Elevate Your Event

If you're part of a nonprofit organization or charity, you know how important fundraising is for your cause. One effective way to raise funds is to organize an auction. However, getting items donated for the auction can be a challenging task, especially when relying on a committee of volunteers to secure donations.

In this podcast, we will provide you with practical tips and strategies to motivate your committee members and help them to secure auction items that can make a significant difference in your fundraising efforts. We will discuss the importance of making it easy for potential donors to say ‘yes’ to your committee, as well as leveraging the power of personal networks and developing creative ways to encourage participation from committee members and sponsors alike.

Whether you're a seasoned nonprofit professional or a first-time fundraiser, this podcast is designed to provide you with valuable insights and actionable advice to help you succeed in your auction item procurement efforts. So sit back, relax, and join us as we explore the world of nonprofit fundraising and how to motivate your committee members to get auction items donated for your cause.

Let Handbid help you raise more money at your next event! Learn more by talking to us at Handbid.com/talk-to-us

The timing of your event and the order of your program can have a dramatic effect on your audience’s engagement, and potentially the amount of money that you raise. Knowing when to make an appeal, when to close your silent auction, and when to hold your live auction is an art form to be mastered!

The team talks today about the run of show, from days leading up to the event, all the way to the after-party, and how you can use it to your advantage when raising money for your organization.

Let Handbid help you dazzle your guests with our software. We help event managers like you raise a ton of money for your organization. Talk to us at handbid.com/talk-to-us

The more people you can get to your event, the better, right? How you promote your event matters, and to be successful, you have to hit the target audience that you are trying to reach. 

There are many different strategies to market your event. In this episode, the Handbid team will help you decide what promotional tactics are best for your organization and how to take the next steps to make sure your whole community knows about your event!

Handbid is more than just auction software. We can help you with event promotion, too! Find out how by talking to us at Handbid.com/talk-to-us 

The Show Notes for this episode can be found here: www.handbid.com/podcast/how-to-promote-your-event-and-get-more-people-to-attend

One of the best ways to get people to donate to your organization is to host a fundraising event. There are many different types of events and themes, and the Handbid team is talking through over two dozen different ideas to help get your creative juices flowing, so you can host your best fundraising event ever!

Let Handbid help you take your event to the next level. With features like mobile bidding, ticketing, and text-2-give, Handbid will help you dazzle your guests and raise more money for your organization. Visit Handbid.com and talk to us today!

The Show Notes for this episode can be found here: www.handbid.com/podcast/9-types-of-events-and-19-creative-event-themes

Your event could be a total success from start to finish: Your first impressions wowed your guests, your program was flawless, and you might have raised more money than ever. But there’s one thing that could make or break the overall impression of your event: Checkout. If people are waiting in a long line to pick up their auction items or pay their pledged donations at the end of the night, you could send them home feeling frustrated. Have a detailed plan for your checkout process, from start to finish, so you can keep things running smoothly until the last guest leaves. Don’t let a long or disorganized checkout dampen all your hard work and the success of the evening.

We’re describing some best practices for your event checkout process, so you can have less stress and get your guests out the door with all their purchased items and a smile on their faces.

Handbid's software will make your checkout a breeze. Tap here to find out how!

Show Notes for this episode 

Your nonprofit board is crucial to your event's success and to advancing your organization’s mission. Board members are the ones who provide you with guidance and advice and who bring money, connections, and other resources to the table. But managing that board and finding the right board members can be tricky.

We brought in special guest Mike Papi, founder of the OneGoat Foundation, to talk with the Handbid team about figuring out what types of people may be suitable for your Board and how they can help to make your event successful. The group talks about the strengths and woes of board members and offers a little advice if you’re already on a nonprofit Board.

Let Handbid help you raise more money, dazzle your guests, and pull off a fantastic event with mobile bidding software that makes every event a smash. Tap here to learn more.

To connect with the OneGoat Foundation, visit onegoat.org

You’ve spent months planning and preparing for your silent auction, and you’ve recruited all of your items. Maybe you even have a really good-looking auction setup. Now what? How do you get people to bid on your silent auction items? The goal is to raise as much money as possible at your event, so how is that done through your auction? Our team believes that how you name, describe, and market your auction items is essential to the overall success of your silent auction.

In this episode, Jeff, Lori, and Diana talk about how item descriptions and even your bid increments can be used as powerful tools that will motivate your bidders to bid high and often, so that you can raise as much money as possible in your auction. 

Let Handbid help you raise more money, dazzle your guests, and pull off an amazing event with mobile bidding software that makes every event a smash. Tap here to learn more.

The Show Notes for this episode can be found here: www.handbid.com/podcast/how-to-motivate-people-to-bid-on-your-silent-auction-items

We’ve been doing events even before Handbid was born in 2011. We’ve been involved in hundreds of them, so we’ve seen a thing or two! We all have stories about the good, the bad, and the ugly. We’ve been there, schlepping in the extreme heat and checking in guests in the extreme cold. We know that event planners and managers wear many hats and have to be willing to do anything and everything to make an event successful. You’re the main problem solver of the day, and you have to be ready to jump into action whenever there's something that needs fixing, whether it's rolling silverware or serving food to hungry attendees (or both!).

Today the Handbid team is sharing some of their best (and worst!) event moments, and they give 4 practical tactics you can start implementing today that will make your event a success.

Let Handbid help you raise mo’ money for your organization. Talk to us! 

The Show Notes for this episode can be found here: www.handbid.com/podcast/4-practical-tactics-that-will-make-every-event-a-success

In this first episode of the podcast, we’re introducing ourselves. The Elevate Your Event Podcast podcast is powered by Handbid, a mobile bidding software company (and so much more!) Kristen, our Marketing Manager, interviews Jeff Porter, Handbid’s co-founder and CEO

Jeff created Handbid out of a critical need to improve his own event: a fundraiser for a charity he also founded. He tells us the funny story of the very first event that used Handbid’s mobile bidding software, and what Handbid’s ultimate goal really is.

Jeff explains what he has seen across hundreds of events since creating Handbid, the elements needed to exponentially increase your auction revenue, and THE one thing that will determine the success of your silent auction.

You will also learn what you can expect from the Elevate Your Event Podcast in the episodes to come.

Want to learn more about Handbid, our Story, and what we offer? Talk to us! 

The Show Notes for this episode can be found at: https://www.handbid.com/podcast/why-were-freakin-awesome-at-events

Silent auctions are hugely popular at fundraising events. When done well, they can help you raise a lot of money, but there are some critical mistakes that can have a negative impact not only on your auction, but on how much money you raise and possibly even impact your organization.

In this episode, Jeff, Lori, and Diana talk about key silent auction mistakes and how to avoid them. They give advice about auction item display, starting bids and bid increments, and ways you can make your auction better (or worse!) overall.

Let Handbid help you raise mo’ money for your organization. Talk to us! 

The Show Notes for this episode can be found here: www.handbid.com/podcast/silent-auction-mistakes-and-how-to-avoid-them