Our Service Enterprise Journey
For the last 18 months Taproot has been working to become a Service Enterprise. As a member of Reimagining Service we are committed to making the inv…
SSIR: Five Levers for Social Change
This week I’ve got a new post up on SSIR, the first in a series on the ‘five levers of social change.’ The basic idea is that we…
The Start-Up of You
Reid Hoffman, founder of LinkedIn and perhaps the most admirable person in Silicon Valley, just published a new book – The Start-Up of You. It …
The Business Value of Pro Bono Programs - Introduced in Taproot's Latest Resource
We knew it. Some of you knew it. And now we are officially introducing the business value of pro bono programs in Taproot’s most recent resourc…
Pro Bono Programs and Fostering Innovation
This blog post is the first in a series based on “Demonstrating the Business Value of Pro Bono Service,” a whitepaper which identifies bu…
Why Are Lawyers The Only Ones Who Get To Do Pro Bono Work?
This blog by Taproot founder Aaron Hurst is shared from Co.Exist; the site is no longer active, but the article is shared in full here. Most organiza…
Taproot Fellows See NYC Service Grants In Action
Late last year, my fellow Taproot fellows and I went on a quest around New York City to discover and photograph nonprofit logos and marketing materia…
Bain & Company Impacts Education Through Targeted Pro Bono and Other Support
Bain will be partnering with Bridgespan to address the education crisis in the US and beyond. With over 40 education-focused pro bono engagements in …
Ten Years Ago a Root Vegetable Was Born
Ten years ago this Sunday we launched the Taproot Foundation at the Hang Art gallery in San Francisco. It was a packed house of hundreds of nonprofit…
Audio: Why Nonprofits Increasingly Compete with Google for Talent
In our November 16th webcast, Taproot President Aaron Hurst tackled the affects of unemployment and the increasingly competitive talent market on the…
An Interview With Aaron Hurst, Social Innovator
Investing in innovation to improve current services or to envision new ones requires a great leap of faith because there is no certainty in the outco…
Why Nonprofits Increasingly Compete with Google for Talent
Unemployment, The Talent War, and A New Hope I was honored to be joined by Matthew Bishop of The Economist this week for our webcast titled ‘Wh…
