Comments on: Rewards and Reasons: Why Work Pro bono? http://www.businessofdesignonline.com/why-work-pro-bono/ BoDo Business of Design online Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:43:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.9 by: Emily Tormey http://www.businessofdesignonline.com/why-work-pro-bono/#comment-14169 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:53:12 +0000 http://www.businessofdesignonline.com/why-work-pro-bono/#comment-14169 Tom, Thanks for the interest in my blog post about this - I responded to your comment on that post, but I also wanted to say something here. I really agree that setting clear guidelines for pro bono work with contracts protects BOTH parties from mistakes down the road due to miscommunication of project goals or parameters. You're absolutely right; with pro bono work I think it would be tempting to let the paperwork slide and just focus on the fun stuff - the actual designing. But in the end, it can be harmful. Thanks for the great advice Tom! Best, Emily Tom,
Thanks for the interest in my blog post about this - I responded to your comment on that post, but I also wanted to say something here. I really agree that setting clear guidelines for pro bono work with contracts protects BOTH parties from mistakes down the road due to miscommunication of project goals or parameters. You’re absolutely right; with pro bono work I think it would be tempting to let the paperwork slide and just focus on the fun stuff - the actual designing. But in the end, it can be harmful. Thanks for the great advice Tom!

Best,
Emily

]]> by: Thomas Stephan http://www.businessofdesignonline.com/why-work-pro-bono/#comment-14154 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:26:46 +0000 http://www.businessofdesignonline.com/why-work-pro-bono/#comment-14154 Hello, Free Business Cards and thanks for the testimony! Most people's first clients are pro bono; it's making sure that your second one is paying for your newly acquired skills - hehe. Hello, Free Business Cards and thanks for the testimony! Most people’s first clients are pro bono; it’s making sure that your second one is paying for your newly acquired skills - hehe.

]]> by: Thomas Stephan http://www.businessofdesignonline.com/why-work-pro-bono/#comment-14153 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:23:42 +0000 http://www.businessofdesignonline.com/why-work-pro-bono/#comment-14153 Hi, Yang-May Ooi! It's nice to see that you're maximizing the online benefits of pro bono work. The virtual business model has just as much to benefit from pro bono as any brick-and-mortar institution, and online promotional work is a low-cost avenue for up-and-coming creatives who often start out in a corner of their bedroom. Hi, Yang-May Ooi!

It’s nice to see that you’re maximizing the online benefits of pro bono work.

The virtual business model has just as much to benefit from pro bono as any brick-and-mortar institution, and online promotional work is a low-cost avenue for up-and-coming creatives who often start out in a corner of their bedroom.

]]> by: Yang-May Ooi http://www.businessofdesignonline.com/why-work-pro-bono/#comment-14130 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:31:03 +0000 http://www.businessofdesignonline.com/why-work-pro-bono/#comment-14130 Hi Thomas, you make some excellent points - and they sum up the reasons that my consultancy are working pro-brono on the online "magazine" Dulwich OnView for the Friends of the Dulwich Picture Gallery in South London (UK) - http://www.zenguide.co.uk/2008/01/dulwich-onview/. The benefits you describe apply across all industries, whether online or in the real world. Hi Thomas, you make some excellent points - and they sum up the reasons that my consultancy are working pro-brono on the online “magazine” Dulwich OnView for the Friends of the Dulwich Picture Gallery in South London (UK) - http://www.zenguide.co.uk/2008/01/dulwich-onview/. The benefits you describe apply across all industries, whether online or in the real world.

]]> by: Free Business Cards http://www.businessofdesignonline.com/why-work-pro-bono/#comment-14101 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:06:39 +0000 http://www.businessofdesignonline.com/why-work-pro-bono/#comment-14101 Working pro-bono is where I got my first client. I finished a website design for a local church and told them that if their members needed a website that I would do it at a discounted rate. 4 days later I had my first paying client! Working pro-bono is where I got my first client. I finished a website design for a local church and told them that if their members needed a website that I would do it at a discounted rate. 4 days later I had my first paying client!

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