Sep 18th, 2020 Campaign Initiatives, Nonprofit Management
No Budget? No Problem! How to Launch a GivingTuesday Campaign with Pro Bono
Is your team planning a GivingTuesday campaign this year? That's great! Are you looking for some pro bono expertise to help make it happen? Even better! This summer we hosted a webinar all about how to get started planning your own GivingTuesday campaign using the power of pro bono–you can watch the full recording here. Skilled volunteers can can provide...
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Sep 16th, 2020 Nonprofit Management, Volunteer Management, Workforce Development
The Difference Great Pro Bono Can Make: How Per Scholas Uses Pro Bono to Do More
Building a robust workforce is essential for healthy, strong communities—workforce development nonprofits provide training and services so jobseekers can find careers and thrive. This year we’re featuring workforce development nonprofits that are using pro bono to strengthen their teams and build communities that work. We’ve also just released a downloadable guide specifically designed for workforce development nonprofits getting started with...
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Aug 21st, 2020 Marketing, Nonprofit Management, Volunteer Management, Workforce Development
Getting to Work by Going Remote: How Stacks+Joules is Empowering Students in 2020
The world of work is evolving, and the underserved, returning citizens, and those with barriers to employment are being left behind. Workforce development organizations make sure that people in need of jobs get the training and services they need to find careers and thrive. In the first half of 2020 over 40 million people filed for unemployment in the U.S.—now...
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Jun 30th, 2020 Nonprofit Management
4 Tests to Find Out if Your Project is Ready for Pro Bono
Recently Joshua Groll, Customer Success Manager here at Taproot, led a webinar on how to plan your next virtual project by using four simple tests we’ve established over the years to determine if your next project is ready for pro bono. In these incredibly busy and physically-distanced times, we want to help nonprofits everywhere get the help they need and...
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May 21st, 2020 Nonprofit Management
Get the Legal Pro Bono Help You Need Now Through TrustLaw
The first thing that comes to mind when people hear the phrase “pro bono” is often legal services. And while we at Taproot like to expand on that thinking—pro bono refers to any service offered ‘for the public good’—we’re going back to its roots! We’re experts in connecting nonprofit organizations with professionals who share their expertise in core business areas,...
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Apr 9th, 2020 COVID-19 Response, Nonprofit Management, Volunteer Management
The pro bono help your organization needs, when you’re ready
We wish we had a crystal ball right now. Something to tell us what even tomorrow might bring, because it feels like things are changing minute by minute. We know you feel the same way. We see your organizations faced with a huge influx in demand for your services, like meals for children who are out of school, but you're...
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Apr 9th, 2020 COVID-19 Response, Nonprofit Management, Volunteer Consulting, Volunteer Management
3 Webinars to Help You Get or Give Pro Bono
We have several webinars coming up to help you get started with pro bono—whether you’re a nonprofit looking for help during the COVID-19 crisis or a volunteer eager to share your expertise in support of organizations. Register now and mark your calendar! WEBINAR: TrustLaw—Introduction to Legal Pro Bono for Nonprofits Date: Wednesday, April 15 Time: 1:00 p.m. ET / 12...
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Mar 25th, 2020 Marketing, Nonprofit Management, Strategy, Technology
Pro Bono Project Scopes Just Got Easier on Taproot Plus
If you’ve ever tried to search the internet for a solution to a problem, you know that the first challenge is often the toughest: how do you even explain what it is that you need? We’ve seen this kind of challenge again and again. A wonderful nonprofit has a tech, HR, or marketing issue in mind, and they know a...
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Mar 11th, 2020 Marketing, Nonprofit Management, People of Pro Bono, Social Impact, Strategy
People of Pro Bono: Jay Levin, The Big EQ Campaign
The Big EQ Campaign is focused on bringing education on emotional intelligence to people on a mass scale. EQuip Our Kids!, a sub-campaign of The Big EQ, is a public education nonprofit focused on mobilizing support for emotional intelligence and social skills training in schools. Through Taproot, they have worked with volunteer project directors who have helped coordinate their efforts...
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Jan 30th, 2020 Marketing, Nonprofit Management, People of Pro Bono, Social Impact, Strategy
People of Pro Bono: Barbara Bella, Golden Gate Philharmonic
Barbara Bella and the Golden Gate Philharmonic youth orchestra are using the power of music to strengthen their community. And when they faced tough communications challenges, they turned to Taproot skilled volunteers to help tell their story to new audiences. Uplifting a community through music Aristotle said “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts,” and we are...
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