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Joanne Fritz

'Competitive Arousal' Provides Winning Edge for Online Charity Auctions

By , About.com Guide   March 8, 2010

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Computing is going to the cloud, donors are flocking to mobile, and silent auctions are migrating to the web.

Silent auctions have been around for, it seems, a jillion years. They have become a staple of fundraising. Throw a party, silently auction off a stack of donated items, and voilĂ ...cultivation and fundraising all in one.

The only problem is that silent auctions have a whole bunch of disadvantages, such as...More...

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