Parent Groups in the News Round-up 4/22/11
With budget cuts plaguing schools across the country, many parent groups are looking to auctions to bring in the big money. The articles in this week’s news round-up demonstrate how PTOs and PTAs are...
View ArticleMy Tip of the Week: Hot Items for Your Auction
Gearing up for a fall fundraising auction? If yes, then you’re likely in “acquisition mode,” where your volunteers are scrambling for donations that you can auction off. That’s fine, and I totally see...
View ArticleOnline Auction Tips From the Pros
We always get lots of questions about auction planning, and over the past year or so questions about online auctions in particular have been popping up. So we’re excited to let you know that we’ve...
View ArticleMy Tip of the Week: Three Quick Auction Tips
I have school auctions on my brain this week as we prepare for the auction at my children’s school this Friday night. With that in mind, I’ll give you three quick tips from my experience as an observer...
View ArticleLearn How to Maximize Your Online Auction & More About Mobile Bidding
We had a great turn out last week at our “All About Online Auctions” webinar. Thanks to all that participated. There were many excellent questions asked and we hope you learned a lot. This Wednesday,...
View ArticleLast Minute School Auction Tips
Many of us have a love-hate relationship with auctions. When you are in the final throws of putting the auction together, you are probably not feeling a whole lot of love. You’re too busy hunting for a...
View ArticleElection Season Gotchas: How to Avoid Transition Trauma
Nobody wants to just be thrown into a PTO leadership role. There are several steps your group can take to help smooth the transition from one group of officers to the next. Transition issues are big to...
View ArticleMy Tip of the Week: Make Your School Auction A Successful Community Event
I’m a big fan of school auctions. They can be effective fundraisers, and better yet, when done right, they can be great community builders. That can be even more valuable than the dollars and cents....
View ArticlePTO Today, PayAnywhere Providing Parent Groups With Easy Credit Card Processing
If you’ve worked a fundraiser with a cash-or-check-only policy, then you know your parent group could be even more successful if people were allowed to use credit cards. Well, now we have a solution to...
View ArticleMy Tip of the Week: My Best Auction Tip
Is your group in auction planning mode? I’ll give you one kind of crazy thought right here. If you have a silent auction, then I bet you always have one or two items that are highly sought after with a...
View ArticleFrom the News: 3 Ideas To Add Pizazz to Traditional Events
This week’s tips from the community include auction balloons, a homework “diner,” and a mini-golf decorating contest. A high-flying addition: Here’s a fun auction idea submitted by a community member...
View Article6 Simple Ideas To Improve Your School Auction
Our Ultimate Donation List is very busy now, a good indicator that many auctions will be taking place in the next several weeks. What’s great about this message board thread is that folks not only post...
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