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Guests Love Experiences… and Parties!

If you’re like many of us, you attend at least one benefit auction – in addition to the one you are helping to plan –... Read More

05 Feb 2013

Roger Devine

How did we do last year? And other common questions…

Because school auctions are generally run by volunteers, record keeping systems are often makeshift and handed down through loose leaf binders and sticky notes. Sound... Read More

01 Feb 2013

Roger Devine

4 Ways to Save Time and Streamline Your Auction Planning

Let’s face it, pulling off a successful fundraising auction takes a lot of time and energy! Chances are, at this moment, you are deeply engaged... Read More

27 Jan 2013

Kara Tambellini

5 Steps To A Great Fundraising Auction

I’m a big fan of Sherry Truhlar of Red Apple Auctions, and today the Nonprofit Spark podcast featured this interview with her. It is really... Read More

22 Jan 2013

Roger Devine

Getting to the Heart of the matter

It’s a fresh year, and for many of you, this is the time when your plans and strategies for organizing and executing a successful benefit... Read More

11 Jan 2013

Delila

Introducing our newest team member

Hi, I’m Delila Olsson and, along with being a mother and small business owner, I am a professional volunteer and the newest member of the... Read More

08 Jan 2013

Roger Devine

SchoolAuction.net Application Update September 2012

You may have noticed a few new changes on your site: Read More

09 Sep 2012

Roger Devine

Square & SchoolAuction.net, Pt. 2

A couple of weeks ago, there was news that Square, the innovative payments processor that makes those iPhone-based card-readers one sees at coffee shops everywhere,... Read More

29 Aug 2012

Roger Devine

Square & SchoolAuction.net, Pt. 1

Square has been a disruptive force in the merchant-processing business since its emergence a couple of years ago. And since you can use just about... Read More

17 Aug 2012

Roger Devine

Using QR Codes with SchoolAuction.net

If you print posters or postcards or flyers to advertise your auction, you probably already print the URL for your SchoolAuction.net website on them. Consider... Read More