I’m a Professor at the University of Michigan School of Information. From January-April, I’ll be teaching a project-based course where student teams work on behalf of non-profit/non-governmental organizations. Each team of four master’s degree students will design, build, document, and hand off a web-based content/community management system.
Right now, I’m trying to line up clients for these student teams, and experienced mentors.
Client organizations will not pay any fees, but may need to spend more time interacting with the students than they might with professional consultants offering similar services. Mentors, who will typically be professional consultants, will not be paid any fees, but will experience the joy of mentoring talented students, the possibility of recruiting future employees, and a chance to see their own efforts on a pro bono project amplified by the student team.
Neither clients nor mentors need to be local to Ann Arbor, MI, though proximity is a plus. If you might like to serve as a mentor, or you have an idea for a client, I’d love to hear from you. I’d especially like to hear from potential mentors who have a client project in mind, perhaps a really cool project that just didn’t have enough funding to pay your full rates.