Murray McCandless
Fundraising Consultant
and Benefit Auctioneer
509 Spring Drive
Elizabethtown, KY 42701
Phone: 270-872-7507
- Knowing the four psychological make-ups of fundraising event attendees
- Creating an effective Fund-A-Need to raise record amounts of support
- New tips, trends and techniques in the fundraising industry
- Revenue enhancing timeline management
- Consignment Experiences/trips or not?
- Additional opportunities to showcase individual generosity
- Sit down, buffet, or dinner-by-the-bite dinners. Which is best?
- When to use the envelope system for a Special Appeal
- How to find thousands of unrealized dollars in the middle of every table
- The 4 “no-no’s” of live auction packages and their exceptions
- Ensuring every element of the event is conducive to raising more funds
- Creating one-of-a-kind live auction packages
- Impromptu live auction items
- Putting an end to the Procurement Committee curse (!)
- Targeted Item Acquisition that matches your constituency
- How to leave your donors wanting to give more (aka MLS)
- Visualize in order to Verbalize
- F.I.P.A.C.: Raising more than just funds for your event and your organization
- Silent auction techniques and ratios that raise more funds
- Providing multiple streams of revenue for every attendee
- Making sure that all that’s left on the table ($!) is a wrinkled napkin
- and more…