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Managing Stress During Peak Fundraising Season Without Losing Yourself
The Stress that Looks Like Competence The first sign is not a breakdown. The first sign is that you keep the calendar moving anyway. The first sign is that everyone around you calls you steady and you start to wonder when you last felt steady on the inside. Stress...
How to Recruit and Train Volunteers for a Successful Fundraising Event
Why Volunteers Matter for Donor Experience and Fundraising Results When leaders talk about volunteers, the conversation usually stays on staffing. “Do we have enough hands?” “Do we have enough people to cover check in?” “Who do we have runners?” That is… a start but...
Preshow Meeting Prep: How to Run an Effective Pre-Event Meeting Before Your Fundraiser
Preshow Meeting Prep: How to Run an Effective Pre-Event Meeting Before Your Fundraiser A preshow meeting is a dedicated working session where your auctioneer and event leadership team finalize the program structure and tighten the details that directly affect timing,...
Professional Development Is Not Optional for Business Owners
Real talk Let me say the quiet part out loud: if you call yourself a business owner, professional development is not optional. Not later, not when things slow down, not when someone else plans it for you. The moment you decide to run a business, you also decide to be...
Where Exactly Does Donor Love Live in Great Fundraising Event?
Your gala looks stunning. The florals are gorgeous, the band is perfect, and the timeline would make any planner proud. Then the fundraising report lands and the numbers feel flat. Here’s what might be happening: You planned a beautiful party. You did not plan for...
TK’s Donor Love Journey: 12 Stages of Donor Relationships That Actually Last
TK's Donor Love Journey™ Fundraising is just dating and every great love story starts with someone feeling seen. You have heard me say it before. I will keep saying it. Because the nonprofits that treat fundraising like relationship building instead of...
Donors Deserve Personalized Invitations
You can't decorate your way to a bigger paddle raise Activations, themes, specialty cocktails… these things can add flavor to an evening, but they do not create a generous room on their own. Unfortunately, you can’t decorate your way to a bigger paddle raise but you...
Stop Sending Mass Invites: Build a Guest List That Actually Gives
Your Guest List Problem Isn’t Volume. It’s Intentionality. Yep. I said it. You’ve got a big list with plenty of names. A spreadsheet that scrolls on and on for days. But how many of those people are actually givers? How many are actually invested in your mission,...
Thanksgiving Donor Strategy: Lead With Gratitude, Not Guilt
The Gratitude Paradox By the time November rolls around, your donors are drowning in ask after ask after ask. Their inboxes look like a digital guilt trip, and you're worried they're about to ghost you harder than a bad Tinder date. With everything happening in the...
When Your Audience Laughs at the Appeal
The Moment That Changes Everything Here’s something I’ve learned after years of standing on fundraising stages:When your audience laughs at the highest level of your appeal, it’s awkward and revealing. You’ve seen it too. The lights are warm, the crowd’s been generous...
The Paddle Problem: Why Your Fancy Fonts Are Costing You Money
The Paddle Problem: Why Your Fancy Fonts Are Costing You Money The lights are dim. The string quartet fades into silence. You’ve got 500 guests, champagne glasses clinking, the energy in the room electric. And then the first paddle goes up. Or… at least, you think it...
It Doesn’t Matter What You’re Doing If You Don’t Have the Right People in the Room
The Room Is the Revenue A packed ballroom can look like success, but if the people inside are not ready to give, it is just a pretty picture with no impact. You can book the perfect venue, hire the best band, and fill every seat in the house, but if your guest list is...
Plannin’ On A Budget
How to Host a Beautiful Event Without Breaking the Bank You, yes you, can have a beautiful event even on a budget. Your bottom line is important, and the experience you provide to your guests is equally important. That's how you...
First African American Woman to Earn Benefit Auctioneer Specialist Designation- Astounding Auctions
Texas Auctioneer is Breaking Down Barriers and Changing the Face of the Industry Austin, TX -- (February 26, 2018) When TiWanna Kenney tells people she is an auctioneer, she often is met with a look of surprise. As an...
All You Should Know About Fundraising Auctioneers
The Historic 2019 UNCF Mayor's Masked Ball In December 2019, we united as an auction team to raise funds for the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) in Atlanta, Georgia, at the Mayor's Masked Ball. This event featured the largest...
The Largest Team of Black Auctioneers Together
In December 2019, we united as an auction team to raise funds for the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) at the Mayor's Masked Ball in Atlanta, Georgia. This historic event featured the largest gathering of Black Auctioneers from...
Get It Right In One Night
Get It Right In One Night You have one night to bring in your new donors. Every person you select to stand before your guests can make or break your success. Start out right with an auctioneer who creates compelling moments and...