How to knock your next fundraising auction out of the park with Greg Quiroga – Part 1

#003 – Greg is the owner and founder of Stellar Fundraising Auction.  He is a fundraising auction GURU.  He runs fundraising auctions for big and small volunteer organizations, including schools and shares a wealth of knowledge on how you can bring in more money at your next fundraising auction.   We had such a good exchange and he brought so much value that our conversation went longer than we planned.  This is Part 1.

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7 Keys to a Successful Fund a Need

http://www.stellarsf.com/video – Watch Greg’s video to see how a professional auctioneer can make a difference in your event

3 Key Takeaways

  1. Communicate with your donor base to see what they will support
  2. No matter the size of your auction, success is based on 15 guests
  3. Using a Fund a Need can really boost your fundraising

Show Notes

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[2:48] How many people do you have who are committed to volunteer to make the auction successful
[3:08] For an auction to be successful you have to have a couple of key components taken care of
[3:52] Get people you know have capacity and are prepared to support your event/organization
[4:12] Every event is made by 15 bidders
[4:42] You need people who have connections to invite your supporters
[5:02] The goals of a fundraising auction is three fold 1 Raise money 2 Tell your story 3 Engage new supporters
[6:47] For an event chair, you’ll spend 700 hours over 9 months
[7:39] If you’re looking for someone to chair your fundraising auction, find the busiest person you know
[9:58] In putting together a fundraising auction, it has to be FUN and it has to be FUNdraising
[10:28] Don’t throw a big party and then hit them over the head with an auction when they get there
[15:14] Fund a Need
[16:02] Keys to making your Fund a Need successful
[19:15] 7 Keys to a Fund a Need
[20:35] Fundraising is conversation with your community
[21:00] Talk to your donors to see what they’re interested in supporting
[22:20] We need somebody to get the ball rolling
[23:33] An auction breaks into 3 groups of people
[25:38] Your board needs to do 3 things to make the auction successful
[27:58] What item can I count on you to help bid up?
[28:39] Peer pressure drives donations
[28:56] Fundraising auctions are a place for people to make donations in a public setting

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