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Live and silent auctions have been a very big part of our gala since I have been with the Rainforest Alliance, since 2003 easily. They definitely help you increase your revenue at minimum cost, but I will admit that they do require quite a bit of work. It also depends on how much money you want to raise from your auction and how big you want it to be. | Live and silent auctions have been a very big part of our gala since I have been with the Rainforest Alliance, since 2003 easily. They definitely help you increase your revenue at minimum cost, but I will admit that they do require quite a bit of work. It also depends on how much money you want to raise from your auction and how big you want it to be. | ||
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You might want to consider some new technology to help increase your bids. In 2009, we used a technology that was developed for the Prince’s Trust Foundation in London, and we brought it back again; it worked great. The traditional method for dealing with silent auctions involves guests writing in their contact information on bid sheets. This new technology allows you to present guests with a “smart card” that they carry with them. This also offers a branding opportunity. If you can get an auction sponsor, you can put their logo on the card and you can also put it on the screen. Handsets are placed on the dinner tables, the auction tables, and are scattered around the room. What it allows guests to do is bid from wherever they are around the room. So they can bid at the bar, on the dance floor, in the restroom line; they can bid wherever they are. You set up these screens around the room so that guests do not always have to be running back to the bid to check how things are doing and if they need to up their number. They can look at any screen around the room and find out how they are doing. It is a great system. | You might want to consider some new technology to help increase your bids. In 2009, we used a technology that was developed for the Prince’s Trust Foundation in London, and we brought it back again; it worked great. The traditional method for dealing with silent auctions involves guests writing in their contact information on bid sheets. This new technology allows you to present guests with a “smart card” that they carry with them. This also offers a branding opportunity. If you can get an auction sponsor, you can put their logo on the card and you can also put it on the screen. Handsets are placed on the dinner tables, the auction tables, and are scattered around the room. What it allows guests to do is bid from wherever they are around the room. So they can bid at the bar, on the dance floor, in the restroom line; they can bid wherever they are. You set up these screens around the room so that guests do not always have to be running back to the bid to check how things are doing and if they need to up their number. They can look at any screen around the room and find out how they are doing. It is a great system. | ||
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==Event coordination== | ==Event coordination== | ||
Revision as of 06:35, 16 October 2011
This presentation by Staci Pierson, Manager of Special Events for the Rainforest Alliance, primarily focuses on the gala held by the Rainforest Alliance every year. This event encompasses a large number of special event components. The Rainforest Alliance is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation of tropical forests. It was founded in 1987 to conserve biodiversity by transforming land use practices, businesses practices, and consumer behavior. The first annual gala was held in the spring of 1990, with the goal of raising unrestricted funds, create awareness, further its mission, and attract new members and donors. This first gala was successful event, attracting approximately two hundred guests and raising about $20,000. By 2010, the gala drew about 600 guests and raised more than $1.5 million for the organization, with the costs about $250,000.
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