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    2021 pro bono summit
    Nov 16th, 2021 Corporate Social Responsibility, Employee Engagement, Nonprofit Management, Pro Bono Summit, Volunteer Consulting

    Highlights from Taproot Foundation’s 2021 U.S. Pro Bono Summit

    Taproot Foundation celebrated its annual U.S. Pro Bono Summit, exploring how the power of pro bono service can transform nonprofits, schools, and small businesses. The Summit provided innovative tips and facilitated open discussions between corporate pro bono practitioners to share their experiences, best practices, and challenges in developing skills-based volunteering opportunities. Taproot also delivered two webinars for the nonprofit, philanthropic, and corporate sectors,...

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    Dec 17th, 2020 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Pro Bono Summit

    Three Upshots of Pro Bono in 2020: Key Takeaways from Taproot Foundation’s Annual Corporate Day

    This year’s annual U.S. Pro Bono Summit Corporate Day moved to the digital space, where leaders from across sectors gathered to reflect on the challenges of 2020 and the ways in which pro bono can help in response. For many, those challenges shed light on opportunities they were able to embrace—opportunities to learn, improve, grow, and expand the reach and...

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    Sep 10th, 2020 Corporate Social Responsibility, Pro Bono Summit, Small Business

    3 Key Questions for Designing Pro Bono Programs for Small Businesses

    Small businesses create and sustain jobs while providing training in transferable skills, greater self-sufficiency, and a stronger sense of community to their employees. During the 2020 U.S. Pro Bono Summit Virtual Series webinar Rebuilding our Communities: Small Businesses our panel discussed how companies could best go about offering pro bono to small businesses and described a few program design best...

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    Sep 1st, 2020 Corporate Social Responsibility, Pro Bono Summit, Small Business

    Small Business Pro Bono in Action: Two Case Studies

    The 2020 U.S. Pro Bono Summit Virtual Series included a special discussion of how small businesses are essential cornerstones for communities across the country and how pro bono programs can (and should!) be designed specifically to meet their needs. While the needs of individual businesses vary as much as the work they do and the customers they serve, we can...

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    Aug 27th, 2020 Corporate Social Responsibility, Pro Bono Summit, Small Business

    Pro Bono for Small Businesses: How Volunteering Can Rebuild Community Cornerstones

    Small businesses employ millions of people, provide vital services, and contribute to the well-being of their communities. But what does their path forward look like in the wake of the current crises? In our final webinar of the 2020 U.S. Pro Bono Summit Virtual Series, Rebuilding our Communities: Small Businesses, Geraud Staton, Executive Director of the Helius Foundation; Anne Wellde,...

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    Jul 24th, 2020 COVID-19, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Pro Bono Summit, Workforce Development

    Workforce Development and the Power of Pro Bono: Rebuilding Our Communities Together

    A record 30+ million people have filed for unemployment in recent months, leading to a massive increase in demand for employment-related assistance in the midst of a pandemic, an economic crisis, and the ongoing social and racial justice movements, all while facing a sector-wide drop in fundraising events and overall decrease in individual giving. In our webinar Rebuilding our Communities:...

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    Jun 23rd, 2020 Corporate Social Responsibility, Employee Engagement, Pro Bono Summit

    Prudential Financial: Going Above and Beyond through Pro Bono Service

    As Taproot Foundation’s 2020 U.S. Pro Bono Summit Virtual Series continues, we’re releasing a series of profiles featuring companies who are on the leading edge of pro bono service as we all work towards rebuilding our communities in the face of a global crisis. What can corporate pro bono service look like? Prudential is constantly searching for more impactful ways...

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    May 19th, 2020 Corporate Social Responsibility, Employee Engagement, Pro Bono Summit

    Johnson & Johnson: Building Healthier Communities and Futures Through Pro Bono

    Taproot Foundation’s 2020 U.S. Pro Bono Summit Virtual Series is coming up in a few short weeks. In the lead up, we’re releasing a series of profiles featuring companies who are on the leading edge of pro bono service as we all work towards rebuilding our communities in the face of a global crisis. For Johnson & Johnson, social responsibility...

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    May 12th, 2020 Advisory Services, Corporate Social Responsibility, COVID-19, Pro Bono Summit

    Taproot Foundation Connects Private and Nonprofit Sectors in First-Ever U.S. Pro Bono Summit Virtual Series

    Taproot Foundation, a national nonprofit that connects social change organizations with volunteers sharing expertise pro bono, is making its annual U.S. Pro Bono Summit virtual this June. Leaders from across sectors will explore how the pro bono ecosystem can support the social good organizations and small businesses who will be a vital part in rebuilding our communities in the wake...

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    We at the Taproot Foundation are committed to making certain that pro bono service is an accessible and valuable resource across sectors. Pictured: two women work together writing at a whiteboard. Impact Pro bono
    Mar 3rd, 2020 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Future of Work, Pro Bono Summit

    Pro Bono in 2020 and Beyond

    By Lindsay Firestone Gruber, President and CEO, Taproot Foundation The Nonprofit Finance Fund released a report recently finding that 86% of nonprofits are experiencing an even greater increase in demand for their programs and services. And yet, more than half of those nonprofits say they anticipate being unable to meet the demand in the coming year. These numbers should concern...

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