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...
Read MoreDigging Deeper Into 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...
Read MoreProfile of a Pro Bono Super User:
The Volunteer Connection
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...
Read MoreBusiness Value of Pro Bono: Innovate and Adapt
Pro bono service is a powerful way to drive social change. Yet, many corporate employees looking to bring pro bono service to their company struggle to get buy-in from leadership and other key stakeholders. Although these stakeholders may understand the social value of pro bono, they don't always see the business value. That's why Taproot developed the Business Value of Pro Bono, a new resource...
Read MoreTech is Changing Everything
...but nonprofits could catch up! While technology has been changing everything about our world, nonprofits with very little bandwidth have been falling behind. But Taproot says there’s hope if we’re willing to re-imagine how philanthropy can build tech capacity in the nonprofit sector. For many resource-strapped organizations in the social sector, technology can be a daunting and overwhelming challenge. By...
Read MorePeople of Pro Bono: Michele Simos, The Dignity Institute
The Dignity Institute envisions a world in which every underserved youth feels safe, respected, and worthy of dignity, and has the skills to create a meaningful life and career. As the Co-founder and Executive Director, Michele Simos is on a journey to create systemic change. This Giving Tuesday, she turned to Taproot volunteer talent and support to further elevate her...
Read MoreTaproot Foundation Expands Online Pro Bono Platform to First Global Market with Singapore Partner Empact
OAKLAND, Calif., August 31, 2017 /3BL Media/ - The Taproot Foundation announces the global expansion of online pro bono matchmaking platform Taproot Plus to Singapore in partnership with Empact Ltd. The pilot program will launch during Pro Bono Week, October 22 – 28, 2017. Taproot Plus connects nonprofit and social change organizations with experts who are donating their skills and time pro bono. Expanding to Singapore “We...
Read MoreAdobe Brings Design Thinking to Nonprofits in Need
This month, Adobe's Design and Sustainability & Social Impact teams joined forces to host two design thinking events benefiting nonprofit partners. The goals of these events, called Pro Bono Design Challenge, were threefold: to quickly generate design solutions for nonprofit partners, to spread the core tenets of design thinking internally, and to integrate the aptitudes and perspective of a diverse group...
Read MoreGuest Blog: Tech Stands Up Mobilizes Its Community
In 1962, President John F. Kennedy called upon trained lawyers to leverage their skills and expertise to aid the fight for Civil Rights. As the struggle to ensure equal protection under the law reached a fevered pitch in the United States, large numbers of trained professionals committed their time to the cause, launching a massive pro bono movement that ultimately...
Read MoreBridging the Technology Divide: Key Takeaways From Taproot’s First-Ever Technology Convening
How can pro bono service help nonprofits access technology solutions that transform their organizations and solve our communities’ challenges? That’s what Taproot sought to discover at Bridging the Technology Divide, our first-ever technology convening at the U.S. Pro Bono Summit. The day was comprised of a cross-sector group of leaders in technology and service coming together to explore and collectively shape how...
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