You're likely to require the volunteer to have:

• Experience developing marketing strategies
• Experience in marketing and brand management and related fields

The pro bono professional will deliver the following:

• A strategy that outlines your marketing goals, target audiences and strategies
• Analysis of your audience segments
• A plan that outlines how to deliver the marketing strategies
• Metrics that identify how you will measure success

A project like this could be expected to take the volunteer 20-25 hours over 1-2 months

Step one: Materials and information supplied to volunteer

The not for profit gives the volunteer relevant information about the organisation, for example: strategic plan, mission statement, vision, budget and goals.

Likely time commitment for volunteer: three-four hours reading and reflecting

Step two: Brainstorming session

The not for profit and volunteer meet to discuss the marketing goals, target audiences and possible strategies, as well as the steps for the project.

Likely time commitment for volunteer: two hours preparing for meeting and two hours in meeting

Step three: Completing marketing strategy

Volunteer drafts the marketing strategy and shares the information with the organisation. In this step, the volunteer may choose to share the strategy with the not for profit in a number of draft formats e.g. when target audiences have been completed, when strategies are completed, when the full draft is completed.

Likely time commitment for volunteer: 10-12 hours

Step four: Feedback and finalising

Volunteer incorporates the feedback from the not for profit and updates the strategy, and delivers this to the organisation

Likely time commitment for volunteer: two hours

• Identified the information that will brief and support the volunteer to do this project including your strategic documents
• Clear about marketing goals and target audiences Identified staff capacity and budget available to implement the strategy, to support the volunteer delivering a plan that is right sized.