My start into Pro-bono work.
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I got the idea to start doing pro-bono (for the public good) work from chatting with someone at a recent AIGA event. He told me to do as much pro-bono work as you can when you’re young. And I agree, the more experience you have under your belt the better. I’ve had some free time on my hands lately, and I thought what a perfect way to volunteer and advertise for free!
I found volunteermatch.org to be a very helpful start. No one was advertising for the need of graphic design services, but I found a few that had a call for newsletter entries, help at events, and various others that I knew would appreciate my services. I picked a few that interested me including: United States Equine Rescue League, Inc. (USERL), Teens against Violence (TAV), Shepherd’s Center East, and National Multiple Sclerosis Society - Mid Atlantic Chapter.
I created this poster and bookmark for USERL, which helps rescue horses in need. If you click the images you can download the PDF’s and please feel free to print the poster and bookmark to post or hand out.
August 11th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Good writing. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed my Google News Reader..
Matt Hanson
August 18th, 2008 at 10:47 am
Free work is a great way to gain experience and chance to improve customer liason skills as well as perfect technical ability.
Your poster and bookmark are great- very fresh!