<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2">Phil--<BR>
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I've done quite a bit of pro bono work--for organizations I want to support in some way, or to gain experience with a process that is new to me, or as a door-opener in a type of system I haven't worked in before.<BR>
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The benefits for me are experience, new contacts, and the opportunity to support something I believe is important. Someone who participated in an event I facilitated pro bono has often called me later asking for facilitation of an event for another organization they were part of, for fee.<BR>
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Here's a quick example: I sent a small donation check to an organiization I admired. Someone called to thank me, and asked if I would be interested in participating in a brainstorming meeting a few months ahead. I replied that I would like to take part, and that my work was meeting design and facilitation, and I would be happy to meet with them to help plan the meeting, pro bono. We met, I listened to their purpose and objectives, told them there were several ways to approach this. When I described Open Space, they loved the idea. They convened a group which was smaller than they expected, but almost everyone in the room had come wishing to help in some way. They were able to begin some new and much-needed programs, supported by new volunteers from the community. I continue to keep in touch with the director, and she is one of my favorite people to use as a reference.<BR>
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Joelle Everett<BR>
Shelton, WA USA </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2"></FONT></HTML>
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