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June 4, 2014
Lessons from the Field: Leading a Website Renewal Team
Being the Account Director on a Taproot website development team was quite an adventure. I had been on four previous Taproot Foundation projects and …
June 4, 2014
The Grantseekers' Guide to Foundation Transitions
Things are going just great for your nonprofit. You’ve painstakingly constructed a stable group of foundations that is providing a steady strea…
May 28, 2014
Pro Bono for Small Businesses
Taproot Foundation and Groupon partnered together to explore the possibility of bringing pro bono talent to small businesses on May 8, 2014. In a thr…
May 22, 2014
Say Hello to Taproot's Newest Grantees!
At Taproot, we’re always excited to see good pro bono work year-round. But there are four times every year when we have the pleasure of awardin…
May 20, 2014
GlaxoSmithKline harnesses pro bono to strengthen employees' leadership skills
Talent Development is top of mind for global healthcare company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), which relies on the leadership and consultative skills of its …
May 7, 2014
The Brave New World of Good
“O wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, That has such people in’t.” ̵…
May 5, 2014
YMCA's BETAgirls Gets a Taste of the MasterCard Mojo
Early in the morning on March 24, I was met with a calendar alert that read “MasterCard Pro Bono Challenge.” While I was excited about wh…
May 5, 2014
MasterCard Pro Bono Challenge: A New Way to Support Women and Technology
At Taproot, we love seeing meaningful collaboration take place between the corporate and nonprofit sectors. The second MasterCard Pro Bono Challenge …
April 25, 2014
Supporting Food Banks through Pro Bono: The Feeding America Hillshire Brands Partnership
This blog was originally published on Feeding America’s blog. It is being republished in its entirety here. When you think of volunteering with…
April 23, 2014
MasterCard Makes a Difference for Women in Technology through Pro Bono
Does the idea of tapping into your talents to tackle big picture problems sound exciting to you? Well, it sounded exciting to 26 MasterCard employees…
April 18, 2014
Confessions of a Pro Bono Copywriter
Full disclosure: I’m a professional TV writer who gets paid to encourage viewers to stick around, to stay right where they are, to keep watchin…
April 10, 2014
A Thank You to Pro Bono Consultants During National Volunteer Week
Visiting the Taproot Foundation website? It’s hard to miss the really big blue number on the top-right side of the homepage. 127 million dollar…
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