How to Launch a Successful Crowdfunding Campaign without a Budget
As a nonprofit, a successful crowdfunding campaign does more than just raise funds. It’s also a unique way to activate, learn from, and build your community while raising awareness for your mission. However, planning and executing a successful crowdfunding campaign can be daunting. You need a compelling promo video, inviting graphics, simple yet informative communications, an engaging email strategy, and...
Read MoreProfile of a Pro Bono Super User: Growing Through Pro Bono
Conversations on nonprofit capacity with Child Steps International’s Founder and President, Tenneh Johnson Kemah Tenneh Johnson Kemah is originally from Liberia. She left the country after the civil war broke out, when she was just a teenager. She promised herself that she would return, that she would be a part of healing her country – but she didn’t know how....
Read MoreGuest Blog: 5 Creative Ways to Make Corporate Philanthropy Part Of Your Company’s Everyday Culture
The case for corporate philanthropy is clear. Studies show corporate philanthropy attracts and retains top talent, recruits and reinforces brand loyalists, and enhances a company’s reputation. The question is no longer: should a company engage in philanthropy, but how? There are many tried and true options—matching employees’ charitable donations, offering volunteer time off, providing dollars for doers. But with so...
Read MoreAdobe Brings Design Thinking to Nonprofits in Need
This month, Adobe's Design and Sustainability & Social Impact teams joined forces to host two design thinking events benefiting nonprofit partners. The goals of these events, called Pro Bono Design Challenge, were threefold: to quickly generate design solutions for nonprofit partners, to spread the core tenets of design thinking internally, and to integrate the aptitudes and perspective of a diverse group...
Read MoreAIG Hosts Speed Consulting in NYC – Marketing and Communications Talent Drives Social Impact
How can today’s nonprofits use social media to connect with the people they serve? How can they create brands that appeal to both homeless youth and millionaire donors? How can they reach the right audiences with the right messages at the right times? Those are marketing questions that keep many nonprofit leaders up at night. Exploring strategic marketing solutions Fortunately...
Read MorePro Bono and Leadership Development: What it May Mean for the Nonprofit Sector
When we talk about leadership development in the nonprofit and corporate sector, there isn’t always an apples-to-apples comparison. As Taproot’s Drive Engagement campaign has evolved, we’re learning a few things about what pro bono and leadership development may mean for the social sector. Below, we share a few of these insights. What does Pro Bono as a Leadership Development Strategy...
Read MorePeople of Pro Bono: Jeff Coopersmith, Mosholu Montefiore Community Center
During his off hours, you can find Jeff Coopersmith deeply involved in his volunteer work for Autism Now and spending quality time with his family, friends, and neighbors. He brings that same passion and sense of togetherness to the office as the Director of External Relations, Growth & Sustainability at Mosholu Montefiore Community Center, as he and his coworkers drive forward...
Read MoreGUEST BLOG: Developing Entrepreneurial Leaders Through Pro Bono Service
Pro bono as an opportunity to develop entrepreneurial leadership capabilities Pro bono service provides a unique, and often overlooked, opportunity to strengthen the entrepreneurial leadership capability of an organization’s emerging talent. It can readily complement traditional leadership development approaches, stimulate mindfulness, and promote authentic human understanding. In this blog, I identify three key entrepreneurial skillsets—empathy, innovation, and curiosity—and highlight how...
Read MorePeople of Pro Bono: Anne Holcomb, Unity Parenting and Counseling
Anne Holcomb, Supportive Services Supervisor at Unity Parenting and Counseling, gets her inspiration from gardening or reading the Sunday Times. However, nothing compares to when a teen graduates because of the support her nonprofit provided. And when skilled volunteers help the organization raise over $100,000 with a newly developed social media strategy. The best results come from clear goals Unity...
Read MorePeople of Pro Bono: Stephanie Willding, Chicago Family Health Center
Stephanie Willding, Chief Officer of Strategy, Planning & Development at Chicago Family Health Center, will know that her organization has ‘made it’ when health disparity is no longer an issue in the South Side of Chicago. Taproot pro bono support in human resources is helping them get there. Saying yes I want to be able to say yes, to every...
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