“Tri-Adathon” selects 21 nonprofit agencies to receive pro-bono service

A joint venture between Milwaukee-based Catral Doyle creative, the Welke Group and Elm Grove-based Clear Verve Marketing will provide pro bono marketing support to 21 Southeastern Wisconsin not-for-profit organizations. The services to be provided include marketing communications, strategic planning, web site design, radio scripting, graphic design, and media relations planning.  “Tri-Adathon” has announced the nonprofit organizations selected to receive those services. Services will be rendered during a marathon pro bono work session beginning at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 21, and ending at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 22. Final projects will be unveiled during a reception for the agencies and their boards for directors at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 22.

Organizations were selected based off of their project requests, what the three agencies could do and what they could get done in a 24-hour time period, said Christina Steder, president of Clear Verve Marketing. The agencies did not deciding based on the size of the organization or the organization’s mission.

The organizations will set up planning meetings with each nonprofit during the month of January to discuss the work to be done.

“Working together on these projects really opens up the things we can do for people,” Stedar said. “It allows me to take a project that maybe my firm could only do half of, and bring in these other people to finish it because that is their specialty.”

The organizations chosen to receive pro bono services are:

The three participating agencies will work collaboratively to execute multiple pro bono projects from the offices of Welke Group, located at 1110 N. Old World 3rd Street, Suite 660, in Milwaukee as well as from their individual offices..  For more information, visit www.triadathon.com or visit the group’s Facebook page for updates.