On Turnip Ties: What Being Playfully Professional is All About
10 minutes to 6 and I was late for the orientation I was giving. My bag was heavy with materials so it was difficult to maneuver through the herds of…
Pro Bono Makes Top 50
It is an honor to be included for the second year on the Nonprofit Times Power and Influence Top 50. We are proud to be recognized among so many grea…
Taproot Founder's Circle
Taproot New York recently hosted a lunch in honor of the Founder’s Circle: New York’s top pro bono consultants, each of whom have completed ove…
Taproot's Pro Bono Blog-Athon
With an ample supply of sugar and caffeine, the Taproot Foundation’s Tribeca office became a heated newsroom to rival the New York Times on Sat…
PRO BONO ADVENTURES OF ARMIN: WEEK 16
Armin Pialek is the first Fellow in a pilot joint venture between Taproot and the BMW Foundation. He is working to first bring pro bono to Germany, a…
A Skills-Based Revolutionary: Taproot's Aaron Hurst
Below is an excerpt from an interview with Aaron Hurst by Ryan Scott, CEO of Causecast and Forbes contributor. A taproot is the core root of a plant …
Six Common Pro Bono Models
When we think about pro bono services, we typically picture teams of business professionals doing projects for a nonprofit — building a new Web…
PRO BONO ADVENTURES OF ARMIN: WEEK 15
Armin Pialek is the first Fellow in a pilot joint venture between Taproot and the BMW Foundation. He is working to first bring pro bono to Germany, a…
Raising Pro Bono
Every year, professionals donate over $15 billion in pro bono services, from marketing and legal help to strategic planning support. That’s fou…
PRO BONO ADVENTURES OF ARMIN: WEEK 12-14
It has been three weeks since I last made a post and those three weeks were intense. To start with I had the chance to attend the National Conference…
What Companies Can Learn from MBA Programs
When you interview recent MBA graduates about the highlights of their two years, you are very likely to hear about their experience doing case work i…
Billion + Change Celebrates 200th Pledge at the White House
The pro bono pledge This week the Billion + Change campaign was convened at the White House by Senator Mark Warner, Honorary Chairman of A Billion + …
