Nov 14th, 2018 Leadership, Nonprofit Management, Volunteer Management
Developing a Diverse Pipeline of Nonprofit Leaders with Pro Bono
By Elizabeth Schwan-Rosenwald, Chief External Relations Officer Bridgespan has estimated that by 2023 nonprofit leadership will have turned over 100%. The turnover is not due to a mass retirement of Baby Boomers as initially projected. Instead, it is driven by a combination of factors including staff movement to another nonprofit, termination, and a decision to switch sectors. This flood of...
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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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Oct 18th, 2018 Campaign Initiatives, 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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Oct 10th, 2018 Campaign Initiatives, Nonprofit Management, Social Impact, Strategy, Volunteer Management
Pro Bono + The Food Value Chain
If your nonprofit works along the food value chain, you know that trying to address the complex problems of hunger and food insecurity is as tough as it gets. It can be hard to figure out solutions to your unique capacity needs—and breaking down nuanced challenges into manageable chunks of work can feel like just one more task you don’t...
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Jun 21st, 2018 Campaign Initiatives, Nonprofit Management, Technology, Volunteer Consulting, Volunteer Management
Explore Taproot’s New Supplement to Transforming Technology Pro Bono
Pro bono service has the potential to shift technology adoption and implementation in the social sector. The Taproot Foundation, in collaboration with VMware Foundation, released a new supplement to Transforming Technology Pro Bono that will ensure nonprofits can maximize the impact technology pro bono can have on their organizations. “Technology underscores everything at a nonprofit – from basic operations to innovative services,” says co-author and Taproot...
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Apr 27th, 2018 Campaign Initiatives, Leadership, Nonprofit Management
Investing in Nonprofit Leadership
Change is all around us Change is all around us--from climate to communities--creating a world of increasing uncertainty and turbulence. Nonprofit organizations are particularly vulnerable to these changing conditions, yet their work is needed more than ever. How can philanthropy help nonprofits build the strength they will need in these changing times? By investing in nonprofit leadership. We recently shared...
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Apr 13th, 2018 Nonprofit Management
A Resource on What Nonprofits Need
Infrastructure is sexy Taproot recently shared a valuable insight - infrastructure is sexy. Quite a claim, no? But it's true. Having a solid infrastructure is what helps nonprofits achieve their missions. In reality though, the Nonprofit Finance Fund has found some distressing news. Over half of nonprofits—the organizations charged with solving society’s greatest challenges—report that they don’t have the resources they need...
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Feb 9th, 2018 Nonprofit Management, Volunteer Management
Need Help at Your Organization, but Not Sure How to Get It? Check Out Pro Bono.
Read the full 2017 State of Pro Bono Service Report here. Do you ever feel overwhelmed at your nonprofit with the amount of work to be done and the limited budget and manpower you have to make it happen? You’re not alone - as a whole, nonprofits are understaffed, under-resourced, and need support. As a nonprofit ourselves, Taproot gets it...
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Feb 8th, 2018 Nonprofit Management, Volunteer Management
Profile of a Pro Bono Super User: Creating a Team
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 founded Child...
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Dec 5th, 2017 Finance, Nonprofit Management
Don’t have enough resources to tackle your organization’s challenges? Pro bono can help.
Do you ever feel overwhelmed at your nonprofit? Do you ever feel overwhelmed at your nonprofit with the amount of work to be done and the limited budget and manpower you have to make it happen? You’re not alone - as a whole, nonprofits are understaffed, under-resourced, and need support. As a nonprofit ourselves, Taproot gets it – and we...
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