Catchafire

Description

Catchafire matches professionals who want to give their skills with nonprofits and social enterprises that need their help. We match professionals and organizations based on a variety of characteristics including skills, cause interests, and time availability.

We help organizations identify their needs as short-term, discrete, and individual-based projects. Our projects are structured in this way to make it easy for professionals to help in the midst of their busy daily lives.

Tips & Tricks

Here's How Catchafire Works Professionals: 1. Create a profile on our site. 2. Browse our project menu. 3. Pick a perfect project. 4. Impress your organization. Write a brief cover letter to communicate to the organization why you're right for the project. 5. Get introduced to your organization. 6. Manage your time and project. Organizations: 1. Pro bono professionals register with Catchafire. They provide their qualifications, work experience, biography, and cause interests. 2. You request a project. 3. The professional applies. 4. You receive the qualified match. You review the application and accept, reject, or ask questions to learn more about your professional. 5. Get introduced to your professional. 6. Start a two-week trial period. 7. Keep track of your project. 8. Rate and review your experience.

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Testimonials

"We are so grateful to Lauren for her help with our Social Media Plan. She applied her expertise perfectly to the needs of our organization, and helped us think critically about how to engage online audiences through social media. We now have a clear plan for how to grow our online presence, which will help us educate people on ERDA’s work and, importantly, bring in a new donor base."

Jeremy ReissVP for Communications and External AffairsEast River Development Alliance, Catchafire Member since February 2011

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