Auction Brio benefit blog

“If we make them cry, they’ll give more.” I have heard that so many times in the last 15 years. But it is wrong. The essential message of the Fund-a-Need…

Scared. Nervous. No idea. These are the words I have been told about trying to conduct a virtual benefit auction. Actually none of those descriptions should describe your first virtual…

October is here! Seven months of staying within your confines has really put birthday, anniversary and most of all vacation plans on hold… or worse. Cancellation! There is great news.…

As the calendar closes in on mid-August, plans for getting students back to learning are settling whether they are in the school building or learning from home. This means we…

Where the pre-produced event is a safety net to make sure that all goes right, the live event can be a wild card. Now, you may say to me that…

Having been in broadcast television for 23 years, I know what the benefits are to pre-producing a show. First, let me explain what a pre-produced show actually means. Pre-produced is…

Over the last five months there have been many virtual galas taking place around the country. Most are discovering on the fly what the difference is from conducting their first…

We have nearly experienced 60-days of stay in place but that should not have made your organization stay in place when it came to asking for donor support. If your…

Everyone has been effected by the abrupt stoppage of life’s freedoms by this potentially deadly coronavirus. Nonprofit organizations have postponed or rescheduled their large money generating event for months down…

Last week benefit auctioneers and clients hustled to keep clients events moving forward. Personally, I was up at 5am and ending my days at 2am the next morning to assist…