Auction Procurement Worksheet

December 30, 2009

Silent Auction

Auction procurement can be as easy as a few phone calls to good friends. Cut out the cold calls and identify key targets.

Think about the following questions with the following people in mind:

1. Do I know someone who owns their own business and can donate a service or a gift certificate? Restaurant, retail store, cleaning service, garden landscape, legal advise, spa or massage services, yoga instructor, etc?

People I can contact for these:
Friend: _________________________________________________
Family Member: _________________________________________
Business Colleague: ______________________________________

2. Do I know someone who travels a lot or works in the travel industry that can donate air miles, hotel stays, or travel services?

3. Do I know someone with a vacation home or timeshare willing to donate a stay in their cabin, beach home, vacation rental, timeshare, etc.

4. Do I frequent a place of business that would be willing to donate a gift certificate? Favorite restaurant, hair salon, spa, grocery store, boutique, café, tea or coffeehouse?

5. What can you donate to the auction? Are you a service provider? Are you an artist? Do you have a collection of wine you can donate from?

SamSwaim