Taproot Foundation Launches Newly Transformed Matchmaking Platform Taproot Plus
Taproot Foundation is transforming how nonprofit and social change organizations access the pro bono support they need to achieve their missions by launching the newly redesigned matchmaking platform Taproot Plus at www.taprootplus.org. Each and every day, social change organizations are tackling our communities’ most critical issues. And they often do so without access to the marketing, HR, technology, or planning...
Read MoreTaproot Elects Oracle Netsuite’s Peggy Duvette and The Resurrection Project’s Anjanette Brown to the Board of Directors
Peggy Duvette has been a thought leader in technology, social change and women leadership for over 15 years. As the Head of Social Impact at Oracle NetSuite, she is responsible for the donation of NetSuite products to nonprofits globally as well as NetSuite’s signature capacity programs, Suite Pro Bono and Suite Capacity. “I am thrilled to be joining the Taproot Foundation board to drive more pro...
Read MoreTaproot Foundation Announces the Election of NBCUniversal’s Patricia Langer and Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s Rebecca Wang to the Board of Directors
Taproot Foundation announces the election of Patricia Langer and Rebecca Wang to its Board of Directors. Patricia Langer is the Executive Vice President, Human Resources NBCUniversal. She is responsible for Human Resources globally for the company, including compensation, benefits, HR operations, learning and development, talent acquisition, and pipeline programs. Ms. Langer was honored by the Cable and Telecommunications Human Resources...
Read MoreAddressing Social Sector Needs Through Technology Pro Bono
Originally published on 3BL Media. Taproot Foundation and VMware release their newest nonprofit resource on the heels of the Global Pro Bono Summit SAN FRANCISCO – May 14, 2019 | The social sector continues to lag in the adoption and use of technology due in part to lack of funding and limited staff. How can pro bono service bridge the...
Read MoreThe Multiplier Effect
By Lindsay Firestone Gruber, President & CEO of Taproot Foundation The term “capacity-building” tends to be thrown around quite a bit in the nonprofit sector. And as jargon, it has the unfortunate fate of being pretty obscure outside of our sector—not to mention losing its meaning when overused within the field. But at the heart of it, nonprofit capacity-building is...
Read MoreTaproot Foundation Launches New Website
SAN FRANCISCO, July 9, 2018 /3BL Media/ - It is more imperative than ever to connect nonprofits and social change organizations with the resources they need to serve their communities. To ensure organizations can easily access this support through pro bono service, the Taproot Foundation has launched a brand new, easy-to-use website. “At Taproot, we truly believe in the power...
Read MoreTaproot Foundation Appoints Lindsay Firestone Gruber as President and CEO
The Taproot Foundation Board of Directors announced today the appointment of Lindsay Firestone Gruber as the organization’s new President and CEO. Gruber has been on staff with Taproot for 14 years and has served as the organization’s Chief Program Officer since 2016. “Lindsay is one of the top experts and champions of pro bono service in the world,” says Taproot founder Aaron...
Read MoreA Decade in the Making | Taproot Foundation’s Advisory Services Newsletter
Taproot's Advisory Services practice turns 10 and an interview with corporate pro bono leader Lindsay Firestone Gruber. An interview with a leader of the pro bono movement Ten years ago, when Lindsay Firestone Gruber started Taproot's Advisory Services practice, the purpose was simple: to help nonprofits tackle their toughest challenges by connecting them to hard-to-reach corporate talent. A decade later, the...
Read MoreRemembering Esther Lardent, the “Queen of Pro Bono”
As busy as we all are, there are a few things that should always make us stop and reflect. This time, it is the news of losing someone so important to the pro bono field - Esther Lardent. Esther Lardent was an early board member and critical inspiration to us at the Taproot Foundation, and we were saddened to learn...
Read MorePro Bono Can Help Fill Nonprofit Resource Gaps
This blog is being partially reposted here from Skoll World Forum. To read the full story, please click here.??top the Funding: Social Sector is Fully Resourced.??Until we see this headline across international newsfeeds, social change organizations should consider this simple Latin phrase to help them move their missions forward ????ro bono.??/p>Post-revolutionary Egypt, fast-growing China, Slovakia, Hungary, Singapore, Canada, India, Germany,...
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