Solutions Lab is a 2-hour brainstorming session where 4-8 Haas alumni with targeted skills and interests volunteer to help a nonprofit client work through a specific business challenge. Nonprofit clients range from new organizations still formulating their strategy as well as established nonprofits needing to address new opportunities or challenges. Five organizations need your help. Read about the organizations and projects.

1. To sign up as a pro bono consultant for one of these projects, please complete the volunteer profile form online at
http://bit.ly/1aaL3Bw.
Project Scope: How should GO determine what tasks will be centralized and
decentralized? Which decisions will be made centrally? How will GO implement
strategies in local offices?
We’re looking for: Startup founders, experience in replication and scaling.
HR, operations, organizational behavior, psychology, and communications might
all be useful skills. Grassroots, community outreach, and political experience could
help as well.
Great Oakland Public Schools Leadership Center
(GO Public Schools)
Tuesday, May 27th
54 Washington
Street, Oakland, CA 94607
6-8pm
Great Oakland Public Schools Leadership Center, an organization that
engages urban communities in improving local schools, needs help planning
how to replicate its model.
Fill out the volunteer profile by 12am on Monday, May 12th

2. To sign up as a pro bono consultant for one of these projects, please complete the volunteer profile form online at
http://bit.ly/1aaL3Bw.
Project Scope: How can and should FSD conduct “traditional” fundraising?
Should FSD shift focus from raising earned income to individual donations?
We’re looking for: Background in development and connections to the
developing world; expertise in marketing, finance, and business (for
example, experience in expanding fee-for-service work); and experience with cost
benefit analysis.
Foundation for Sustainable Development
Foundation for Sustainable Development has operated on a fee-for-service
revenue model for years and wants to know whether it should take on an
additional revenue stream.
Thursday, June 5th
Fill out the volunteer profile by 12am on Monday, May 12th

3. To sign up as a pro bono consultant for one of these projects, please complete the volunteer profile form online at
http://bit.ly/1aaL3Bw.
Project Scope: Team4Tech would like to get input from technology sector executives on its
partner marketing messages and collateral. Specifically, how can the organization refine its
value proposition to engage more technology partner companies and volunteers in its service
learning projects? Solutions Lab consultants will review the organization’s pitch
deck, company onboarding materials, co-marketing framework and other collateral with an eye
toward strengthening the messaging.
We’re looking for: Executives at technology companies, CSR managers, HR personnel
responsible for employee development programs.
Team4Tech
Early June
Weekday evening
Team4Tech offices in Menlo Park
Team4Tech is a non-profit organization established in 2012 to improve education in developing
countries through innovative technology solutions. The organization acts as a catalyst for change
by matching technology industry professionals, solutions and resources with accredited non-profit
projects that have a vision around how technology can help them better achieve their education-
related goals.

4. To sign up as a pro bono consultant for one of these projects, please complete the volunteer profile form online at
http://bit.ly/1aaL3Bw.
Project Scope: What are the top three messages to get voters energized about
the concept of Voters Edge? What channels should we communicate those
messages through? What are three placements for marketing that we haven’t
thought of before? What are three approaches to generating site visits that we
haven't thought of before?
We’re looking for: Marketing, expertise in social media. Experience marketing
web and software products, consumer products, and/or free products.
MapLight
MapLight developed a voter education tool, Voter’s Edge, and it
needs help getting 2 million users by the end of 2014.
Monday, June 9th
6-8pm

5. To sign up as a pro bono consultant for one of these projects, please complete the volunteer profile form online at
http://bit.ly/1aaL3Bw.
Project Scope: What is the message and supporting points that MDC will use to
communicate its value proposition to potential clients and partners? How will MDC
present itself and its services?
We’re looking for: Marketing and branding experience, preferably someone
outside of education, and someone with a for-profit background.
Mastery Design Collaborative
Design Mastery Collaborative is a young company, offering a unique
service to schools, and it needs help positioning itself to attract
clients.