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Pro Bono Uber Alles

October 16, 2012

Pro Bono Uber Alles

Corporate Social Responsibility Global Social Impact

In Munich today, 100 people are joining the BMW Stiftung (Foundation) for an event on pro bono service . It is the first of two large events in Germa…

Children's Creativity Museum is Powered by Pro Bono

October 3, 2012

Children's Creativity Museum is Powered by Pro Bono

Nonprofit Management Service Area: Strategy Social Impact

The Children’s Creativity Museum has become one of the premiere education destinations in the U.S. With unique programs from its imagination la…

5 Ways to Engage Finance Professionals in Pro Bono Service

October 1, 2012

5 Ways to Engage Finance Professionals in Pro Bono Service

Nonprofit Management

Nonprofit economics differ pretty significantly from the for-profit kind. For one thing, tools like a balance sheet or a profit-and-loss statement do…

New York State Takes Pro Bono to the Next Level

September 25, 2012

New York State Takes Pro Bono to the Next Level

Corporate Social Responsibility Employee Engagement Social Impact

New York State announced this week that all new attorneys will be required to do 50 hours of pro bono to earn the right to practice law in our great …

PRO BONO ADVENTURES OF ARMIN: WEEK 23

September 22, 2012

PRO BONO ADVENTURES OF ARMIN: WEEK 23

Advisory Services Social Impact

What do 32 happy marketing professionals do in the office for 24hours? Of course they do pro bono! This week I had the chance to see the power of pro…

LinkedIn and Taproot Team Up to Support Nonprofit Boards

September 21, 2012

LinkedIn and Taproot Team Up to Support Nonprofit Boards

Nonprofit Management Social Impact

  At the Board Source Leadership Forum in Chicago last weekend, LinkedIn announced the launch of a new initiative to help solve one of the bigge…

PRO BONO ADVENTURES OF ARMIN: WEEK 21

September 10, 2012

PRO BONO ADVENTURES OF ARMIN: WEEK 21

Social Impact

Meeting a pro bono hero Last week I met an amazing pro bono consultant. Not only has he already completed 8 projects with Taproot over the course of …

September 7, 2012

Most Common In-Kind and Pro Bono Resources

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Prepare Your Team for Pro Bono

September 5, 2012

Prepare Your Team for Pro Bono

Advisory Services Corporate Social Responsibility Employee Engagement

You just returned from a meeting with one of your largest corporate partners. In the meeting, you explored the possibility of your corporate partner …

PRO BONO ADVENTURES OF ARMIN: WEEK 20

August 31, 2012

PRO BONO ADVENTURES OF ARMIN: WEEK 20

Advisory Services Pro Bono Summit Social Impact

20 weeks of Pro Bono Adventures and yet I keep learning new things about pro bono every day. This week I discovered the competencies map . This tool …

PRO BONO ADVENTURES OF ARMIN: WEEK 19

August 24, 2012

PRO BONO ADVENTURES OF ARMIN: WEEK 19

Advisory Services Corporate Social Responsibility Social Impact

This week I learned about Taproot in numbers. As the graphic below shows, Taproot has awarded 2,097 Service Grant to nonprofits since its inception i…

Pro Bono Sino-USA Forum

August 20, 2012

Pro Bono Sino-USA Forum

Global

Two years ago I was in China and helped develop a partnership between HP, Narada Foundation, BSR, Taproot and Huizeren, a leading capacity building o…

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