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Hello! I'm Jenelle Taylor. I'm a licensed auctioneer and certified as a benefit auctioneer
specialist by the National Auctioneers Association. I'm here today on behalf of Expert Village
to talk about bachelor auctions. Our key number one; is a bachelor auction, the most appropriate
fund raiser for you. First, let's talk a simple definition. Typically, a bachelor auction
is a lighthearted evening cocktail fund raiser where attractive men and their gift or promotional
packages are showcased and sold to the audience in a competitive bidding live auction. The
tone can range from formal and rather restrained to revealing and very ruckus depending upon
your crowd and the way you plan your event. Of course, the same concept can apply to bachelorette
auctions, but for the sake of ease throughout this, I'll use the more common bachelor focus.
Now let's talk about, is this appropriate for your community? Are you in an urban or
real community? Do you have a club or dating scene? What about bachelors? Can you find
desirable men in your community who are also a bit untouchable or difficult to approach
on a day to day basis. Next, how is the selling of individuals going to be viewed by your
community? Of course, it's a fund raiser, but conservative communities might not look
so kindly on the idea of a bachelor or bachelorette sale. There are several ways to look at this.
What about the tone of your organization? Are you a serious focus or are you a more
playful? What's the public perception of your group? Is the bachelor auction really going
to be the best showcase for that? Now, if you already do other fund raisers, this is
a fun and lighthearted way to add something new to your fund raising menu. Next, how racy
do you want to be? There's really two ways to promote a bachelor auction. You can promote
the date with the bachelor as the selling point and then any gifts or packages will
be delivered that night of the date. However, you could alternatively promote the gifts
and the package, perhaps of certificates or jewelry and flowers and the date become optional
with the gentlemen being the spokesperson for that package. That's two ways you can
go. Now, we've figured out whether or not it's appropriate, let's talk a couple kinds
of things you'll need to do. First, you'll need to find bachelors, then get an appropriate
venue, mark it for the bachelor packages and for your attendance, design a schedule and
whatever other parts of the evening there'll be, staff your event and follow up afterwards.
To do this you're going to need two types of support. You need community support, which
means you'll need bachelors and bachelors will need companies that will donate on their
behalf and you'll need attendees. You'll need women or men or both who want to attend and
spend. They might bid on these packages they want the date or they might be friends of
the bachelor or bachelorette and they're coming simply to support them and give some money
on behalf of your cause. These things will help you determine if a bachelor auction is
the most appropriate fund raiser for you. We'll see you again with some more tips about
bachelor auctions.