Developing An Auction Dinner (Part Four)

I have had the privilege of attending and working with thousands of auction dinners throughout North America for over 20 years. Some had several thousand attendees, while others only had fifty or so. The articles that follow are meant to give an overview of how successful auction dinners are conceived, planned and managed.
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Event Set-Up

1. Seating Plan
Just prior to the event, organize all the names of attendees and enter them onto a formal seating plan. Once you have made all your adjustments, prepare transpose the information onto a large sheet of foamboard. Take this board to the event and set it up in a prominent area. Make sure your volunteers study the plan before the event so that they can help attendees find their table.

2. Packaging
This is the time to take all the small prizes and package them into complimentary groupings. These larger prizes can now be used as door prizes, raffle prizes and silent auction items. Packaging smaller prizes into larger grouping will give value to all prizes. The people attending your event want and deserve value.

(To be continued)