Taproot mobilizes the pro bono expertise nonprofits need to grow, innovate and drive lasting change

Joined April 2009
🌟 One of the most rewarding parts of my career is having the opportunity to mentor and learn alongside the next generation of technology professionals. A huge shoutout to the interns I had the privilege of working with as we pitched a design idea to the Our Daily Break non-profit organization (NPO). 💡. Although we did not win, the feedback was incredibly encouraging. The NPO shared that we missed the top spot by only a few points. That is something this team is very proud of. 👏 Over the course of the project, these five interns demonstrated what success looks like: 🔍 Conducting meaningful research and comparing with other organizations. 💭 Asking thoughtful and insightful questions to the NPO 📊 Creating a polished slide deck 💻 Building a prototype demo ⏱️ Delivering the presentation within the allotted time What impressed me most was not just the final presentation, but their willingness to learn, collaborate, adapt, and support one another throughout the entire journey. Watching their confidence grow was just as rewarding as the project itself. The future is incredibly bright for each of them, and I am excited to see the impact they will make in the years ahead. Keep learning, keep building, and keep believing in yourselves. 🚀 @WellsFargo , @taprootfound #WFVolunteers, #BankofDoing, #WeAreWellsFargo, #Mentorship #Leadership #Internship #FutureLeaders #Innovation #ProfessionalDevelopment #Teamwork #Growth
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What made this #DifferenceInADay partnership extra special is @BDandCo manufacture the needles & syringes used in our emergency hydrocortisone injection kits 💉 Here's their giant model from the BD Innovation Room! Thank you BD & @taprootfound for your time & expertise. 2/2
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Our small but mighty charity spent the day with brilliant volunteers from @BDandCo for their #DifferenceInADay Marathon. With our team BD brought their expertise to one of our biggest challenges: reducing delays in recognising & treating adrenal crisis in emergency settings. 1/2
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Huge gratitude to the @taprootfound for organizing this initiative, and to the brilliant @twilio engineering team who gave their time and expertise. One lesson I'm walking away with: it's invaluable to share the solution you're building with others, just to get their perspective. The approach you're convinced is the best one isn't always the right one. Stay open to exploring alternatives, and adopt a "solution architecture" mindset — factor in the other variables that matter just as much as the technical elegance: cost, scalability, user context, maintainability. Sometimes the smartest move isn't building the cleverest solution. It's building the right one.
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Nonprofits are losing funding and being subjected to more regulatory scrutiny while also seeing increased demand for their services. Could a more robust network of pro bono consultants willing to lend legal and other professional expertise provide some relief? "What I'm hearing from folks is that this a place where companies feel they can really lean in and invest and where there is a lot of interest among their talent," said Cat Ward, CEO of the @taprootfound. phlnthrp.com/45gmqVr
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We Did It! .@PrudentialNews 2-day PruBono Marathon program has come to a successful close. We have gained valuable insights and strategies that will help propel A-Plus Apprentice forward. @taprootfound Thank you to everyone who supported us along the way! #Prudential #PruBonoMarathon #SmallBusinessGrowth #Suc
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“Always leave it better than you found it” is Mona Shah’s motto. Through our collaboration with @taprootfound, she put this motto into action, using her professional skills to advise a nonprofit helping Chicago students achieve their college dreams. #GlobalVolunteerMonth
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@taprootfound is a great organization. If anyone’s interested, please check this out.
Today's webinar at 1pm ET focuses on growing nonprofit capacity and impact through #SkillsBasedVolunteering.
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Join our Oct 22 webinar to hear from social impact leaders Sivi Ananthasingam and Season Eckardt from @taprootfound as they discuss the top 3 opportunities and challenges of creating a skills-based volunteer program! RSVP: buff.ly/3zuMGi7 #Pledge1 #memberevents
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Join our Oct 22 webinar to hear from social impact leaders Sivi Ananthasingam and Season Eckardt from @taprootfound as they discuss the top 3 opportunities and challenges of creating a skills-based volunteer program! RSVP: buff.ly/3zuMGi7 #Pledge1 #memberevents
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Thank you to @taprootfound for inviting me to the U.S. Pro Bono Summit to join the opening panel and chat about skills-based volunteering/pro bono from the nonprofit perspective! I was honored to spend the day among so many innovators and leaders driving social impact ⚡
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Thrilled to share that I'll be on the opening panel at the 2024 U.S. Pro Bono Summit hosted by @taprootfound next week! I'm excited to join partners from corporate, philanthropic & nonprofit sectors for a deep dive into how we can strengthen the pro bono community! #PBSummit2024
Taproot is excited to convene participants from corporate, philanthropic and nonprofit sectors to share best practices and co-design the future of #skillsbasedvolunteering at our U.S. Pro Bono Summit. Stay tuned for key takeaways! Thanks to @wellsfargo, @3M, @Benevity, and @PwCUS
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Working with Taproot was a great experience for me—both as volunteer on 3 projects for terrific organizations, and as the sole comms person at a small nonprofit with no budget for contractors.
Did you know that #skilledvolunteering is a great way to strengthen your #resume? It is a great way to blend your #careerdevelopment with making a difference for #socialgood. Check out our webinar, recorded earlier this month, to learn more: bit.ly/3PnJp94
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Volunteers are the lifeblood of this organization. We love them so much!!and so grateful for connectors like @taprootfound !!!!
I got to meet my @taprootfound volunteer!!! We have been working together a year on @PenParentis projects - but she lives in Austria so this is the first time we have met in person! #joyful #volunteer #nonprofit #giving
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#ScopeAthon2023 complete! ✅ Thank you to the rockstars at @MorganStanley and @taprootfound for helping us understand best practices for streamlining and analyzing our metrics! Onward!
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Thank you, @Taprootfound! We are so excited to have been selected to be a part of #ScopeAthon2023 alongside these extraordinary organizations! Taproot created ScopeAthon to connect nonprofits with skilled professionals who can help translate their most pressing challenges.
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Is your non-profit short-staffed or under-resourced in comms? Comms professionals or whoever wears that “hat” look for creative ways to meet the endless demand for storytelling content. Sound familiar? This resource list is the right place to start: bit.ly/45tH3eS
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Kicking off a team retreat reminds us of all the ways #probono can support #HR strategies! Check out this great report that our friends @taprootfound put together about volunteerism: buff.ly/43RNlEt We'll be highlighting key stats in the coming weeks under #probonoforHR
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ICYMI: Stephanie - ETC's Director of Community & Ops - attended @taprootfound's NBCUniversal Pro Bono Consulting Session where they discussed digital strategy, & joined other nonprofit leaders, @exaltyouth & @rhookinitiative, for this empowering capacity building day. TY!
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At ReDefiners, we're proud to have participated in the @PwC @PwCUS Skills for Society ScopeAThon, in collaboration with Taproot Foundation @taprootfound, a workshop to map out our organization's future and ensure our impact continues to expand locally and globally.
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