1. Online Charity Auction
Potential Software Improvements
{ Jon Carrier, Kelly Ireland, Ryan McCollum, Sonia
Punwani, & Geetha Shankar
2. Charity Auction Process Flow Diagram
Board Charity Charity Find
Individuals / Items Charity Charity
decides assembles decides Donors
Organizations physically creates item markets
to hold auction auction / solicit
donate collected descriptions auction
auction team details items
Charity
Generate Collect Create /
Auction Run Collect Distribute
Invoices Payments distribute Confirmation
Setup Auction Final items to
for from tax / Thank you
Bids winners
winners Winners receipts
Brag
Brag
Bidders
Learn Show up at Browse Like
informed of Pay / Receive Tax Enjoy
Bidders about
Auction
Auction /
Buy Ticket
items /
prices
item /
make
what they won Receive Receipt item!
(receive Item
bid
invoice)
Listen
to Gain
Charity Select Internal Let
Pitch Receive Tax Paper
Charity to buy in Confirm others
Donors partner on Donation
Send items
know of
Receipts work
from Charity
with items / donation
Seek
price
out
Charity
3. Charity Auction – Swim Lane Analysis
1 2 3 4 5
Decision to Items for Auction Held Exchange Post Auction
hold auction Auction Payments for
items
• Decision to hold • Find Donors / • Run Auction • Collect Payments • Create Distribute
auction Solicit items for • Collect Final Bids • Distribute Items to Tax Receipts
• Assemble auction • Generate invoices winners • Send confirmation
Auction Team • Collect Items for winners / Thank you letters
• Decide Auction • Create descriptions
Charity Details for items
• Market Auction
• Setup Auction
• Distribute Tax
Receipt to charity
• Find out about • Show up at auction • Pay for item • Receive Tax
auction • Browse items / prices • Receive item Receipt
• Buy Ticket for • Bid on items • Let others know
auction • Informed of winnings about winnings
Bidders •
•
Receive Invoice
Let others know
about bids
• Listen to Charity pitch • Collect Payments • Create Distribute
• Seek out charities • Distribute Items to Tax Receipts
• Select charity to winners • Send confirmation
donate to / Thank yous
• Gain internal buy in
Donors • Confirm donation
amount
• Send items to charity
• Let others know about
donating / charity
• Receive tax receipt
5. Admin Screen – Future?
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Spice this up a little. Add some additional features (Graphs showing how number of
bids, registered users, number of items, items with bids, money raised, has changed
over time.)
View All Items
Give the Admin the ability to see who the registered users are?
Donor List
Have a feature where the admin sees a quick snapshot of all the items and activity
Bidder List
(number of bids, current bid price, etc)
Email Options
Have a feature (link on side) where Admin can click on and bring out all items and enable
the admin to edit them directly from there (add picture, change min bid, change bid
increments, etc)
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6. Admin Screen = Dashboard?
Current Funds Raised vs. Target
Payments Received: $$ OR %
Top 3 Donors (By Funds Raised)
Funds Raised (By Donation Category)
Top 3 Spenders (By Bid Amount)
8. Add Item Screen
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Enable ability to upload picture
View All Items
Upload Image
Donor List
Bidder List
Email Options
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Allow Others to Edit
Here
Auction end time
Share Item…
10. Edit Item Screen – Future?
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Show all items here so Admin can either click on to edit, or edit straight from here
View All Items
Donor List
Bidder List
Email Options
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12. Just shopped with a purpose at 501auctions.com.
Just bid on this fun item in the auction. Feeling
good about spending on booze for charity!!
13. Social Media Messages
Just made a bid at 501auctions.com: winning never felt so good!
Just made a purchase at 501auctions.com – supporting charity has
never looked so good!
been so much fun! [picture of item]
felt so good!
been so easy!
I just supported my favorite charity and bought awesome
merchandise at the same time! 501auctions.com
Shopped….supported charity…..won. 501auctions.com
Just shopped with a purpose at 501auctions.com
Just shopped and served at 501auctions.com
Don’t just BUY, SERVE! 501auctions.com
