Fundraising Tips, Ideas & Best Practices

    Practical guidance to help schools and nonprofits plan successful events, connect with donors, and raise more for their missions.

    Promotion: The Key to Online Auction Success

    Today, we’d like to focus on a super important factor – one too often overlooked – in the success of your online auction: Promotion. Read More

    12 Mar 2020

    Roger Devine

    Data Month Part 2: Guest Data

    Continuing with our Data Month theme, let’s take a look atcollecting guest data. What information should you collect from your guests? (We’ll get into the... Read More

    30 Jan 2020

    Carolyn Dasher

    January is Data Month: Adding Supporter Data to Your Site

    It’s a new year and for many of you that means it’s time to create a new auction site. And your new site will need... Read More

    15 Jan 2020

    Carolyn Dasher

    Mobile Bidding Part 2: Know Your "Rescue" Tools

    In our final post of 2019, we talked about how to plan a successful mobile bidding event. In today’s post, we’ll consider a less-than-ideal case... Read More

    07 Jan 2020

    Carolyn Dasher

    It's 2020, and We Need To Talk About Privacy

    Update: here is the missing link from the email: https://schoolauction.helpscoutdocs.com/article/964-reviewing-editing-and-approving-the-privacy-policy-and-terms Read More

    03 Jan 2020

    Roger Devine

    Mobile Bidding: Get Ready to Go Paperless

    We get a LOT of questions about how to organize a successful mobile bidding auction. Not just how to set it up in the software... Read More

    24 Dec 2019

    Carolyn Dasher

    Boost Your Live Auction Revenue with Group Bidding

    Fundraising auctioneers are a tremendous source of auction ideas. And luckily, some very talented and knowledgeable auctioneers blog, which means all of us can benefit... Read More

    06 Dec 2019

    Carolyn Dasher

    Giving Tuesday is Almost Here: Is Your Non-Profit Ready?

    Giving Tuesday lands on December 3 this year. That’s right around the corner. If you’re not already familiar with Giving Tuesday, it’s a relatively recent... Read More

    27 Nov 2019

    Carolyn Dasher

    Invitations - How to Make Events Easier for Everyone

    Organizing a fundraising auction involves quite a range of tasks. At a minimum, you’re procuring items to sell at your event. You’re probably also selling... Read More

    22 Nov 2019

    Carolyn Dasher

    School Auction Social Media Strategy Series: Comments

    Interacting with your social media audience keeps them engaged and serves as a reminder that, while social media isn’t necessarily tangible, there are real-live people... Read More

    09 May 2019

    Kelsey Zander