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    Oct 23rd, 2020 Service Area: Fundraising, Service Area: Marketing

    6 Opportunities to Support GivingTuesday Fundraising through Pro Bono

    2020 may be winding down, but nonprofits everywhere are winding up for their annual GivingTuesday and holiday fundraising campaigns. This year has been a period of massive upheaval, and for nonprofits one of the biggest challenges (after health and safety) has been fundraising. The pandemic forced nonprofits to cancel crucial fundraising events or move them to unfamiliar to virtual-only settings,...

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    Oct 22nd, 2020 Corporate Social Responsibility, Employee Engagement, Pro Bono Week

    Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana: Helping Everyday People Do Extraordinary Good

    Taproot Foundation is highlighting the partnerships we need to Rebuild Our Communities—Together during Pro Bono Week 2020. For Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana, community comes first. But that community goes beyond their headquarters of Baton Rouge, beyond their nine regional offices across Louisiana, and even beyond their own policyholders. Since 1934, when area hospitals joined forces to form...

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    Oct 21st, 2020 Global, Pro Bono Week, Service Area: Technology, Social Impact

    Education Anywhere: How Rumie Is Using Pro Bono to Cross the Digital Divide

    2020 has been a year unlike any other. Communities around the world are working together to address and recover from compounding crises. Nonprofits of every shape and size have been stepping up to support them. And we’re spotlighting the role of pro bono service in rebuilding communities as a part of this year’s Pro Bono Week. Rumie is a nonprofit...

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    Oct 16th, 2020 Service Area: Fundraising

    5 Ways to Boost Holiday Fundraising through Pro Bono

    2020 has caused major shifts in nonprofit operations, especially when it comes to fundraising. The pandemic has forced nonprofits to cancel, postpone, or move their fundraising events to virtual-only settings—each option leading to challenges of its own. Individual giving has also trended downward, and social good organizations are striving to get the financial support they need to bounce back. Feeling...

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    Oct 14th, 2020 Civic Engagement

    Taproot’s Tips to Make a Plan to Vote!

    2020 has been full of  changes to our usual routines, and that goes for voting as much as any other process. It’s important that we show up to support one another help our country vote. Taproot Foundation was built on the principles of service, volunteering for the public good, and civic engagement. And what’s the highest form of civic engagement...

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    Oct 9th, 2020 COVID-19, Nonprofit Management

    What Role Can Pro Bono Play in Building Nonprofit Resiliency?

    COVID-19 has changed everything about our daily lives. People are keeping their distance. Businesses have had to completely shift their way of doing business or closed entirely. Organizations everywhere are feeling the strain of multiple crises affecting their communities. And the social sector as a whole is looking for clear action steps for bouncing back and building nonprofit resiliency. We...

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    Oct 7th, 2020 Civic Engagement

    Nonprofits Devoted to Helping Others Vote

    Nonprofits across the U.S. are working day and night to ensure that every eligible citizen has the information, tools, and opportunity they need to vote in the November 3, 2020 election. These organizations are managing high demand for their services while also facing diminishing resources due to COVID-19, scrapped in-person programs, the loss of regular volunteers, and cancelled fundraisers. It’s...

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    Oct 5th, 2020 Pro Bono Week

    Taproot Foundation Unites Skilled Volunteers, Private and Nonprofit Sectors for Pro Bono Week 2020

    Taproot Foundation, a national nonprofit that connects organizations with volunteers sharing their professional expertise pro bono, will host a week of virtual events in late October celebrating Pro Bono Week 2020 in partnership with sponsor American Express. An annual global campaign, Pro Bono Week recognizes pro bono service across all professions that use their talents to make a difference and...

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    Oct 1st, 2020 Civic Engagement

    What Voting Means to Us at Taproot

    Taproot was founded nearly 20 years ago on the principle of civic engagement and the belief that we all have talents to share in service of the public good. The highest form of that engagement, and our greatest civic duty, is voting. We asked members of the Taproot team (or Roots, as we call ourselves) to share their own thoughts...

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    Sep 28th, 2020 Small Business

    6 Ways Pro Bono Can Help Your Small Business

    Small businesses across the country are hurting right now—navigating repeated closures, supply chain problems, and slowed services—all while working night and day to figure out how to recover. Would professional advice and expertise in business strategy help your team bounce back? Pro bono could play a key role in your recovery strategy. Main Street America, a subsidiary of the National...

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