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Fundraising with Electronic Bidding and Silent Auctions|IML Event Technology

Maximize fundraising at your next charity event using audience response systems from IML. Proven to raise more money than paper-based bidding, silent auction software from IML enables guests to place instant bids on items without having to leave their seats. Electronic bidding at charity auctions has been shown to raise more money than traditional paper auctions, allowing everyone to participate without feeling ‘pressurised’. Silent auction technology allows your guests to participate at every stage of the event, creating a more interactive silent electronic auction. 

As well as supplying the technology for your silent auctions, IML can also suggest silent auction ideas to make sure your event is successful and that everyone is encouraged to dig deep for a worthy cause. Our experts can help manage and control the event, so that the bidding is exciting, interactive and pro-active. Easy to use equipment that draws on the participant’s existing knowledge of using hand-held devices means that there’s no need for lengthy explanations, bids are entered in real-time and the result is greater participation.

Here's how it works:auction bidding

1.   Each guest receives a personalized smartcard and inserts it into their
      keypad
2.   The guest enters the item number of the item they would like to bid on
3.   The keypad automatically tells the guest the current highest bid and 
      whether it is held by them or not 
4.   The guest enters the amount they would like to bid on the item
5.   Guests can continue to monitor the highest bids on their favorite items
      by re-entering the item numbers into the keypad


Using IML's award winning keypads can help:

> Increase guest participation                                                                 
> Eliminate paper bid sheets
> Create a competitive and fun bidding environment
> Accept bids from anywhere in the event space
> Decrease administrative work
> Generate instant reports
> Customize invoices