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May 3, 2011
Eight Models of Pro Bono: Loaned Employee - IBM Corporate Service Corps
Over the next few months, Director of Programming Carol Guttery will be contributing a series based on Making Pro Bono Work: 8 Proven Models for Comm…
April 28, 2011
HuffPo: When Nonprofits Exploit Clients for Marketing Gain
Marketing is increasingly critical to the survival and success of nonprofit organizations. It is not only about meeting critical fundraising needs, b…
April 25, 2011
Pro Bono Service for Toddlers
One of our rock star pro bono consultants sent us this adorable story of how donating professional skills has made her into a positive role model for…
April 21, 2011
We've moved! Welcome to the new home of Taproot NYC
After more than seven years of serving the local community, Taproot finally has a place to call its own in New York City. As of Monday, we’ve m…
April 12, 2011
HuffPo: Hug-an-Accountant Month
Being an accountant is like being a dentist, only you have to cram all your patients in over the course of just two months. This is not a good time o…
April 11, 2011
Math for the Pro Bono Junkie: A Taproot Poem
Can $10,000 save a teacher’s job or provide a lifesaving surgery for a kid? It depends on how you do the math. Aidan is a kid with a life-threa…
April 8, 2011
Foundations, Transparency, and Web 2.0
Embracing Web 2.0 tools In September 2010, the Foundation Center published a report on Web 2.0 activities of foundations which encompass blogging and…
April 6, 2011
HuffPo: Can Pro Bono Resources Help Us Prepare for the Next Disaster?
Pro bono as a disaster preparedness tool Every time a global disaster strikes, volunteer organizations and fundraising machines kick into high gear. …
April 4, 2011
Top Three Likes from the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference
Being as obsessed as we are with positively changing the world, my company has gone under an entire rebranding in which we intend to focus on project…
March 31, 2011
HuffPo: Three Keys to Revitalizing the Service Movement in America
The start of a movement In 1963, President John F. Kennedy called the top attorneys from across the country to the White House. At the time, S…
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…
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