Envision, if you will..

Hand-in-hand Lisa enters the charity ball with her husband Mike. She looks forward to an elegant evening. Yet the thought of competing at bid tables dampens her spirits.

Her eyebrows lift as she receives a small electronic keypad. She concludes that this year’s silent auction will certainly be different with an IML audience response device in hand to simplify her bidding.

She greets her colleague David who, as Lisa sips her drink, observes someone outbidding him for this season’s football tickets. Competitive nature taking hold, he presses a few buttons on his keypad to increase his bid by $50.

Lisa congratulates him for his display of quick bidding. Confident that David will walk away from this year’s event with his football tickets, Lisa inspects the bidding tables. 

A beautiful pearl necklace whispers her name. However, a Caribbean cruise speaks even louder. She knows that this would be a perfect 25th wedding anniversary present for Mike.

Bidding starts at $2,000. Her IML Audience Response keypad displays a current bid of $2,025. She enters her bid of $2,075 within seconds.

After diner, she suspends enjoying her Tiramisu, when her tablemate Alison looks up from her IML bidding device and exclaims that a day at the spa is hers! Lisa congratulates her and checks her own bid to ensure that she is still in the running for the cruise.

Her heart beats faster. Her IML device tells her someone is outbidding her for the cruise. The IML screen indicates she has mere moments before cruise bidding closes. Determined to be celebrating her 25th anniversary on the beach, she increases her bid by $400.

As bidding closes, an announcer expresses gratitude to this year’s attendees. He also proclaims that this year’s charitable auction successfully raised 30 percent more donations than last year.

Not hard to believe, Lisa smiles.

As she gathers her coat, she proudly returns her IML device. Knowing that she and her husband Mike will be enjoying 25th anniversary champagne on the beach in November is a wonderful bonus for generously donating to a very noble cause.