In December 2005, Associated Content offered twelve ideas for how to run a silent auction with the article Organize A Silent Auction.

Despite being nearly four years old, some ideas in the article are timeless, including:

• Set a deadline for items to be entered into the auction
• Ensure you have sufficient lighting wherever the auction is to be held.

In the four years since this article was published, silent auction software built into hand-held Communicators from IML has ensured the success of hundreds of silent auctions.