What is Corporate Social Responsibility? Can Skills-Based Volunteering Fulfill Your CSR Goals?
The traditional ideas of what forms a corporate social responsibility (CSR) program are changing, and skills-based volunteering (SBV) programs are at the forefront of the new face of CSR. Taproot can help you design, implement, and manage effective corporate community engagement and skilled volunteering programs as part of evolving your CSR efforts and building employee engagement. Within most corporate social...
Read MorePro Bono Service Highlight: Booz Allen Hamilton and Thurgood Marshall College Fund
As part of our mission and programming, Taproot accelerates transformative value-based partnerships between organizations in the private and nonprofit sectors. Through pro bono service, Taproot is proud to support connections between companies that are passionate about advancing racial and social equity, like Booz Allen Hamilton, with organizations that are making strides in the field. Booz Allen Hamilton has partnered with...
Read MoreQuick Consult: Empower Your Team with Future-Focused Skills
Quick Consult is a series where members of our team share insights into questions and topics we hear are top of mind for pro bono practitioners at all stages. Alexandra McArthur, Director, Advisory Services & Central Market Lead, provides tips on how pro bono service can prepare companies with future-focused skills appropriate for the changing world of work. Check out...
Read MoreService at a Distance: How Virtual Pro Bono Can Help Others Now
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the work of nonprofits on a massive scale; many are now facing uncertainty about the future, financial instability, and an inability to serve their primary beneficiaries (a group whose needs have likely increased). Service programs must adapt in order to reach them. Throughout this crisis we’ve been working alongside our corporate partners to translate their...
Read MoreWEBINAR: Supporting the Social Sector through Virtual Pro Bono Programming
Wednesday, April 1 1 p.m. ET / 12 p.m. CT / 10 a.m. PT We’re facing unprecedented challenges globally as we confront the coronavirus, and we’re leaning on the social sector to continue providing services that our communities need. Even though employee engagement programming at so many companies is uncertain, we’re hearing from so many of you that that you...
Read MoreThe Top 5 Ways Your Company Can Help Nonprofits Right Now Through Pro Bono
Companies are asking us what nonprofits need right now and how pro bono can help. We’ve compiled a list of some of the most pervasive urgent organizational needs nonprofits are confronting across the sector due to the COVID-19 crisis, and real-life examples of the types of pro bono support that can make a real difference. First, two important acknowledgements: What...
Read MorePro Bono Service Remains a Key to Unlocking Corporate Purpose
As CECP's Alison Vultaggio noted in a recent blog, "pro bono service has been a cornerstone of corporate purpose and volunteerism for decades. As the kids would say, it's the "OG" of skills-based volunteerism." And their recent edition of Giving in Numbers reinforces the fact that it'll not soon change. Companies are Pro Bono service has been a...
Read MoreTaproot Foundation Announces the Average Hourly Value of Pro Bono Service is now $195
In the lead up to Pro Bono Week 2019, Taproot Foundation announces that the average hourly value of pro bono service in 2019 has increased to $195, up 30% over the 2015 valuation. The $195 valuation defines the average per hour value of time donated by business professionals to nonprofit organizations through pro bono services, including expertise in areas like...
Read MoreTelling Your Pro Bono Story in Action: Morgan Stanley
For corporate pro bono practitioners, telling stories is critical. By communicating the impact of your pro bono programming effectively, you’ll promote your company’s social good initiatives both internally and externally. Those efforts can help elevate your company’s brand and position in the field—that’s the power of a good story. But this guide is about more than just building brand and reputation. It’s...
Read MoreTelling Your Pro Bono Story in Action: VMware Foundation
For corporate pro bono practitioners, telling stories is critical. By communicating the impact of your pro bono programming effectively, you’ll promote your company’s social good initiatives both internally and externally. Those efforts can help elevate your company’s brand and position in the field—that’s the power of a good story. But this guide is about more than just building brand and reputation. It’s...
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