Pro Bono Week 2015: Service Builds New Communities Through Knowledge Sharing
When the American Bar Association kicked off its national celebration of pro bono service for the legal community, they likely didn’t anticipate that…
Services Donated by Business Professionals are Valued at $150 Per Hour, a 25% Increase over 2009 Rates
In celebration of Pro Bono Week, Taproot Foundation announces that the 2015 standard for the value of pro bono service has increased 25% to $150 per …
An Ad Agency's Point of View on Pro Bono
When this ad agency came together to design creative advertising pro bono for Taproot, they left feeling creative, inspired, and excited by the impac…
Pro Bono Week Spurs New Community Service Ideas
Originally published on Causecast’s blog Innovative ways to build new communities This time in October is when volunteer leaders honor the powe…
Q&A With a Corporate Pro Bono Consultant
Blue Shield of California recently piloted a pro bono program with the Taproot Foundation. Over the summer, Blue Shield employees engaged in team-bas…
A Student View: Growing a Global Pro Bono Movement
Carolin Graetsch, a master’s student in nonprofit management at the Berlin School of Economics and Law who recently completed her thesis on int…
Remembering 9/11 Through Pro Bono Service
The first 9/11 Skills Service Day encourages pro bono service as a way to give back and reflect. Here, see why it matters. September, when warm days …
Bring Your Challenge - Take Home A Solution
Last month, Taproot partnered with the Ford Foundation to host a Pro Bono Lab as part of its pilot Spectrum of Service offerings. These offerings pro…
Creating Mutual Benefits Partnerships
Brainstorming a way forward for nonprofit and corporate relationships in San Francisco Companies have a range of resources to offer the community, in…
Small Business ScopeAthon - New Audience, Same Results
In June 2015, Taproot Foundation and the Chicago Community Trust partnered together to deliver a ScopeAthon, a half-day workshop for small business o…
Volunteer Engagement 2.0 Author Spotlight: Alethea Hannemann, Taproot Foundation
This blog has been cross-posted from the VolunteerMatch blog. VolunteerMatch’s new book, Volunteer Engagement 2.0: Ideas and Insights Changing …
I Am My Brother's Keeper
This blog by Max Skolnik is reposted from the Huffington Post blog. I am my brother’s keeper. I’ve told this story before but it bears re…
