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It’s Genius, SignUp Genius

 October 20, 2025 - Author: Jenelle Taylor, CAI BAS
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This week a terrific nonprofit in Orlando is hosting their 6th annual online auction benefiting programs for seniors. This is no ordinary online auction – there are over 300 items to bid on! Unlike an online auction happening during a gala where people just grab their winnings that night, this online-only event means there are over 300 baskets and certificates that will need to be picked up next week at their office!

HOW do they manage smooth and organized item handovers the easy way? With SignUp Genius. Setting it up is fast, easy and can even be free to use. Simply add the link to your winning invoices and you’re all set to have all their purchases together before their appointment. Give this handy tool a try.

Comments are closed - Categories: Charity, Event Logistics, Online Auctions, Technology

Easy Uses for AI

 July 9, 2024 - Author: Jenelle Taylor, CAI BAS
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So, are you using AI for your nonprofit? If so, are you enjoying it? Finding it helpful, or just confusing? Or, are you freaked out yet?

Two easy uses I’ve found so far:

  1. With the Auctria online auction software, there’s built in AI to rewrite your auction package descriptions to make them more compelling
  2. Use https://designer.microsoft.com/image-creator to create free AI images in seconds for posts or when you need an image for an online auction entry.

There are myriad other AI uses for nonprofits. Remember when using it to write long-form text, go back and tweak it to make it your own message in your own voice.

Comments are closed - Categories: Consulting, Online Auctions, Technology

►I do Online Auctions too!

 October 26, 2023 - Author: Jenelle Taylor, CAI BAS

There’s a wonderful group I work with, Jewish Pavilion. I did their gala for many years, but when Covid happened we switched to an online auction, and it’s been so successful that we’ve never looked back.

While they have staff who maintain the spreadsheet of auction donations, I manage the Auctria online auction platform for them, and it’s a big job!

This year we had 370 items! It not only ensures that there are lots of items to interest everyone, but we hold back 100+ items initially and add 20+ new items each day the auction is open. This allows us to email the registered bidders (and those on the email list not yet registered) that “New Items were Just Added!”

Need help with your online auction? I can do that, too.

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