"EVERY TIME I OPEN MY MOUTH YOU MAKE MONEY!"
April Brown and the Gala Guys
We are seasoned media and fundraising professionals and your insurance to financial success.
The Auction Powerhouse Team is comprised of Auctioneer April Brown and her Gala Guys, Mike Brown and Neil Scott. Neil performs as Catalog Reader and Mike as Master of Ceremonies. The trio arrives at your auction early and prepared to entertain and engage the audience. April’s energetic selling style and Neil’s enthusiastic delivery delights donors and bidders alike. In addition to his mastery of announcing, Mike assists the bid recorders and floor personnel during the bidding process. Together they are simply the best in the business.
The Auction Powerhouse Library
When you hire the Auction Powerhouse Team your auction planners receive Easy to implement training and money making ideas and one-to-one training. Your organization will automatically be enrolled for a one year membership to Charity Auction World, giving them access to hundreds of examples and templates for implementing all those great ideas. Watch video, listen to audio and read all about it when it's convenient for you and your team of busy volunteers.
Passport to Successful Consignment
Learn how to use consigned items to your advantage. Charity Auction World offers some of the most exciting and profitable consignment vacation packages for fundraising events. Italy, Bali, South Africa are just some of the magical and memorable destinations with consignment fees as low as $1700. Click here and discover how to raise more money at your next charity auction.
Personal Coaching
Support in person, by phone, and email. Every aspect of your auction will be evaluated and adjusted in advance to prevent oversights and mistakes that disconnect the buying audience from bidding and giving. You will learn how to use these valuable materials to train your volunteers to give their time and talent and produce results they can be proud of.
From the Basics to the Extreme
- How and what to procure.
- How to ask for what you want.
- How to create items that require no procurement and make thousands of dollars.
- How to develop relationships with volunteers and patrons and keep them engaged and committed.
- Snap up every dollar with the fun and frivolity of auction games.
- Learn how to convert donor relationships into shared wealth and success.
April Brown, CEO and Founder Charity Auction World is an 18 year veteran auctioneer and specializes in fundraising auctions. She is the founder and Director of Whisker City, a feline rescue organization located in Shoreline, Washington. She is the host of April Brown’s Charity Auction World, the only internet television show designed to showcase the charity auction fund raising model. She is the author of Money is Marvelous and The Foundation - Secrets to A Successful Charity Auction. April has a long history of dramatically increasing revenue for charities with budgets under $500,000. Her motivating Auction Powerhouse training has helped thousands of charities attract new donors and develop a profitable demographic. Brown’s innovative funding concepts are used by auctioneers, development officers and volunteers throughout North America. She is a skilled auctioneer and combines her passion for business and love for fundraising in Branding for Good-an inspiring advertising and sponsorship program for connecting businesses with charities. April’s clients include private and public schools, hospital foundations, business and community service organizations.
Over Easy Auction The Over Easy Auction was originally developed for membership organizations that hold regularly scheduled meetings. Lunch and breakfast meetings and even afterhours events are perfect for the Over Easy Auction. In fact, you can turn almost any gathering into a quick and easy fundraising auction. The Over Easy Auction is simple to put on and makes the charity auction method available to any organization and individual with little planning and even less fuss. Turn your next meeting into a mission to save the world! 
Flash Mob Auction A Flash Mob Auction is organized by a group of supporters using electronic media such as cell phones and social networking sites like facebook and myspace. The auction is held at a predetermined location and mobsters bring items to put up for auction. The items are sold by a professional auctioneer until items are sold out. The Flash Mob Auction lasts as long as people keep bringing items. Flash Mob Auctions can be organized by nonprofit organizations and supporters for causes all over the world. Ready to test your influence on the world? 
"Oprah sold for $100,000"
“April Brown blew the audience away when she sold a day on the set of Oprah for $100,000! She can read an audience and they love her!” - Sandra Yancey, eWomen Network Foundation, Dallas, Texas
“In just a few short years of working with April Brown, Mitochondrial Research Foundation in association with Children’s Hospital has funded a protocol that has extended our children’s lives and given us hope for a cure” Jill Herczog, President Mitochondrial Research Guild
“With your help we beat our goal by over 30%!"
“We can't thank you enough for helping to make this auction an outstanding success! With your help we beat our goal by over 30%! “ -Todd & Cari Echelbarger , Matt Johnson Benefit Auction
“She is a first class Auctioneer, with cutting edge ideas for success” -Eric Green
“It was first banquet ever and April brought us to the Dance, and made us look so good. She is a first class Auctioneer, with cutting edge ideas for success. We look forward to her return in 2009. "
“April Brown is the best at what she does…"
“I've been to lots of auctions and this is the first time I've ever enjoyed an auctioneer. She is enthusiastic and funny and she kept up the pace and never seemed to tire. I don't know how she does it. I highly recommend her.” -April 23, 2008 by Green Valley School
“We did a really great thing on Saturday Night! WE RAISED OVER $120,000 for our kids. It is so great when you can do good! Thank-You all for your amazing support, hard work, thoughtfulness, and generousity!"
“Like no one else in the business.... truly unique. She comes back year after year with fresh ideas. We couldn't do the auction without her.” -Terrence Maquire Christ the King Parish School