Chapter 10Leverage New Technology

WHY WASTE VALUABLE STAFF AND VOLUNTEER time and energy in redundant, time-consuming, mundane activities and problems that have been elegantly solved with new technologies? From a strategic fundraising and donor development perspective, it makes more sense to empower your volunteers and staff to focus on what really counts.

One of the greatest new impacts on benefit and charity auctions is the rapid growth of specialized fundraising and auction technology for the nonprofit, school, and charity marketplaces. Benefits of new technologies include increased efficiency, decreased labor intensity, and reduced stress and burnout of development professionals and auction volunteers. Benefit auction software has systematized ...

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