A decadent four-course dinner, a highly anticipated Q&A session and TV's foodie goddess Nigella Lawson. A night of elegant luxury - all while supporting a great cause! Last month, on January 25, a gala charity dinner was held at one of Auckland's most notable locations, the Langham Hotel, to raise money for The Rising Foundation. An organisation set up to assist youth in developing their full potential. With the assistance of the GalaBidauction software...
"Having worked with many suppliers over the years on charity events I can say that Galabid by far are the best I have had the pleasure to work with. Not only do they listen to your requirements but they will also help out on sourcing prizes that align with the expected audience which in turn helps raise more money. I will be using them again for sure!!!" Bill Blenkarn, Alexander Du'Bel Foundation In December the Alexander Du'Bel Foundation ran their inaugural Gala Dinner to raise funds to grant wishes for children with life limiting...
In the summer of 2015 the Donna Annand Melanoma Charity ("DAMCâ€) decided that they were going to go electronic for the auction they were working on for their Charity Ball. With that in mind, they set about finding a company to help. They evaluated four silent auction companies and GalaBid was the one they chose to go with. A spokesperson for the DAMC said "One of the reasons we wanted to work with GalaBid was because we liked the fact that with GalaBid we could use the software ourselves to run the auction. Whilst it would have been nice, we didn't have the budget for a technician or team to travel to Jersey to run the auction for us. The GalaBid team were also really patient with us as they helped us make quite...
This is what Jasmine Goldstone-Henry from Royal Hospital for Women Foundation had to say about the fundraising event and GalaBid's silent auction software. "The Royal Hospital for Women Foundation and Harper's BAZAAR's inaugural 'BAZAAR in Bloom' event was a huge success! Thanks to the support and generosity of our guests and sponsors, The Royal Hospital for Women Foundation raised an incredible $250,000 which will be going towards providing essential funding for The Royal's world-class Fertility Research Centre...
"I was impressed by the functionality of the GalaBid software the moment I saw it and felt that it would be a great fit for the silent auction at the Team GB Ball. This year it was held at the Royal Opera House and we had 500 guests attending. I have used tablet based silent auction systems before but felt the simplicity and the convenience of people bidding on their phones would increase our fundraising revenue. And it did. We achieved our target and we were delighted to see...
Over the weekend we were fortunate enough to work with Taronga and Australia Zoo at their Spirit of the Sun Zoofari 2015 event and Steve Irwin Gala Dinner. By simply using resources that they had available to them both organisations were able to WOW their audiences with a range of ridiculously good prizes and once-in-a-lifetime experiences. It just goes to show that being creative and resourceful with prize sourcing will inspire people to give and get your guests digging deep...
GalaBid has grown from a local business in Sydney to a global provider of fundraising technology in the past 5 years and this is mainly down to our fantastic clients providing great feedback and recommending us to their peers. But in case you don't know anyone that has worked with GalaBid we've asked the lovely team at Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College to provide some feedback on their most recent event: What were the main benefits for you from using the GalaBid platform that you tapped into for your event?
Auction Fever hits Palace We had the privelidge of working with Ambition on their 90th Anniversary Royal Gala Dinner at Kensignton Palace earlier this month . We facilitated the online auction which took place in the lead up to and during the live event The results were outstanding. An impressive 85% of the silent auction target was achieved before the event had even begun.
In June Mane Chance Sanctuary chose to work with GalaBid to run the Silent Auction at their Summer Ball in Surrey. Pam Gaffney who was in charge of the auction quickly learned the GalaBid software and very successfully ran the auction herself at the event. Here's what she had to say about the experience.