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Use your skills to assist groups and organisations that are working for positive social change. Most groups are formed from dedicated people working in their spare time and lack professional promotional and design skills.
This tends to make them look amaturish and makes it more difficult to get support and sponsorship. This assistance is best if free but giving discounts also help.
Benefits for you
- As a student, you can build up your folio with real jobs
- As a design company, you can improve the image of your company
- You get more creative control than you would working for a paying client
- Potential clients will respect you more
- You will meet fun and interesting people
- You will feel wonderful about yourself and everyone will know how cool you are
Some things you can design to assist these groups
Logo design
Logos are used to gain sponsorship and funding. Logos are used by sponsors to promote the fact they support charity groups, so a well designed logo is essential.
Advertising, poster and flyer design
The public are used to and expect high quality advertising and will ignore sub-standard advertising. Your design will be an essential part in gaining support for the groups' cause.
Website design, maintenace and training
This is essential for promoting the groups online.
Donate Money
Australian websites that are useful for finding groups and donating money and services:
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