Everett, WA (October 7, 2008) - Northwest Software's corporate partner Holiday Auctions of Spartanburg, South Carolina beings offering his workshop series with a free workshop titled "A Workshop for Planning a Record-Breaking Benefit Auction Even in Challenging Economic Time"

Be Matt Holiday's guest at this complimentary workshop in Greenville, SC on having a successful benefit auction. Register early as space is limited.

"With economic conditions putting even more pressure on event fundraisers, you cannot afford to miss this seminar. If you live in the South East and are able to attend this event, all of us here at Northwest Software recommend that you make the time to do such" stated Mr. Jack D. Wilson, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer of Northwest Software Technologies, Inc.. "Attending seminars taught by professional benefit auctioneers, such as Matt Holiday, are the only true way of learning how to make your benefit auction profitable."

About Matt Holiday - Professional Benefit Auctioneer, CAI, BAS
Matt works with all types of nonprofit organizations and schools throughout the US, helping increase benefit auction revenue and plan record-breaking auction events. Matt encourages his clients to focus on three objectives when planning a special event: (1) increasing revenue; (2) increasing awareness about the organization and its mission; and (2) ensuring supporters have fun at the event. Matt was part of the first group to earn the Benefit Auctioneer Specialist (BAS) designation and is a graduate of the Certified Auctioneers Institute. Matt is the current President of the South Carolina Auctioneers Association.

About Northwest Software Technologies, Inc.
Northwest Software Technologies, Inc. is the pioneering and leading provider of fundraising event software to the nonprofit sector in the United States and Canada. More than 2,000 organizations - including the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation in the United States and Canada, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Foundation, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, The Guilds of the Children’s Hospital of Seattle, March of Dimes, Boys and Girls Clubs of America, Rotary International and the Swedish Hospital Medical Foundation - worldwide use the Tracker-Series applications to manage fundraising events. Northwest Software Technologies offers four software applications for fundraising event management: A’Thon-Tracker for sponsor-based pledge type events, Auction-Tracker for fundraising benefit auctions, Banquet-Tracker for fundraising banquets and Tournament-Tracker for benefit golf tournaments. Founded in 1985, Northwest Software Technologies, Inc. is headquartered in Everett, Washington with international distribution offices in Canada and Australia.