Comments on: Shake the Money Tree: How to Produce a Winning Fundraising Event with a Live and Silent Auction

By: Dan Williams - Auctioneer

Dan Williams - Auctioneer — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:43:50 +0000

This book is fantastic! I’ve seen problems happen at fundraising events and this book addresses them all. It’s the best advice a fundraising event chairperson could get. I’m making sure all my clients have this book, and if they do what the book suggest, my job to raise money at live auctions will be a whole lot easier.
Rating: 5 / 5

By: Merritt Frey

Merritt Frey — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:54:25 +0000

We have used the author of this book for our dinner/auction event for several years now and have loved his advice. This book takes things to the next level! It is practical — in ways that some of these types of guides are often not. Great insight into making sure guests feel special and appreciated, which we have found is the key to a successful event. I recommend this book highly and think any group that does auctions should have this book as required reading for event organizers!
Rating: 5 / 5

By: Steve Kelley Auction Co.

Steve Kelley Auction Co. — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:49:34 +0000

I am a benefit auctioneer and i have studyed this book and made suggestions to my clients and have had successful fundraising events using the information in this book. I give it a high rating.
Rating: 5 / 5

By: CJB

CJB — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:28:29 +0000

Shake the Money Tree has to be the best book ever written about fundraising auctions. It’s well organized. In fact, the table of contents serves as a broad checklist. There are 160 tasks with supporting reasons divided into 15 hypothetical committees for instant reference. Some other books include some of these tasks, but they don’t mention why the tasks are important.

The book takes you step-by-step through everything needed to produce a fundraising auction that could double or triple your organization’s usual results–from the marketing, to the items that bring in the most money, to getting the bidding guests emotionally invested in the organization, to getting them “caught up” in the thrill of bidding.

This book is absolutely essential for anyone involved in fundraising auctions.
Rating: 5 / 5

By: R. Simon

R. Simon — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:53:03 +0000

If you are in charge of a major fundraiser, this is the book for you. It has so many wonderful ideas and it covers every area in relation to organizing the entire event. I have passed it on to several other people who are helping with our event and everyone of those people feel the same way. This is a “must have” resource. So thankful to have found it.
Rating: 5 / 5