Category Archives: General

Why Is It Important to Know Your Audience For A Successful Benefit Auction?

I am often asked – what do nonprofits need to know to better know their audience? Well first of all, let’s look at why is that important? The key to an excellent fundraising auction is connecting your audience to your … Continue reading

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The 2011 Kingston Fund Grant Award Winners Announced

I’m excited to announce our 2011 Kingston Fund grant award recipients. The Kingston Fund Board of Advisors, my nephew and seven nieces, Arley, Megan, Alysha, Molly, Erin, Lexi, Brianna, and Lindsay (ages 15 to 28 years old) have selected the … Continue reading

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EPIC FUNDRAISING AUCTION TREND: Excellent Fund-A-Need Appeals Outperforming Live Auctions!

Are you optimizing this HUGE Benefit Auction Trend? Do you know that many Fund-A-Need/Special Appeals are now raising strikingly more than Live Auctions! This most profitable trend of the new economy is reverberating all across the country.* Are YOU completely … Continue reading

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Want to know my secret to success?

This might surprise you… Learning to champion the nonprofit cause and inspire audience generosity is the #1 expertise that nonprofits seek in benefit auctioneers. Please join me for this unique professional development opportunity! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “Beyond Bid Calling™: The Benefit Auctioneer … Continue reading

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Encore! Encore!

Wow! I’ve had a great response to my “6 ‘Must-Do’ Practices for Creating Fundraising Auctions that Raise Serious Money” tele-seminar! People are raving about the information they learned, and excited to put it to use immediately to create their own … Continue reading

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