| So, you are planning a charity auction event. | | | | beyond the value of their items, wins a prize or |
| Congratulations, you have made a great fundraising | | | | certificate. |
| choice. But how do you get your staff or volunteers | | | | Individual Contests : |
| motivated to contribute 100% to the event? Try a little | | | | Acquisition of Donated Items |
| friendly competition. | | | | Volunteers could compete to acquire the most |
| It can be a stressful task to try to get that perfect look | | | | donated items (meeting required standards of best |
| for your silent auction tables or to get the volunteers | | | | items for charity auctions, of course). They could also |
| really involved in encouraging guests to bid a few | | | | compete to see who acquires the highest total value |
| more times. Creating competition among the staff and | | | | of donated items. |
| volunteers might give your benefit auction a strong | | | | Raffle Ticket Sales |
| boost. Here are some ideas. | | | | Volunteers who are members of the floor staff can |
| Silent Auction Team Contests : | | | | compete for who sells the most raffle tickets as they |
| Most Attractive Silent Auction Table | | | | walk around the event. |
| Have teams assigned to design each silent auction | | | | These ideas will help encourage fun, salesmanship, and |
| table. Whichever table displays the best receives a | | | | a bit of competitiveness among your staff and at the |
| prize and or certificate. | | | | same time increase the revenues from your charity |
| Highest Revenue Silent Auction Table | | | | auction. Who knows, maybe it will even become an |
| Again, have the team assigned to their specific table | | | | annual competition and someone will attempt to beat |
| as a floor crew. Whichever silent auction table or | | | | last year's champions and your event will benefit even |
| group earns the most money, or the most money | | | | more from the results! |