Bringing Back DC
I just completed a two-month tour of MBA programs across the country. The speaking engagements were sponsored by Deloitte and covered many of the top…
5 Ways Foundations Can Support Nonprofit Mergers
With the economy in the toilet, the topic of nonprofit mergers is on the rise in the foundation community. Here are five quick ideas for how foundati…
80:20 and the Nonprofit Sector
Corporations are often able to scale by identifying which solution will meet 80% of the market’s needs. They realize it is rarely doable to fin…
Pro Bono Strategic Consulting: The $1.5 Billion Opportunity
Nonprofit Sector Facing Shortfalls Pro Bono Consulting Could Provide $1.5 Billion in Services to More than 200,000 Nonprofits Nationwide. San Franci…
Pro Bono: Now more than Ever
The supply and demand for pro bono services is inversely correlated to the strength of the economy. With the fall of the market, we see a sharp incre…
On nonprofit M and A
Nonprofits mergers vs. corporate mergers: the assumption As the stock market tumbles, conversation about the need for nonprofit mergers and acquisiti…
Fear, Money, Death and Happiness
I bought a copy of The Science of Fear at the MIT student book store recently. The basic premise is that we have both healthy and unhealthy relations…
Crowdsourcing
I recently picked up a copy of Crowdsourcing , the new book by Jeff Howe, and read it on my flight home from Chicago O’Hare. According to Wikip…
Feeding Hungry Nonprofits
Today (and all tonight) is the 11th annual CreateAthon. CreateAthon was founded by Riggs Advertising in Columbia, South Carolina. It’s a round-…
Service, service - everywhere
Last week, New York Governor Paterson promoted service to a cabinet level post following the lead of California. Other leading univerities are also c…
Lehman's legacy
Time, Inc. generously donates the Taproot Foundation office space that looks out on the Lehman Brothers HQ building in mid-town Manhattan. Last week,…
New Strategy Management Practice
Early leaders of pro bono service SAN FRANCISCO, CA, September 10, 2008 – The Taproot Foundation today announced a new suite of services design…
