<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Volunteering on Alireza Shiasi</title><link>/tags/volunteering/</link><description>Recent content in Volunteering on Alireza Shiasi</description><generator>Source Themes academia (https://sourcethemes.com/academic/)</generator><language>en-us</language><managingEditor>alir.shiasi@gmail.com</managingEditor><webMaster>alir.shiasi@gmail.com</webMaster><copyright>Copyright &amp;copy; {year}</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0330</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="/tags/volunteering/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>ARA Charity - Fundraising &amp; Social Marketing Advisory</title><link>/project/ara-charity/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0330</pubDate><author>alir.shiasi@gmail.com</author><guid>/project/ara-charity/</guid><description>&lt;h2 id="overview"&gt;Overview&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;ARA Charity is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering young people, particularly those transitioning from institutional care to independent living. Through its employment academy, the organization focuses on personal development, practical skills, employability, and financial independence.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My involvement with ARA has been in a voluntary advisory capacity, focusing on fundraising and social marketing.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id="advisory-focus"&gt;Advisory Focus&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;Fundraising approaches and resource mobilization.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Social marketing and communication of the organization&amp;rsquo;s mission.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Exploring opportunities to strengthen engagement with supporters, donors, and potential partners.&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The broader objective is to support ARA in building stronger connections between its social mission, public engagement, and long-term resource sustainability.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;img src="images/ara-charity-alireza-shiasi-appreciation.jpg" alt="Official signed appreciation certificate issued by ARA Charity to Alireza Shiasi." width="750px" &gt;
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Official recognition of my voluntary advisory contribution to ARA Charity.
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&gt;ARA Charity&amp;#39;s Official Webisite&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>openSUSE - Marketing &amp; Community Contributions</title><link>/project/opensuse-pr-eid/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2025 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><author>alir.shiasi@gmail.com</author><guid>/project/opensuse-pr-eid/</guid><description>&lt;h2 id="overview"&gt;Overview&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I contribute remotely as a volunteer to the openSUSE Marketing community, participating in marketing and public-relations activities through its distributed community channels.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id="selected-contribution"&gt;Selected Contribution&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I designed an Eid Fitr social media banner for openSUSE. The artwork was submitted to the openSUSE artwork repository and merged on June 5, 2025. The contribution includes a PNG deliverable and two SVG variants.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="/project/opensuse-pr-eid/featured.png" alt="Eid social media banner for openSUSE"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://github.com/openSUSE/artwork/pull/97"&gt;View the merged artwork contribution — GitHub PR #97&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id="community-participation"&gt;Community Participation&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I participate in the openSUSE Marketing community through its online communication channels, contributing remotely to community marketing and promotional activities.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Marketing"&gt;openSUSE Marketing Portal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://t.me/openSUSE_Marketing"&gt;openSUSE Marketing Team — Telegram&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://matrix.to/#/%23opensuse-marketing:matrix.org"&gt;Marketing Community — Matrix&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://discord.gg/openSUSE"&gt;openSUSE Discord&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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