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Guest Blog: MetLife Brings Lean Management to the Social Sector

November 28, 2018

Guest Blog: MetLife Brings Lean Management to the Social Sector

Advisory Services Service Area: Strategy Social Impact

By Daniel Kamins, Director of Employee Engagement and Volunteerism at MetLife Project Lean is part of MetLife’s ongoing commitment to providing pro b…

Developing a Diverse Pipeline of Nonprofit Leaders with Pro Bono

November 14, 2018

Developing a Diverse Pipeline of Nonprofit Leaders with Pro Bono

Leadership Nonprofit Management Volunteer Management

By Elizabeth Schwan-Rosenwald, Chief External Relations Officer Bridgespan has estimated that by 2023 nonprofit leadership will have turned over 100%…

Pro Bono as a People Strategy in Action: Prudential

November 13, 2018

Pro Bono as a People Strategy in Action: Prudential

Advisory Services Corporate Social Responsibility Service Area: HR

Taproot has long made the case that a strong corporate pro bono program is a triple win—nonprofits receive the support they need, companies build dee…

Mapping Cross-Sector Solutions to Food Loss

November 9, 2018

Mapping Cross-Sector Solutions to Food Loss

Global Social Impact

The following excerpt comes from Mapping Cross-Sector Solutions to Food Loss, published in the PYXERA Global Engagement Forum: Online. Some numbers d…

Pro Bono As a People Strategy in Action: Adobe

November 7, 2018

Pro Bono As a People Strategy in Action: Adobe

Advisory Services Corporate Social Responsibility Leadership

Aligning with HR to prove concept Taproot has long made the case that a strong corporate pro bono program is a triple win—nonprofits receive the supp…

The Multiplier Effect

October 26, 2018

The Multiplier Effect

All Pro Bono Week Social Impact

By Lindsay Firestone Gruber, President & CEO of Taproot Foundation  The term “capacity-building” tends to be thrown around quite a bit in the non…

Case Study: LEAP Schools

October 26, 2018

Case Study: LEAP Schools

Service Area: Technology Volunteer Management

This excerpt comes from Building Leadership with Skills-Based Volunteering: The Nonprofit Opportunity, published at The Conference Board. What motiva…

Pro Bono Week 2018: Leaders for the Future

October 22, 2018

Pro Bono Week 2018: Leaders for the Future

Pro Bono Week

By Lindsay Firestone Gruber, President & CEO of Taproot Foundation When Taproot was founded in 2001, we knew our mission to drive social change t…

NEW RESOURCE: Pro Bono as a People Strategy

October 19, 2018

NEW RESOURCE: Pro Bono as a People Strategy

Advisory Services Corporate Social Responsibility Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

How companies can create shared value between CSR and HR Taproot has long made the case that a strong corporate pro bono program is a triple win—nonp…

Case Study: Orphan Impact and Design Thinking

October 19, 2018

Case Study: Orphan Impact and Design Thinking

Global Leadership Nonprofit Management

This excerpt comes from a piece published at The Conference Board, Building Leadership with Skills-Based Volunteering: The Nonprofit Opportunity. Wha…

The Nonprofit Opportunity

October 18, 2018

The Nonprofit Opportunity

Global Leadership Nonprofit Management

This article was written in collaboration with Team4Tech and released by The Conference Board. Building Leadership with Skills-Based Volunteering Wha…

Quick Consult: Innovative Tactics to Drive Employee Recruitment

October 18, 2018

Quick Consult: Innovative Tactics to Drive Employee Recruitment

Advisory Services Corporate Social Responsibility Employee Engagement

Quick Consult is a series where members of our team share insights into questions and topics we hear are top of mind for pro bono practitioners at al…

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