Skills-Based Volunteering
Skills-Based and Pro Bono Volunteering
Use your professional skills to help nonprofits fulfill their mission. Skills-Based Volunteering provides an invaluable service to our nonprofit partners by allowing them to do more with less.
Why Volunteer?
Skilled volunteers have many reasons for serving. Here are some trends in skilled volunteers:
- In job transition, looking to keep their skills current.
- Retired or have free time and want to use professional skills.
- Students looking to learn new skills and build on their education.
- Employees or associations looking for Pro-Bono projects.
Common skills include:
Board Development
Strategic Development
Marketing Strategy
Financial Management
Social Media Strategy
Software Development
Organizational Management
Operations and Process Improvement
Web Development
Training and Professional Development
Content Marketing and Blogging
Traditional Volunteerism
Skills-Based Volunteerism
Tutor a student
Design a tracking program to manage tutors & mentors
Serve at a food pantry
Set up a database to help track and evaluate donations
Sell raffle tickets at a fundraising event
Develop a strategic plan to increase profitability and donor support
Answer phones and enter data
Create work processes and implement a plan for improvement
Donate items to resale shop
Coming up with a marketing strategy to increase customer base
Want To Learn More?
For more information, contact chris@handsonsuburbanchicago.org or 847-228-1320 x 111