Auction

Auction planning

Auctions can be a huge fundraiser for a conference. Typically, there is a silent auction as well as a live auction....

You will need an auction chair to oversee this important event. In addion, someone to call the auction (member from host region, NMEA member or a professional caller). A secure cash out room with multiple cashiers and one way flow. Someone to record who won the bid.

How do you set up and run an auction? How do cash out?

If done well, the auction can bring in over $10,000! There have been some Great auctions in the past as well as some sleepers. The typical NMEA conference has 3 types of auctions held on the night of the auction: the Chineese Auction or Bag Auction, the Silent Auction, and the Live Auction.

For some great advice, contact Beth Jewell, who ran the 2003 NMEA Conference Auction in Wilmington, NC.