A New CSR Framework, Please
The field of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has evolved over the last 20 years to become increasingly strategic, but also increasingly fragmen…
Pro Bono Worldwide
One of the joys of being part of a pro bono movement is discovering the ever-expanding ripple effect of your work as it spreads in ways you never eve…
New Program Innovation Process
Whether in a commercial or nonprofit setting, you see more breakthrough innovation with new products or programs than with existing offerings. Once p…
Leaders Who Govern
New research from Pete York and the TCC Group shows that peer-to-peer executive director coaching and support is one of the most effective means of c…
Service Enterprise: One Year Later
The beginning of a movement It was a year ago last week that I posted a blog entry coining the term and concept of a Service Enterprise, a nonprofit …
POOF! Making your pro bono dreams come true with Taproot's online community
One day, Taproot pro bono consultant Sheila Mong thought to herself, “Wouldn’t it be great if I could see deliverables that other pro bon…
BONUS ROUND: Help Us Select the Pro Bono Role Model of the Year
We’ve received so many fantastic nominations for our Taproot Role Model of the Year contest that our judges are having a hard time choosing jus…
The XXX Foundation
Someone recently asked me how I would design a foundation based on my experience as a social entrepreneur, capacity builder, and grantee of over a hu…
Is the tide turning for the nonprofit board model?
It has become increasingly clear in my ten years of working in the sector that boards represent both a tremendous challenge and opportunity for nonpr…
The Benefits of Board Service
Today, Taproot will be attending the BoardSource Leadership Forum , a conference “focused entirely on the governing challenges facing America&#…
A Good Board Meeting
Over the past eight years, we have evolved our board meetings to be increasingly effective. Having sat on other boards and through too many of our ow…
The Road to Board Service: A tale of two professionals
This Wednesday, Taproot will be attending the BoardSource Leadership Forum, a conference “focused entirely on the governing challenges facing A…
