The back of your auction bid card / bid paddle is valuable real estate, so don’t leave it blank. At this event, the nonprofit used the back of the bid card to convey seating assignments.
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Some nonprofits will print a guest’s bid number on both sides of an auction bid paddle. The benefit of this approach is that regardless of which side of the paddle is shown to the auctioneer, the bid number is viewed. Another idea is to sell the space on the back of the bid paddle. The… Read On >
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These reusable auction bid paddle sticks make storage of the paddles easier and allow the nonprofit to update the sponsor on the back of the card each year.
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This is a 3-part blog post, explaining why benefit auctions should identify guests with bid numbers instead of names. The first post looked at the benefits of using numbers in a Fund a Need. The second post examined the use of numbers in the live auction. Today we’ll turn to the silent auction. +++++++++++++++++ Why« Continue Reading »
Continue readingThis is a 3-part blog post, explaining why benefit auctions should identify guests with bid numbers instead of names. The first post looked at the benefits of using numbers in a Fund a Need. The second post examined the use of numbers in the live auction. Today we’ll turn to the silent auction. +++++++++++++++++ Why« Continue Reading »
Continue readingThis is a 3-part blog post, explaining why benefit auctions should identify guests with bid numbers instead of names. The first post looked at the benefits of using numbers in a Fund a Need. Today, we examine using numbers in the live auction. The third post turns to using numbers in the silent auction. +++++++++++++++++« Continue Reading »
Continue readingThis is a 3-part blog post, explaining why benefit auctions should identify guests with bid numbers instead of names. The first post looked at the benefits of using numbers in a Fund a Need. Today, we examine using numbers in the live auction. The third post turns to using numbers in the silent auction. +++++++++++++++++« Continue Reading »
Continue readingLet me preface this subject with two quick stories. Story #1 While flying back from Eugene, OR after last weekend’s auction, I had lots of time to watch some movies, including Life Itself. The movie is a documentary about Roger Ebert, the Chicago Sun-Times’ film critic who recently died of cancer. Ebert shared an amusing« Continue Reading »
Continue readingLet me preface this subject with two quick stories. Story #1 While flying back from Eugene, OR after last weekend’s auction, I had lots of time to watch some movies, including Life Itself. The movie is a documentary about Roger Ebert, the Chicago Sun-Times’ film critic who recently died of cancer. Ebert shared an amusing« Continue Reading »
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