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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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    Read how this software developer became a pro bono advocate and inspired coworkers to give back.
    Dec 3rd, 2019 Global, People of Pro Bono, Service Area: Technology, Social Impact, Volunteer Consulting

    People of Pro Bono: Antoine Clément

    An experienced software developer, Antoine is a long-time advocate for pro bono service. He has not only personally donated over 200 hours of pro bono support but, inspired by the reach and impact of skilled volunteering, has also kick-started a pro bono program at his company. A call to serve Growing up, I wanted to be a king—not because I...

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    Beijing Global Pro bono
    Apr 29th, 2019 Global, Pro Bono Summit, Social Impact

    Yan Peng: Building a Better World Through Pro Bono

    The potential of pro bono Global Pro Bono Network council member Yan Peng has been doing pro bono since before she even knew what pro bono was. Having worked in environmental sustainability and social development since 1995, she donated her time and expertise to co-found the Center for Civil Society Studies of Peking University. Her work helped set the stage...

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    A profile on Myung Lee, Executive Director of Cities of Service and 2019 GPBS keynote speaker.
    Apr 25th, 2019 Corporate Social Responsibility, Employee Engagement, Global, Leadership, Pro Bono Summit, Social Impact

    Myung Lee: Bringing Communities Together Through Service

    The 2019 Global Pro Bono Summit, hosted by Taproot Foundation, will take place in New York City this May. Leading up to this gathering, Taproot will be releasing a series of profiles featuring movers and shakers of the pro bono movement, from companies with cutting-edge programs to individuals working towards a more engaged society to nonprofits tapping into pro bono...

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    BNY Mellon Group of Volunteers
    Apr 18th, 2019 Advisory Services, Global, Leadership, Pro Bono Summit, Service Area: Technology, Social Impact

    BNY Mellon: A History of Service

    The 2019 Global Pro Bono Summit, hosted by Taproot Foundation, will take place in New York City this May. Leading up to this gathering, Taproot will be releasing a series of profiles featuring movers and shakers of the pro bono movement, from companies with cutting-edge programs to individuals working towards a more engaged society to nonprofits tapping into pro bono...

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    Jan 4th, 2019 Corporate Social Responsibility, Global, Service Area: Technology, Social Impact

    Making Nonprofits a More Powerful Force through Tech

    Excerpt from the blog "How the Tech World Could Make Nonprofits a More Powerful Force" on the World Economic Forum By Pat Gelsinger, CEO of VMware Inc. As leaders from more than 100 countries prepare to gather at Davos, a debate continues to rage regarding the role technology will play in society going forward. Will tech innovation be a fundamental...

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    One hand passes an apple to another
    Nov 9th, 2018 Global, Social Impact

    Mapping Cross-Sector Solutions to Food Loss

    The following excerpt comes from Mapping Cross-Sector Solutions to Food Loss, published in the PYXERA Global Engagement Forum: Online. Some numbers defy the limits of imagination. What does 1.3 billion tons of wasted food look like? What could we do with an extra billion bags of potatoes or 3.7 trillion apples? What are the implications of 574 billion eggs spoiled?...

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    A man helps a child and parent to use a computer
    Oct 19th, 2018 Global, Leadership, Nonprofit Management

    Case Study: Orphan Impact
    and Design Thinking

    This excerpt comes from a piece published at The Conference Board, Building Leadership with Skills-Based Volunteering: The Nonprofit Opportunity. What motivates nonprofits and volunteers to engage in skills-based volunteering? Nonprofits use skills-based volunteering to strengthen their infrastructure in ways that better equip them to solve our communities’ challenges. Many volunteers give their skills to help solve a challenge for an...

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    The Nonprofit Opportunity
    Oct 18th, 2018 Global, Leadership, Nonprofit Management, Volunteer Management

    The Nonprofit Opportunity

    This article was written in collaboration with Team4Tech and released by The Conference Board. Building Leadership with Skills-Based Volunteering What motivates nonprofits and volunteers to engage in skills-based volunteering? Nonprofits use skills-based volunteering to strengthen their infrastructure in ways that better equip them to solve our communities’ challenges. Many volunteers give their skills to help solve a challenge for an...

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    Now more than ever organizations on the front lines of society's greatest challenges need quality pro bono assistance
    Sep 28th, 2018 Global, Social Impact

    Now More Than Ever

    By Lindsay Firestone Gruber, President and CEO “Now more than ever…” How many of us in the nonprofit sector have found ourselves saying this in recent months? With our funders, with our volunteers, with the communities we serve. Now more than ever escalating issues are affecting our communities. Now more than ever people are turning to nonprofits to seek help....

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