Custom seminars and workshops are available. Please call Kathy Kingston, CAI at 603-926-1919 for more information.

About Kathy Kingston's Auction Seminars

Benefit auctions are thriving as a successful way to raise significant funds for nonprofits. $16.2 billion in gross revenue was raised at US benefit auctions in 2007. Fundraising auctions continue to be one of the highest niche categories of the auction industry in the country. (MORPACE International 2007)

Kathy Kingston, professional auctioneer and fundraising consultant offers the state-of-the-art, creative and cost effective strategies to empower organizations to boost auction profits and manage limited resources in a challenging and competitive fundraising climate.

Learn dynamic strategies that you can use immediately to get the most out of your next benefit auction. Packed full of practical information, this seminar will assist nonprofit staff, volunteers, board members and auction chairpersons to increase their knowledge about what really works in successful charity auctions. Seminar topics cover a broad range of areas as shown below and handouts will be provided to all participants.

GUARANTEE ON KINGSTON FUNDRAISING SEMINARS
We are so sure that you will love the Kingston Fundraising Auction Seminar that we are offering this money-back, no questions-asked guarantee: If, by lunchtime, you don't feel that the program is living up to its promises, you can hand in your materials, leave, and we will process a complete refund of your fee paid. No questions asked. No hard feelings.

Kingston Auction Company, founded by Kathy Kingston in 1986 stands apart with a track record of having raised million of dollars for nonprofit organizations across many sectors with particular strength in supporting healthcare, education, the arts and local chambers of commerce.

One of the few auctioneers in the nation who has expertise in both nonprofit management and fundraising auctioneering, Kathy has consistently helped clients exceed their fundraising goals and offers a wealth of practical strategies for revenue enhancement.

Ms. Kingston holds a Master's Degree from Saint Louis University and graduated from Missouri Auction School and is a member of the National Auctioneers Association. Headquartered on the seacoast of New Hampshire, Kathy conducts benefits auctions throughout New England and the U.S.

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"Once again your Auction Seminar was superb! This year was my 14th Annual Auction; however, I still learned a great deal and got many good ideas. Thank you!"

Joan R. Redden
President/CEO
Milford Area Chamber
of Commerce, Inc.

"Thank You!! This was well worth the trip across the country. I can't wait to share and implement what I have learned."

Leslie Nalley
Arkansas Coalition Against Domestic Violence

"Kathy puts on an all day training that leaves no questions unanswered... she is one of the best auction trainers in the country and has the credentials to back it up. The value of the information and material provided in the training will more than cover the costs of sending a couple of people to the training."

Ed Murphy
Waldo County
Transportation Program
(Maine)

"You are a genius. We just had our auction and used some of the things we learned from your seminar. It was hugely successful! Everybody was totally amazed."

Sydney Voghel Ochs Development Director, Mattatuck Museum, CT