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Celebrating Your Volunteer

February 25, 2019

Celebrating Your Volunteer

Nonprofit Management Volunteer Management

No pro bono project is complete without first celebrating your volunteer for their hard work and passion. Here are some fun suggestions on how to say…

Trends in the field with the State of Pro Bono: Corporate Edition

February 19, 2019

Trends in the field with the State of Pro Bono: Corporate Edition

Advisory Services Corporate Social Responsibility Employee Engagement

Taproot Foundation conducted an inaugural survey of companies doing pro bono to identify trends and share key observations for advancing the field.

Making Nonprofits a More Powerful Force through Tech

January 4, 2019

Making Nonprofits a More Powerful Force through Tech

Corporate Social Responsibility Global Service Area: Technology

Excerpt from the blog “How the Tech World Could Make Nonprofits a More Powerful Force” on the World Economic Forum By Pat Gelsinger, CEO …

Groupon and Tableau Team Up to Bring Data Visualization to the Nonprofit Sector

December 3, 2018

Groupon and Tableau Team Up to Bring Data Visualization to the Nonprofit Sector

Advisory Services Pro Bono Summit Service Area: Strategy

Taproot’s U.S. Pro Bono Summit is an opportunity for key stakeholders in the field of corporate pro bono to come together and discuss trends and deve…

Guest Blog: MetLife Brings Lean Management to the Social Sector

November 28, 2018

Guest Blog: MetLife Brings Lean Management to the Social Sector

Advisory Services Service Area: Strategy Social Impact

By Daniel Kamins, Director of Employee Engagement and Volunteerism at MetLife Project Lean is part of MetLife’s ongoing commitment to providing pro b…

Developing a Diverse Pipeline of Nonprofit Leaders with Pro Bono

November 14, 2018

Developing a Diverse Pipeline of Nonprofit Leaders with Pro Bono

Leadership Nonprofit Management Volunteer Management

By Elizabeth Schwan-Rosenwald, Chief External Relations Officer Bridgespan has estimated that by 2023 nonprofit leadership will have turned over 100%…

Pro Bono as a People Strategy in Action: Prudential

November 13, 2018

Pro Bono as a People Strategy in Action: Prudential

Advisory Services Corporate Social Responsibility Service Area: HR

Taproot has long made the case that a strong corporate pro bono program is a triple win—nonprofits receive the support they need, companies build dee…

Mapping Cross-Sector Solutions to Food Loss

November 9, 2018

Mapping Cross-Sector Solutions to Food Loss

Global Social Impact

The following excerpt comes from Mapping Cross-Sector Solutions to Food Loss, published in the PYXERA Global Engagement Forum: Online. Some numbers d…

Pro Bono As a People Strategy in Action: Adobe

November 7, 2018

Pro Bono As a People Strategy in Action: Adobe

Advisory Services Corporate Social Responsibility Leadership

Aligning with HR to prove concept Taproot has long made the case that a strong corporate pro bono program is a triple win—nonprofits receive the supp…

The Multiplier Effect

October 26, 2018

The Multiplier Effect

All Pro Bono Week Social Impact

By Lindsay Firestone Gruber, President & CEO of Taproot Foundation  The term “capacity-building” tends to be thrown around quite a bit in the non…

Case Study: LEAP Schools

October 26, 2018

Case Study: LEAP Schools

Service Area: Technology Volunteer Management

This excerpt comes from Building Leadership with Skills-Based Volunteering: The Nonprofit Opportunity, published at The Conference Board. What motiva…

Pro Bono Week 2018: Leaders for the Future

October 22, 2018

Pro Bono Week 2018: Leaders for the Future

Pro Bono Week

By Lindsay Firestone Gruber, President & CEO of Taproot Foundation When Taproot was founded in 2001, we knew our mission to drive social change t…

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