Six Weeks to Become a Pro Bono Manager - Week One
With the growth of pro bono programs at companies, consulting firms, intermediaries and graduate schools there is an associated growth in the need fo…
Pro Bono Adventures of Armin
My first week at Taproot was an amazing experience. Never before have I received so much input in just 5 days! Taproot is a leading thinker for socia…
Experiential Learning: Employees Develop Through Pro Bono - a Case Study of Glaxosmithkline's PULSE Volunteer Partnership
It is widely known (and demonstrated ) that volunteering makes employees happier, more loyal, and increases satisfaction with their jobs. This blog p…
DESIGNING SOCIAL CHANGE
In Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard , authors Dan and Chip Heath suggest that the best way to create change is to shape the path̵…
What We Can Learn From German Leadership
Interview with Markus Hipp: Executive Director of the BMW Foundation Markus Hipp is the Executive Director of the BMW Foundation, headquartered in Ge…
What We Can Learn From German Leadership
Interview with Markus Hipp: Executive Director of the BMW Foundation Markus Hipp is the Executive Director of the BMW Foundation, headquartered in Ge…
Beyond Cash: How Nonprofit Boards Can Tap Pro Bono and In-Kind Resources
No one knows better than you that nonprofits need strong boards to harness the resources they need to thrive. Until now, chief executives and board m…
Our Service Enterprise Journey
For the last 18 months Taproot has been working to become a Service Enterprise. As a member of Reimagining Service we are committed to making the inv…
SSIR: Five Levers for Social Change
This week I’ve got a new post up on SSIR, the first in a series on the ‘five levers of social change.’ The basic idea is that we…
The Start-Up of You
Reid Hoffman, founder of LinkedIn and perhaps the most admirable person in Silicon Valley, just published a new book – The Start-Up of You. It …
The Business Value of Pro Bono Programs - Introduced in Taproot's Latest Resource
We knew it. Some of you knew it. And now we are officially introducing the business value of pro bono programs in Taproot’s most recent resourc…
Pro Bono Programs and Fostering Innovation
This blog post is the first in a series based on “Demonstrating the Business Value of Pro Bono Service,” a whitepaper which identifies bu…
