# Find skilled volunteers or pro bono experts for a technical problem

A plan to find volunteer or pro bono specialists for a nonprofit or research project, with search channels, a project brief, and outreach messages.

- Topic: Projects & Operations
- Framework: Few-Shot
- Level: Standard
- Tags: Analyze, Research, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/find-skilled-volunteers-or-pro-bono-experts-for-a-technical-problem

## Prompt

```text
Help me find skilled volunteers or pro bono experts to help my organization with a technical problem.

**Organization:** [WHO WE ARE - nonprofit, research group, community project]
**The problem:** [e.g. "migrating our REDCap database to AWS", "fixing our donor database", "security review of our website"]
**Skills needed:** [SPECIFIC TECHNOLOGIES and experience level]
**Scope and time required:** [e.g. "10-20 hours over a month", advisory or hands-on]
**Data sensitivity:** [any personal, health, or donor data involved]
**What we can offer:** [recognition, references, reference letter, board role, small stipend]

Deliver:
1. **A short project brief** (under 250 words) that a busy expert can read and decide on quickly: problem, scope, time, what success looks like.
2. **Where to look,** ranked for my problem: skills-based volunteering platforms, university departments and student capstone programs, professional associations and user groups, open-source and tool-specific communities, corporate volunteer programs, retired professionals, and my board's networks.
3. **Search tips** for each channel, including the keywords and filters to use.
4. **Outreach messages:** a cold message, a request for an introduction, and a follow-up.
5. **Screening questions** to confirm real expertise and fit.
6. **Safeguards:** a simple volunteer agreement, data access limits, confidentiality, documentation and handover so we are not dependent on one person.

Do not invent names of specific people or claim someone is available. Suggest where to find candidates and how to approach them.
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## What to fill in

- WHO WE ARE - nonprofit, research group, community project
- SPECIFIC TECHNOLOGIES and experience level
- e.g. "10-20 hours over a month", advisory or hands-on
- any personal, health, or donor data involved

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