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Advertising Event
- Facebook event page and statuses advertising event a day before from both members and
bachelors. Show members how to “invite all” friends to an event/ set one up.
-Little fliers in Trabant. Fliers on all community boards and Dorms (Trabant, Perkins, The
Green, Main Street, Laird, Harrington, Library etc.)
-Get a kiosk at least TWICE before the event to advertise. Once after spring break and once on
the Wednesday or Thursday before the event.
-Press Release to The Review, STN, WVUD etc.
-Bachelors will also advertise themselves to their networks and are encouraged to bring their
own friends/ guests to support and or/ bid on them.
-if possible, get webhosting for a website where we can put all of the bachelor’s profiles (Picture
with some information about them such as hobbies and interests.)
-if we can pull it off, maybe even some YouTube videos for individual bachelors.

2. Sponsorship (All good ideas. Next step: have someone in charge of finding sponsors and
securing these sponsorships  can call them your “Sponsorship Chair” or something related to
help give the position more importance/responsibility)
-create a list of all possible places to make an ask (concentrate on Main St. businesses) and then
send a letter/drop it off to each of those places
-In the letter, include a description of what this event is and stress that all proceeds go to the
PRSSA-UD Scholarship Fund (and a short explanation of what those scholarships fund)
-Send some members out to businesses on Main Street to garner sponsorship for event in the
form of GIFT CARDS that can be used in the bachelor packages for their dates. Get gift cards
free or at least for a reduced price. Two $10 gift cards or Four $5 gift cards. Coupon for 2 free
sandwiches. Whatever we can get.
- And try to get money from businesses in exchange for advertising space in the program that
will be handed out the night of the auction.
-Maybe get them to sponsor a specific bachelor or student who works in the store who will be in
the bachelor auction.

3. Venue
-Trabant Multipurpose Rooms- Event Services : (302) 831-2633. – Should we get 2 or 3 rooms?
-Stage/ elevated area where Bachelors can be seen. + walkway/ runway optional.
- Tables and Chairs – enough room for people to mingle and be comfortable.
- Catering- food and drinks
-Display table where there will be a display of the bachelor’s – Pictures and general information
in bullet points. Bright colors.
- Table for registration- Guests will be given a “sign” with number on it to bid with. Name tag
and Program.
-Table where highest bidders go at the end of auction to pay for their dates. Collection of funds.
-Optional- table for silent auction.

4. Bachelors/ Prep (After reading through this section, it looks like you might need another
individual in charge of recruiting and collecting information from the bachelors…we’ll need to
think of a position title for them…perhaps Event Preparation Chair? )
-This is a great opportunity for members to have experience tapping into their networks. I have/
know a decent amount of attractive male friends who I’m sure would love to have women
fighting over them.
-Fill out questionnaires to get some personality details. Give them a week to turn in/ email back.
Need someone to take care of organizing this information and putting it into the program.
-Coach Bachelors on how to act/ make themselves seem more appealing/ provide them with as
much info as possible on what they need to do, when/ where they need to be. How long they
need to stay at the event to mingle. Appropriate behavior. Honor contracts to follow through on a
date with the highest bidder.
-Dress Code- Button down shirt and tie, decent pants and shoes.
- Date packages- Special talents/ interests bachelor has? Surfing, rapping, poet food lover, or just
good at a certain subject. Pair a skill/ activity bachelor can teach/ do with bidder + a gift card for
food on Main Street/ movie coupons. Bachelor can make their date package as awesome and
creative as they want to be, but they may need some help from us. * I’m keeping in mind that
both the bidders and the bachelors will generally be “poor” college kids.

5. Entertainment/ Peripherals
-DJ to do the music for the event. I have a friend who can possibly do it. If not him, I’m sure
there are musically inclined students on campus who would be willing to do it.
-I need someone who may be interested in graphic design (but not necessary) to do the programs
and or the display. Multiple people would be great. For the programs, I want a picture of each
bachelor and just a few bits of information to get people intrigued enough to look at all the
information on the display board. Ads from businesses that donate will also be in the program.
The display board will need to be bright, interesting and informative with pictures of the
bachelors and at least a page of bulleted information taken from the questionnaires.
-Ice breaker- to encourage mingling and more aggressive bidding- hold a trivia game where
questions will be asked about the bachelors and those who get it right get a prize. This
encourages bidders to get to know the bachelors/ become more interested in them.
- We can hold a silent auction while people mingle.
-Raffles- Maybe tickets to a sporting event or spring concert? This could even be part of a super
date package.

6. Night of Event
-People go to registration to get nametag, program and get assigned a number to bid with.
-Singles Mingle for 30-45 mins. Bidders get to know bachelors. Look at information. Silent
auction. Pull some of the bachelors up for spotlight interviews where they go on stage and
answer a few question (get exposure to the bidders)
- Auction – Call up each bachelor one at a time. Say name and assigned number. A little bit
about them and do something charming for the audience.
- Bids should start as low as $2 and this should be advertised on the fliers. My reasoning is that
we are poor college kids and I don’t want to start at a high amount that will scare people away.
$2 sounds low enough that ANYONE will be able to afford at least that much. $1 is a bit too
small. $3 and $4 is a bit odd and $5 is too much. But the bidding amount/ increment is definitely
negotiable.
- When a bachelor has been bought they may sit with the highest bidder. People are allowed to
bid on and buy more than one person.
7. After
-At the end, bidders pay for their bachelors at a table. During the auction, someone will need to
keep track of which number bought which bachelor and how much.
- Liaison- I think we should have someone introduce the bachelors to their highest bidder so it
won’t be too awkward, and also to answer any questions. Decide whether the bidders get the
bachelors numbers or vice versa.
- The liaison or someone else will need to follow up on bachelors and make sure the dates
follow through.

Questions:

-For the sake of simplicity, I have referred to this has a bachelor auction, but do you think we
should sell dates with both men AND women?

-I think it would be cool to have a celebrity/ special bachelor as an added draw to the event. The
one I have in mind is Tucker Max who has written 2 successful books and is well known in the
college community. This is a LONG SHOT but I would merely like permission to TRY. Anyone
one else you guys can think of would be great too.