THERE IS NO BENEFIT AUCTION SPECIALIST IN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN THAT PROVIDES A CONSULTATION PACKAGE LIKE LINDSAY & VANDER KOLK - YOU HAVE OUR WORD ON IT.

Planning your benefit auction is a tedius task that must be well orchestrated and properly executed. The fact is, what does your non profit organization know about what it really takes to have a successful live and silent auction?

Does your organization truly know WHY people attend benefit auctions? How to go about soliciting donations for your auction? What types of items are poor auction items and what type of donations you should be seeking? What about added revenue generatiors? Where and how to promote your benefit auction event? What is the best time of year to conduct an auction and is a benefit auction appropriate for your organization? What is the best way to present your live and silent auction items? How many items should you have in your auction? What about legal and tax issues? There is more - much more but this should give you a general idea of what goes behind a professionally conducted auction event.

Lindsay & Vander Kolk are certified benefit auction specialists with the experience to ensure that your silent and live auction will be a spectacular fundraising auction experience!

In addition to our unlimited phone consultations, meeting with your auction committee, attending your kick off party and providing exclusive training to your support staff, Lindsay & Vander Kolk will provide an unforgettable, lively and entertaining auction event that will leave your room buzzing with energy and enthusisam.

LINDSAY & VANDER KOLK 'AUCTION ACTION PLAN' WORKSHOP©
The AUCTION ACTION PLAN WORKSHOP© describes some of the steps necessary to make your live and silent auction the most successful and profitable venture possible.
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A properly planned and executed live and silent auction is always an entertaining and profitable which leave your supporters feeling good about their participation! Furthermore, a good auction will connect your volunteers and audience where they feel more involved and important to the success of your organization fundraising efforts.

Incorporating a live and silent auction to your fundraising efforts will make a world of difference to goals of your non profit organization.

The purpose of the above AUCTION ACTION PLAN WORKSHOP© is to provide you a general idea of what should be involved with planning your next benefit auction. When you contact Lindsay & Vander Kolk Certifed Fundraising Auctioneers, we'll engage in a lengthy discussion about your fundraising auction and additional logistics (not mentioned here) that should be implimented and how to put your developing AUCTION ACTION PLAN WORKSHOP© into action.

SETTING A GOAL- Involves establishing specific, measurable and time targeted objectives. Goal setting suggests that it is an effective tool for making progress by ensuring that committee members are clearly aware of what is expected from them, if an objective is to be achieved. Goals should be tangible, specific, realistic and have a time targeted for completion. There must be realistic plans to achieve the intended goal. Goal setting is a major component of the AUCTION ACTION PLAN©.

Budget - Developing a budget for your live and silent auction is a critical component to the AUCTION ACTION PLAN. With a short consultation, Lindsay & Vander Kolk will provide you with a recommended budget that is necessary to execute the most profitable live and silent auction event possible.

Hire a BENEFIT AUCTIONEER! - Hiring an auction specifically trained and experienced in benefit auction consultations and bid calling is the most important move your orgainziation will make when it comes to your live and silent auctions. Unfortunately, many laypeople think all auctioneers are created equal and are interchangeable and all they bring to the table is a rhythimic auction chant. That assumption could not be any more wrong. Plain and simple, the local auction barn auctioneer is NOT qualified or experienced in benefit auction consulting regardless of how smooth his auction chant is.

The Once-A-Year-Volunteer Auctioneer: It's great that the local weatherman or a guy by the name of Wally at the Bowling Alley has volunteered to be your guest auctioneer again this year. Everyone loves Wally because every year your live auction generates hundreds or even thousands of dollars. What you don't know is hurting your organization. What you don't know is how much money is the once-a-year-volunteer auctioneer is actually costing your organization because we GUARANTEE you that the non trained professional is potentially leaving thousands of dollars off the table which ALWAYS goes undetected until a benefit auction specialist is called to the podium.

Click HERE and read the article, 'WHY HIRE A PROFESSIONAL FUNDRAISING AUCTIONEER FOR YOUR CHAIRTY AUCTION?'

The Timeline - We have developed an auction timeline to keep your planning organized and on track through the entire process. This invaluable resource will save your organization a tremendous amount of speculation and trial and error time. We call this the road map to auction success!

Audience Development - There are two reasons why people attend a benefit auction. Commitment and guilt. Knowing this, it's critical to the success of your event that the 'right people' are cultivated to attend your event. Lindsay & Vander Kolk have developed an unique system to educate you on how to maximize your audience recruitment which you will learn during one of our seminars and/or consultation meetings.

Auction Committees - This area in itself is complex and must be carefully outlined to ensure that your event has the necessary amount of staffing in order to carry out the necessary projects for the auction. First and foremost, you need to designate an Steering Committee who is responsible for supervising the other committees. How many special committees your event will require depends on the size and specific needs of your event. Some of the committees include but not limited to are; Steering Committee, Audience Development, Auction Procurement Committee, Advertising Committee, Publication Committee along with appropriate sub committees that handle decorations, technology, set up etc.

Live & Silent Auction Items - Knowing WHAT should be in your live auction versus what should NOT be in your live auction can be the difference of making or losing thousands of dollars to your organization. What seemingly is a great live or silent auction item may actually be a poor choice. The best live auction items have an emotional appeal to them which are not expensive but extremely valuable to your auction. If your organization is taking in a boat load of consignment items or worse, purchasing items for your auction event, you need to call Lindsay & Vander Kolk to the rescue.

THE LINDSAY & VANDER KOLK BENEFIT AUCTION WORKSHOP
Maximizing Your Live and Silent Auction

• Establishing Your Live and Silent Auction Event
• Revealing the Best and the Worst Live Auction Items
• How To Procure Donations
• Audience Development
• Your Advertising Budget. Should You Have One?
• Creating a Theme
• Maximizing Profits During A Recession
• Ending The Debate. When Should The Live Auction Begin. When Should The Silent Auction End.
• How To Add Sizzle To Your Benefit Auction Event!
• Consignment Items
• How To Promote Your Benefit Auction Event
• Creating a Legacy with Signature Traditions
• Event Layout and Floor Plan
• How To Properly Package Live and Silent Auction Items
• 100 Recommendations To Maximize Your Silent Auction
• Creating The Timeline for Your Fundraiser. What Needs To Be Done and When
• The Check Out

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