Convenings
The Taproot Foundation convenes leaders from the for-profit and nonprofit sectors to discuss pro bono strategies, trends and best practices. Our convenings are an opportunity to teach and learn from experienced executives who are making pro bono work an integral part of their business.
Past Events
Pro Bono Roundtable
April 16-17, 2008
Chicago, IL
This was a historic opportunity for committed companies to shape the direction of the pro bono movement in the United States and to be known as catalysts of this critical effort. Attendees - Corporate Chief Foundation Officers and Pro Bono Intermediaries - explored the challenges to expanding pro bono in the next two years and developed potential solutions; identified collective efforts to address challenges facing intermediaries; and discussed the mechanisms necessary for measuring, quantifying and evaluating pro bono efforts.
Chicago, IL
This was a historic opportunity for committed companies to shape the direction of the pro bono movement in the United States and to be known as catalysts of this critical effort. Attendees - Corporate Chief Foundation Officers and Pro Bono Intermediaries - explored the challenges to expanding pro bono in the next two years and developed potential solutions; identified collective efforts to address challenges facing intermediaries; and discussed the mechanisms necessary for measuring, quantifying and evaluating pro bono efforts.
The Pro Bono Summit
February 12-13, 2008
New York, New York
In partnership with the President's Council on Service & Civic Participation, the Pro Bono Summit brought together industry leaders from corporations, academia, trade associations, and nonprofit organizations to create a vision for addressing the President's Council's challenge of increasing the donation of pro bono consulting services by $1 billion annually.
New York, New York
In partnership with the President's Council on Service & Civic Participation, the Pro Bono Summit brought together industry leaders from corporations, academia, trade associations, and nonprofit organizations to create a vision for addressing the President's Council's challenge of increasing the donation of pro bono consulting services by $1 billion annually.
The Pro Bono Awards
April 28, 2006
New York, New York
The Pro Bono Awards recognized the unique, inspirational, and evolutionary contributions of companies that are leading the effort in adopting the pro bono ethic.
Presenters:
New York, New York
The Pro Bono Awards recognized the unique, inspirational, and evolutionary contributions of companies that are leading the effort in adopting the pro bono ethic.
Presenters:
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Ann Moore, Chairman & CEO of Time, Inc. "It’s all about being the kind of company that can attract great people, develop them and energize them. Our Taproot pro-bono projects give our people experiences they might not otherwise have and they put them together with people they might not otherwise meet..." |
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Steven Reiss, Weil Gotshal & Manges "I think there are three elements that go into making a successful pro bono program over the long haul; over not just five years, but over a decade, over a century. I think those three things are: the ethic, the plumbing, and the magic..." |
