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.
For anyone who wants a complete "Developing
An Auction Dinner" package, complete with working manuals, workbooks,
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Event Planning
5. Timing
If you want to kill a great event, make it too long. Too many potentially great events becoming an agonizing failure because they went too long and attendees became bored and restless. When this happens people tend to talk and drink too much, talk over the Master of Ceremony and not pay attention or worse, they just leave the events before it ends. All of this behavior results in people spending less money.
6. Event Insurance
If
your group does not have overall insurance that covers events, you should
definitely contact your local insurance broker to discuss coverage. Most
facilities will not let you hold an event on their premises if you don’t have liability
insurance.
(To be continued)
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