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Answering the Tough Questions: A Marketer's Perspective on Nonprofit Board Service

March 30, 2011

Answering the Tough Questions: A Marketer's Perspective on Nonprofit Board Service

Nonprofit Management Volunteer Consulting

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…

Edelman recognized for pro bono PR campaign

March 28, 2011

Edelman recognized for pro bono PR campaign

Service Area: Marketing Volunteer Consulting

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…

You have no idea what this blog is about...curious?

March 23, 2011

You have no idea what this blog is about...curious?

Programs Volunteer Consulting

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…

What China Can Learn from Taproot

March 21, 2011

What China Can Learn from Taproot

Global Social Impact Volunteer Consulting

Pro bono in China is being implemented by the Beijing Huizeren Volunteering Development Center. Since Feb. 28, a team of Chinese philanthropic leader…

At Our Best

March 21, 2011

At Our Best

Service Area: Marketing Volunteer Consulting

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…

A Moment of Your Time

March 17, 2011

A Moment of Your Time

Social Impact Volunteer Consulting

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 _…

Anjali and April's story

March 4, 2011

Anjali and April's story

Service Area: Marketing Volunteer Consulting

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…

Merryl's story

February 25, 2011

Merryl's story

Social Impact Volunteer Consulting

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…

How you can change the world in 40 hours a week

February 21, 2011

How you can change the world in 40 hours a week

Social Impact Volunteer Consulting

Changing the world is hard. Changing the world while balancing social, professional, family, and financial needs is even harder. So how can you make …

State of Pro Bono Design

February 18, 2011

State of Pro Bono Design

Service Area: Marketing Volunteer Consulting

Through desigNYC, Darhil Crooks, art director of Esquire magazine, last year designed materials for Eating Healthy in Bed-Stuy, a campaign by Bed-Stu…

MISSION: PRO BONO - Matt Cullen on reviving the Motor City

February 9, 2011

MISSION: PRO BONO - Matt Cullen on reviving the Motor City

Leadership Social Impact Volunteer Consulting

Motor City, Detroit, the former industrial powerhouse turned Rust Belt haven, has seen the devastating results of urban decline follow into the 21st …

A Day On in Oakland

January 17, 2011

A Day On in Oakland

Social Impact Volunteer Consulting

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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