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...
Read MoreMyung 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...
Read MoreBNY 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...
Read MoreGroupon and Tableau Team Up to Bring Data Visualization to the Nonprofit Sector
Taproot’s U.S. Pro Bono Summit is an opportunity for key stakeholders in the field of corporate pro bono to come together and discuss trends and developments across the sector. It’s also a place where practitioners can collaboratively brainstorm new ideas that will create impact for nonprofit organizations. At the Summit this year in San Francisco, Groupon and Tableau did exactly...
Read MoreReady.
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 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 MoreThe Key to Scaled Impact: Employee Leadership
Postcards from the Pro Bono Summit: Corporate Day Every year, one of the highlights of the Corporate Day of the Global Pro Bono Summit is the "Promising Practices Pop-Up Panel" highlighting great examples that emerged of innovative ideas and approaches for corporate pro bono programs. This blog showcases one of these great promising practices from Corporate Day attendees, from LinkedIn...
Read MoreThrow it on the wall and see what sticks
Throw it on the wall and see what sticks - that has always been my motto! The concept that no idea is a bad idea, that you need to explore all possibilities and opportunities, that you need to throw ideas up on the wall and run them down to determine which one you want to make happen. This year was...
Read MoreMake it Matter from China!
At the BMW Foundation Global Leaders Forum in Beijing, China, Joel Bashevkin, Executive Director of Taproot Foundation Bay Area, shares some of his experiences. As you may know, the BMW Foundation is investing in partners who share common goals and where the partnership strengthens both organizations. Taproot Foundation was the first to create this relationship and is an example for...
Read MorePro Bono Service: The New Normal
One of the great things about being in one field for so long is that from time to time you have the chance to witness the arc of progress. An idea being adopted, an assumption being confirmed (or debunked), a trend becoming a norm—these are all key milestones to celebrate when you're trying to build a movement. At this year's...
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