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May 24, 2012

Welcome Shannon!

All Our Team and Board

  Shannon Schuyler leads the charge in corporate responsibility for Pricewaterhouse Coopers . She finds her passion exploring the role of busine…

May 21, 2012

SIX WEEKS TO BECOME A PRO BONO MANAGER - WEEK FIVE

Service Area: Strategy Volunteer Management

You are nearing the home stretch – week five of Taproot University’s “Six Weeks to Become a Pro Bono Manager” course. Over th…

May 18, 2012

PRO BONO ADVENTURES OF ARMIN: WEEK 7

Advisory Services Social Impact

For 7 weeks now, I have been learning about pro bono services as a Fellow with Taproot. This week, I enjoyed stepping out of the office to listen to …

May 11, 2012

THE PRO BONO ADVENTURES OF ARMIN: WEEK 6

Advisory Services Social Impact

This week I had the chance to talk to Yoann, President and Co-Founder of the Pro Bono Lab in France. He shared a great example of how professional pr…

May 9, 2012

SIX WEEKS TO BECOME A PRO BONO MANAGER - WEEK FOUR

Advisory Services Social Impact

This is the fourth week in Taproot University’s “Six Weeks to Become a Pro Bono Manager” course. Over these six weeks we are going …

May 4, 2012

THE PRO BONO ADVENTURES OF ARMIN: WEEK 5

Advisory Services Social Impact

Traveling most of this week with a broken notebook, I finally found the time to go through my notes and a have a closer look at Taproot’s pro b…

May 3, 2012

Celebrating 10 Years of Taproot

Advisory Services Social Impact

From the left: Aaron Hurst, Sylvia Reynolds, Caroline Barlerin, Bill Draper, Reid Hoffman Last month, Taproot celebrated the 10th Anniversary of its …

May 2, 2012

SIX WEEKS TO BECOME A PRO BONO MANAGER - WEEK THREE

Advisory Services Social Impact

By the end of this week, you will be half way to having the basics of pro bono management under your belt. This is the third week in Taproot Universi…

The Pro Bono Adventures of Armin: Week 4

April 27, 2012

The Pro Bono Adventures of Armin: Week 4

Global Social Impact

Continuing my world tour of pro bono I spoke to Alejandro and Eduardo of AED Costa Rica. They have thoroughly assessed the pro bono environment in Co…

SIX WEEKS TO BECOME A PRO BONO MANAGER - WEEK TWO

April 25, 2012

SIX WEEKS TO BECOME A PRO BONO MANAGER - WEEK TWO

Social Impact Volunteer Consulting

Welcome back to Taproot University for the second week in the “Six Weeks to Become a Pro Bono Manager” course. Over these six weeks we ar…

Redesigning the Social Sector

April 24, 2012

Redesigning the Social Sector

Corporate Social Responsibility Global Service Area: Strategy

Next month, Ci Yuan is convening leaders from across the U.S. social sector to take a critical look at the assumptions we all use to ground our work.…

Taproot Foundation Day

April 23, 2012

Taproot Foundation Day

Social Impact

Hear ye, Hear ye! BE IT RESOLVED that April 19th, 2012 has been hereby proclaimed as Taproot Foundation Day in San Francisco! During an exciting and …

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