HR & Leadership Development
Dig into pro bono ideas, resources, and examples from your fellow Taproot community members.
OVERVIEW
You’re a social impact leader—it’s okay if you’re not an HR expert too. Tap into HR policy and staff development resources.
Your people make your critical work possible. It’s vital to invest in their professional growth, ability to navigate change, job satisfaction, and engagement with your mission.
Volunteers with years of experience in human resources, DEIAB, and leadership development are a transformational capacity-strengthening asset.
PRO BONO EXAMPLES
Ideas and inspiration for your next Taproot Plus request!
Projects
Multi-week partnerships focused on completing a specific goal or deliverable.
- • Leadership Coaching (3-6 Private Consultations)
- • HR Handbook Development
- • Establish a Performance Management Process
- • HR Assessment & Recommendations with DEIAB Focus
- • Board Effectiveness Audit
Sessions
One-hour virtual consultation calls designed for brainstorming, quick solutions, and preparing for large-scale initiatives.
- • Advice on Navigating a Tricky Management Situation
- • Staff Training: Change Management Best Practices
- • Tips for Improving Internal Communications
- • Brainstorming Board Development Ideas and Priorities
- • Project Planning: Compensation & Benefits Analysis
Don't see what your organization needs on this list of examples?
Keep in mind that all Taproot Plus pro bono requests are completely customizable based on your needs. Chat with our team for tailored recommendations and support.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Latest HR & Leadership Opportunities
Project
CRM
Diversity & Inclusion
Help us make the most out of Salesforce! We’re looking for a volunteer to assess our current CRM system and identify ways we can use it to meet our needs more effectively,...
Posted April 24, 2025
View OpportunityThe Steven Spectrum Career Project
Project
Accounting & Finance
Community Development
We are looking for a finance specialist to look at our complex budget and make recommendations on how to reformat and streamline the budget. We are also looking to have them work...
Posted April 25, 2025
View OpportunityLaunchSpace Inc.
Project
Web Development
Arts, Culture, & Humanities
Preservation Quest requires assistance in developing our website: we've fully mapped out and designed it in Figma with all pages and elements plotted out, created, and ready for...
Posted April 24, 2025
View Opportunity
Preservation Quest!
EVENTS
April 30, 2025
Workshop: Surveying to Improve Decision Making
Join this workshop for nonprofits to learn what makes a survey effective and how to design them to improve your results.
May 15, 2025
Taproot Office Hour: Get Pro Bono Support for Your Nonprofit
Join our office hours to learn how pro bono support can help your organization build capacity and increase impact to continue serving our communities.
SUCCESS STORIES
People of Pro Bono: Stephanie Wilding, Chicago Family Health Center
Stephanie Willding, Chief Officer of Strategy, Planning & Development at Chicago Family Hea…
People of Pro Bono: Amy Elrod-Lahti
As an Organizational Development Professional, Amy Elrod-Lahti thrives from solving people’s tou…
Accelerating Change: Patachou Foundation
The Patachou Foundation uses pro bono at all levels–from messaging to videography to board…
RESOURCES
Webinar: A Deep Dive on Using HR Pro Bono
Over Taproot’s 20 years of facilitating pro bono connections, HR has been one of the most underu…
Taproot Plus Sessions: Ideas for Impactful Consultations
Have you heard about the best kept secret on Taproot Plus? Let’s introduce you to Sessions! Tapr…
Webinar: Tapping into Under-Utilized Volunteer Skills
Watch this webinar to learn how nonprofits can leverage under-tapped volunteer skills to strengt…
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