Apr 30th, 2021 Service Area: Finance, Tips from Taproot
Resiliency Pro Bono Project Highlight: Finance Strategy
Communities have long relied on social good organizations and nonprofits when crisis strikes. But often these organizations face a struggle of their own: sourcing the funding, volunteer support, and tools to carry out their mission. Pro bono can help fill those gaps. We’re breaking down our nonprofit resource, Building Resiliency Through Pro Bono, project by project to highlight how volunteers can help your...
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Apr 14th, 2021 Tips from Taproot, Volunteer Consulting
Your Guide to Including Pro Bono on Your Resume
Updating your resume: a familiar (if not well-loved) task for all working professionals. Making changes to your resume can be a daunting to-do on its own—but trying to add in your pro bono experience effectively presents a brand-new challenge. We can help with that! After hearing volunteers asking how best to go about the process, we created this guide to why, where, and how to best include your pro bono experience on your resume. Why should I add pro bono to my resume? Because your pro bono work is awesome! Pro bono is about getting...
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Jan 12th, 2021 Tips from Taproot, Volunteer Management
4 Steps to a Successful Pro Bono Roadmap
By Crystal Hendricks-Kretzer, Taproot Foundation Director, Marketing & Communications. Originally written for and published on Ad Council's AdLibbing blog. Have you ever taken a road trip where Google Maps was on the fritz? You’re in the middle of nowhere, desperately in need of coffee, and no idea what route to take. One wrong turn could be the difference between getting...
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Dec 30th, 2020 Tips from Taproot, Volunteer Management
4 Quick Questions to Ask When Considering the Support of Skilled Volunteers
By Crystal Hendricks-Kretzer, Taproot Foundation Director, Marketing & Communications. Originally written for and published on Ad Council's AdLibbing blog. You’ve got this project that’s been sitting on your to-do list for a while. It’s a behemoth; you’re not sure where to begin. And what’s more, it requires you to be an expert in areas you are certainly not. Sounds like...
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Dec 16th, 2020 Programs, Tips from Taproot, Volunteer Consulting
5 Questions to Ask in Your Nonprofit Interview
You did it—you took the leap and applied to share your professional skills with a social good organization through Taproot Plus. But before you dive into giving back, it’s time to figure out if this specific pro bono project is a good fit for you and the nonprofit’s team. It can be tough to land on which questions to ask during this first meeting. That’s where we come in. Taproot is in the business of connecting nonprofits with...
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Dec 2nd, 2020 Nonprofit Management, Tips from Taproot, Volunteer Management
3 Ways You Can Do More With Less in 2021
By Crystal Hendricks-Kretzer, Taproot Foundation Director, Marketing & Communications. Originally written for and published on Ad Council's AdLibbing blog. A whopping 68% of nonprofit professionals feel like they don’t have enough financial resources to do the work they do. Now more than ever, you’re asked to go above and beyond with less and less. If this sounds familiar, we might...
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Nov 20th, 2020 Nonprofit Management, Social Impact, Tips from Taproot
Pro Bono in Action: Braata Productions
This is an excerpt from the Taproot's Building Resiliency Through Pro Bono resource. To develop a fuller understanding and appreciation of the vibrant art and culture of the Caribbean, look no further than Braata Productions. Their nonprofit is dedicated to bringing Caribbean folk culture, visual art, music, stories, movement, and theatre into prominence by uplifting Caribbean and Caribbean-American artists and giving them...
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Nov 9th, 2020 Tips from Taproot
Virtual Facilitation Tips from the Taproot Team
The past six months have taught us a lot about facilitating large-scale virtual events, and we wanted to share what we’ve learned so far with all of you! We’ve been hosting webinars and facilitating virtual volunteering at Taproot Foundation for years, but the sudden shift to 100%-virtual meant we had to adapt some of our programs very quickly. We asked...
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