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Mothers Against Cancer (MAC<\/a>), a grass roots effort to raise funds for children’s cancer research, hosts an annual fundraising luncheon each year.\u00a0 The event includes an amazing raffle, silent auction and live auction as part of it’s event.\u00a0 In an effort to raise the bar, this year our event took a bold step.\u00a0 We entered the 21st century of fundraising by using Greater Giving with online access to bid.\u00a0 Leading the charge is our executive director, our communications director. and our board.\u00a0 Our leadership empowers change with this step into technology.<\/p>\n

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Why change?<\/h3>\n

MAC has hosted this event for almost 30 years.\u00a0 We have had the same process which our attendees love with a cash, check and credit card payment system.\u00a0\u00a0 It’s working so why change?\u00a0 We learned that other associations income was increasing with greater use of credit cards.\u00a0 We wanted to implement a system where bidding on silent auction items was easier and more profitable.\u00a0 We wanted our attendees email addresses so we can stay in touch all year.<\/p>\n

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How did it work?<\/h3>\n

Our leadership reinforced the positive with this change. It would be different. Our attendees would need to learn our new system but it was easy. Our board knew it was the step we needed to take to and our attendees would be fine after this first year of transition.<\/p>\n

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Our leadership brought the tools we needed, such as ipads, laptops, and a router!\u00a0 With change brings new skills, new technology and new connections.\u00a0 When we set\u00a0 up and did a run through, it all came together as we each learned the software guided by a on site liaison.\u00a0 Our leadership not only sat side by side with us as we each learned, they provided tools we needed to insure our success.<\/p>\n

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It was hard work and a little chaotic at times.<\/h3>\n

As the event started, we ran into a few glitches.\u00a0 There were long lines that our attendees were unaccustomed to and there was resistance to sharing personal information.\u00a0 However our resourceful leaders started serving drinks to those waiting and that smoothed things out.\u00a0 Those of us at check in heard a lot about what was not working.\u00a0 However, as the event moved forward,\u00a0 the virtual bidding on silent auction items was a fun focus for our attendees. How to out bid others at our table took our tallies for research funds higher and higher.\u00a0 It was easy to purchase raffle tickets just by clicking your credit card access and our total sales of raffle tickets shows how easy and profitable for MAC is it.\u00a0 Check out at the end of the event was seamless.<\/p>\n

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As a student of leadership, MAC showed me that it takes many different aspects to make change, and that there will always be something unanticipated that we will learn.<\/p>\n