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March 30, 2011
Answering the Tough Questions: A Marketer's Perspective on Nonprofit Board Service
Tammy Brown is a pro bono consultant with the Taproot Foundation and a board member of LA Commons, a non-profit that develops artistic and cultural p…
March 28, 2011
Edelman recognized for pro bono PR campaign
The first campaign featured was one done by Edelman for the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation to help them preserve the sites of the Nazi concentration c…
March 23, 2011
You have no idea what this blog is about...curious?
A study in blind trust by The Do Good Bus GOOD, the media company for people who give a damn, just wrote a piece about The Do Good Bus in Los Angeles…
March 21, 2011
What China Can Learn from Taproot
Pro bono in China is being implemented by the Beijing Huizeren Volunteering Development Center. Since Feb. 28, a team of Chinese philanthropic leader…
March 21, 2011
At Our Best
Why did AIGA set the standard for design firms to do 5% of their work pro bono when significantly better-compensated law firms and management consult…
March 17, 2011
A Moment of Your Time
May we have a moment of your time? 1% of your time to be exact. Do you remember why you decided to become a designer? Doctors save lives. Designers _…
March 4, 2011
Anjali and April's story
On February 16, the Taproot New York office held its first pro bono consultant appreciation event of the year. We invited our amazing PBCs to share t…
February 25, 2011
Merryl's story
On February 16, the New York office held its first Taproot volunteer appreciation event of the year. We invited our amazing PBCs to share their stori…
February 21, 2011
How you can change the world in 40 hours a week
Changing the world is hard. Changing the world while balancing social, professional, family, and financial needs is even harder. So how can you make …
February 18, 2011
State of Pro Bono Design
Through desigNYC, Darhil Crooks, art director of Esquire magazine, last year designed materials for Eating Healthy in Bed-Stuy, a campaign by Bed-Stu…
February 9, 2011
MISSION: PRO BONO - Matt Cullen on reviving the Motor City
Motor City, Detroit, the former industrial powerhouse turned Rust Belt haven, has seen the devastating results of urban decline follow into the 21st …
January 17, 2011
A Day On in Oakland
After receiving dozens of nominations and thousands of online votes, Taproot recently named James as our Pro Bono Role Model of the Year for his lead…
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