Mar 25th, 2022 Small Business, Taproot Plus
How Skilled Volunteers Can Help Your Small Business
Small businesses often face many of the same challenges as nonprofits, especially in recent years. The ongoing effects of the pandemic, the Great Resignation, and supply chain disruptions still impact small businesses. Both nonprofits and small businesses serve as critical building blocks of healthy, thriving communities. Could small businesses benefit from the same skilled volunteers as nonprofits? Absolutely! At...
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Nov 18th, 2021 Nonprofit Management, Pro Bono Week, Small Business, Volunteer Consulting
Pro Bono Week 2021: Taproot Doubles Impact for Social Good
Thanks to all who joined us during Pro Bono Week (October 24-30), a time to celebrate pro bono service around the world. This week allows us to recognize the dedication of our volunteers who share their skills with nonprofits, along with the nonprofits striving to further their missions by collaborating with these volunteers. We set an ambitious goal this year to create 100+ pro...
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Aug 26th, 2021 Programs, Small Business, Taproot Plus, Tips from Taproot
Taproot Plus Sessions: Ideas for Impactful Consultations
Have you heard about the best kept secret on Taproot Plus? Let’s introduce you to Sessions! Taproot Plus Sessions are one-hour, one-time virtual consultation calls with experienced business professionals. They’re an amazing way for nonprofits, small businesses, or public schools to quickly problem-solve, brainstorm creative ideas, or plan for ambitious projects. And, just like the rest of Taproot’s pro bono...
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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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