Benefit Auction Specialist

Benefit auctions are one of the fasting growing segments of the auction business.

This course was designed to teach auctioneers the special planning techniques that create successful benefit auctions. Auctioneers that hold the BAS Designation learn specialized skills to assist clients in building a strategy to create a successful and profitable benefit auction event.

In addition to classroom instruction, designees will usually attend a benefit auction to observe the process from start to finish.

Course topics include:

• Fundraising components of benefit auctions
• Item acquisition
• Audience development
• Additional revenue items
• Contractual agreements
• Solicitation of benefit auction clients
• Public relations and self-promotion

To receive the BAS designation, designees must attend the three day course and pass the final examination and submit a benefit auction summary report.

certified auctioneers institute

Designed for leaders in the industry and auction firm decision-makers, the CAI is an executive development program focused on developing the skills and providing the tools necessary to run a top-notch auction firm. Designation holders have the knowledge and skill necessary to provide high-quality services to all types of clients. In addition, their designation indicates to attorneys, trust officers, government officials, financial planners, accountants and others who seek the services of well-qualified auctioneers that the CAI designation holder is an astute business person whose conduct will follow the highest professional standards.

Once the CAI designation is earned, the auctioneer must then maintain the designation with 24 hours of continuing education every three years.

The Certified Auctioneers Institute has been helping auctioneers discover their potential for more than 30 years. Auctioneers with the CAI designation are part of an extraordinary network of exemplary auctioneers in the auction industry.