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It wasn’t hung for the attendees of the 2018 Global Pro Bono Summit, but there on the wall of ISDI-ACE in Mumbai, India—the site of the 6th annual global cross-sector gathering—was a sign: “If You Can Dream It, You Can Do It.” As intermediaries, corporate practitioners, and NGOs from locations around the world—Minneapolis, Hong Kong, London, Budapest, San Francisco, Berlin,...
Read MoreProfile of a Pro Bono Super User: Know What You Want
Conversations 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. In 2012, she...
Read MoreThe Sustainable Development Goals Turn Two: The Future of Pro Bono for Ending Hunger
Imagine if we created an early warning system for small scale farmers that helped mitigate the effects of slow-onset climate-related events? Or if we redesigned financial incentives and investments, allowing these farmers to better access capital, seeds, and equipment? It’s possible if we use our human capital. As a founding member of Impact2030, and on the 2nd anniversary of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),...
Read MoreTaproot Foundation Expands Online Pro Bono Platform to First Global Market with Singapore Partner Empact
OAKLAND, Calif., August 31, 2017 /3BL Media/ - The Taproot Foundation announces the global expansion of online pro bono matchmaking platform Taproot Plus to Singapore in partnership with Empact Ltd. The pilot program will launch during Pro Bono Week, October 22 – 28, 2017. Taproot Plus connects nonprofit and social change organizations with experts who are donating their skills and time pro bono. Expanding to Singapore “We...
Read MorePeople of Pro Bono: Kate Holby, Ajiri Tea Company
Since co-founding Ajiri Tea Company, Kate Holby has loved celebrating each milestone with her organization. The latest achievement—the improved math scores of Felix, one of the students whose education is being funded through Ajiri’s profits. And the newly launched product—developed with pro bono support from Taproot Plus—that impacts each community they serve. Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained Together with my sister...
Read MoreThree Ways to Take Your Impact Further | Taproot Foundation’s Advisory Services Spring Newsletter
Get the Right Support to the Right Nonprofit at the Right Time It's a common misconception that the bigger and more complex a pro bono initiative is, the higher the impact will be for nonprofits, your employees, and the company itself. In fact, the biggest determinant of a program's impact is not its scale or complexity but the quality of...
Read MoreGlobal Efforts for Global Problems: Approaching the Sustainable Development Goals through Pro bono Service
Pro bono is becoming a global gold standard for corporate volunteerism Seated among peers at the IMPACT 2030 Summit at the United Nations recently, I had one of those moments in your career when everything just comes together. For nine years I've been committed to connecting the social sector to the business talent they need in marketing, IT, finance, and...
Read MorePeople of Pro Bono: Shalabh Sahai
Shalabh is the co-founder and director of iVolunteer, a pro bono provider member organization of the Global Pro Bono Network. I'm committed to pro bono service because some of the toughest professional challenges are found beyond our structured work environments. Pro bono service provides us one of the best opportunities to use our own talents, but to apply them differently...
Read MoreFirms Learn from Pro Bono Event
Originally published on The Straits Times Companies here recently had the opportunity to learn about best practices in pro bono work - from people across some 25 countries in six continents. The Global Pro Bono Summit, organised annually since 2013, was held for the first time in Asia last week, at different venues across Singapore. Participants included companies whose staff...
Read MoreA Student View: Growing a Global Pro Bono Movement
Carolin Graetsch, a master's student in nonprofit management at the Berlin School of Economics and Law who recently completed her thesis on intermediaries in the pro bono sector, spent 3 weeks with the Taproot Foundation in San Francisco. She also works for the BMW Foundation, and is working to make more pro bono happen on a global scale. In the...
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