What is your Special Event Committee Doing for your NPO?

If it is picking out the decorations and choosing the menu you are in trouble. That kind of decision making needs a decision maker. The coordinator of the event can choose a fish, meat and chicken. Done
What your committee should be working on is sponsorships, auction items, and guests. Choose your committee among the most influential people you know. Ask them to pull more people in to then attract more people. First send out the sponsorship requests. Tie in the sponsorship to tables. For example a $1,000 sponsorship will include a table of eight.
Auction items will be the secondary ask. Once you have a decent amount of items, consider the guest list. Do you have the caliber of people that will spend some money on your items.
I once went to an auction that only had two people bidding on items. Most of the guests were not the big wigs of the company. they were there as guests of the company. Too bad because when all was said and done the host could have gave a donation and skipped the party.
Remember a special event committee is there to make the connections that you do not have. Use the event to introduce your NPO to a community of new faces.