Communications that Rock - Mercer Island\, WA
DESCRIPTION:Morning Session-FULL! \nAfternoon Session-Open now! Register today! \nTurn up the volume on compelling event communication before\, during and after your fundraiser to drive giving and donor engagement throughout the year \nIn this Greater Giving seminar you’ll receive an overview of classic fundraising auction best practices with special emphasis on event marketing communication\, including: \n\nPre-event messaging – establish a clear\, consistent message to maximize communication impact\nSave the Date messaging (timing\, call to action\, set expectations)\nInvitations (timing\, call to action\, further establish expectations)\nFundraising auction catalog best practices (what must you include\, nice to have\, don’t bother)\nLive Event Marketing Communication (for activities such as silent auction\, revenue enhancers\, dessert auction\,  raffles\, live auction\, special appeal\, new activities\, nonfinancial goals\, check-out)\nPost-event communication\n\nRecap email with thanks and estimated total\nThank you letter and IRS compliance\nPress release\nAdditional communication to maintain donor contact\n\n\nGreater Giving Online Bidding How To\nQ&A\n\nProfessional fundraising auctioneer and NAA Benefit Auctioneer Specialist Nelson Jay will share his experience and expertise gained from two decades in the beverage industry to help any nonprofit make the most of its annual fundraiser. Auctioneer Nelson worked on award-winning campaigns for companies like Starbucks\, Microsoft\, XBOX and T-Mobile. Bring your most pressing challenges and leave armed with a concrete plan to rock your next fundraising event communication challenge.
URL:https://blog.greatergiving.com/event/seminar-create-auction-communications-rock-mercer-island-wa/
LOCATION:Mercer Island Community Event Center\, 8236 SE 24th St\, Mercer Island\, WA\, 98040\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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SUMMARY:Benefit Auction Summit
DESCRIPTION:Benefit Auctioneer Summit – August 27-August 29 \nJoin your peers in Cancun\, Mexico to deepen your fundraising knowledge and sharpen your skills.  Stop by the Greater Giving table and visit with Todd Smith\, our Digital Marketing Manager.  Talk to him about your challenges in helping nonprofits earn the most they can.  Pick up an Auction Planner\, enter our drawing for a $100 Amazon Gift card and bend his ear on the tools Greater Giving might offer you to help you grow your business.  We are looking for the best in fundraising partners!  Pick up an application while you are there.
URL:https://blog.greatergiving.com/event/benefit-auction-summit/
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