Monday, August 11, 2008
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
EWomen Network Convention in Dallas, Texas 2008
The Chick Chanters strike again! I joined my good friend Lori Richardson in Dallas and called an auction for the Ewomen Network Foundation. Lori and I took turns selling the most amazing donations to an audience of over 2000 women and a few guys sprinkled about. Here is the account of one of the winning bidders of the Oprah package. See the videos by clicking here: http://auctionpowerhouse.blogspot.com/
Katrina Sawa of KSAWA Marketing buys a trip to Oprah for $50,000.
From the blog of Katrina Sawa...
Let me tell you what happened. Each year Sandra and Kym offer these amazing trips and adventures during the conference to all over the world - New York, Bamff, San Fran and even foreign countries. Two years ago I wanted to go on the trip with Sandra and one of her Millionaire Girlfriends plus 10 other eWomen members to New York but the price tag was a hefty $7,500!!!
So this year, they told us what trips they had on the website before we even got to the conference. I looked them over:
one was a pro bowl football trip of some kind to New York (but football??), hotel, air, show tickets, etc
one was a trip to Estee Lauder studios and a pampering trip in New York, makeover, shopping, hotel, air, show tickets, etc.
one was a trip to the CNBC studios and time with Donnie Deutsch, star of The Big Idea show, Hearst Publishing, hotel, air, show, etc.
and the last one was a trip to the Emmys, limo, red carpet, photo shoot, dinner with the Yanceys, hotel, air, etc.
Anyhow...they kept going and the bids went up and up and up....the CNBC I think was one of the last ones and I almost bidded on that one since it had to do with getting in front of great media contacts and that's how you get noticed....but something didn't feel right. (maybe it was the $32,000 it ended up going for - to my new friend Sheila Stewart by the way, you go girl!)
A couple other packages, people would keep bidding it up and then Kym and Sandra would pull the potential winners on stage to ask if they wanted to share the package instead of taking their significant others or whatever plus they kept throwing in other add ons to the packages when the bidding got good so I knew this would be what happens each time.
So, that was it. The auction was over (so I thought) and I hadn't bidded for anything and wasn't going anywhere yet again....
UNTIL.....
OPRAH'S FACE APPEARED ON THE BIG SCREEN!
Yep, it was a surprise package trip to Chicago for a chance to meet OPRAH! They rattled off the perks and details of the trip but frankly I wasn't much paying attention at that point because I already had my hand up with my program in it ready to bid my $10,000!!!!
Oh, this package quickly went from $10K, to $15K, to $20K, to $25K...and it kept going, and going and I kept bidding and bidding.....not even really thinking HOW I WOULD GET THE MONEY but thinking that this was the opportunity of a lifetime and something in my gut told me I had to keep going....
I HAD TO WIN THIS PACKAGE!
The Oprah trip was for 2 people and there was this other woman waaaayyyyy across the room from me also bidding and she kept bidding against me - we'd go in $2K increments and this went on for about what seemed like 30 minutes but I'm sure it was only 4 or 5 or so I guess.
So, it got up to freakin' $65,000 - can you say OH MY GOD!
Yes, it was me and this other gal Glenda bidding and yes, at that point Kym and Sandra and Taya brought us up on stage. They whispered to us for a short time while the audience was laughing and chanting the Jeopardy tune and finally Kym offered the trip to both of us for $50,000 each.
...You almost had to be there to know the energy in the room, the vibration in myself and the enormous mindset shift and belief of complete FAITH (that it would all work out, the universe would bring me good things).
It's a really great package I'm sure; I don't have all the details yet but I trust in faith that this is what I was meant to bid for and what was going to be my next quantum leap in my business.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Saturday, February 2, 2008
You are the Star
Nothing is more exciting than to being around people that care about a cause and believe they are changing the world--especially if they are attending your auction. Their spirit and influence ignites the flame of passion. They share their time, talent and prosperity. The next time you are asked to participate in a charity auction -- GO! DO! BE! Put on your game face and have some fun. YOU are the real star of the show.
Friday, December 28, 2007
Heroes Are Everywhere
Everything I've ever learned about heroes I learned from my clients. Most non-profit organizations are created because someone or something is suffering and another person has a solution to that suffering. Sounds simple enough, but developing an agency is damn hard work and in constant need of funding. Often these champions are in the throws of the need themselves and have little time or money left at the end of the day. I’m attracted to their courage, their vision and their strength. Over the years I’ve witness nearly every human and earthly flaw, milady, and dream soothed with the salvo of kindness and remedy. My clients and their recipients are my great teachers.
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