Volunteer Roles
Each Taproot Foundation volunteer plays a specific role on a 4-5 person project team. Click on a role below to find one that best matches your skills.
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Project Management
Marketing
Creative Services
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Human Resources
Internal Communications Manager Training Specialist HR Strategist HR Generalist Information Technology
Strategy Management
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Account Director
You’ve assembled effective teams and directed team leaders to deliver results for a company. You expertly manage executive and board-level relationships. Now, lead several teams of professionals to deliver critical consulting services to local nonprofits in your community.
As an Account Director, you will: Oversee and provide high-level support to several projects, leading 2-3 teams from start to finish, creating measurable results for nonprofits. You’ll work closely with teams of skilled professionals in your field, including:
Here are a few Account Directors who are doing it pro bono:
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PROFILE: Account Director |
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Project Manager
You’ve led cross-functional teams to build stronger client relationships and surpass company goals. Now, lead a team of professionals from across companies and industries whose efforts will make a lasting contribution on a nonprofit addressing society’s most pressing issues.
As a Project Manager, you will: Manage the day-to-day activities of a project, guiding a team to create high-quality deliverables and measurable results for a nonprofit. You’ll work closely with a team of skilled professionals in your field, including:
Here are a few Project Managers who are doing it pro bono:
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PROFILE: Project Manager |
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Brand Strategist
You have helped to develop some of the most recognized brands in America - Now build the brands of nonprofit organizations to increase their visibility and effectiveness in tackling issues like poverty, education and the environment.
As a Brand Strategist, you will: Create an effective brand strategy for a nonprofit. This will serve as the foundation for developing critical marketing assets like an organization’s name, visual identity, and key messages. You’ll work closely with a team of skilled professionals, including a:
Here are a few Brand Strategists who are doing it pro bono:
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PROFILE: Brand Strategist |
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Marketing Manager
You’ve created strategic marketing materials to impact a company’s bottom line. Now, create materials for a nonprofit that can help establish credibility with funders, increase community outreach, and ultimately improve the effectiveness of an organization tackling society’s most pressing issues.
As a Marketing Manager, you will: Define the strategy for critical communication materials like a brochure, website, or brand identity. You’ll work closely with a team of highly-skilled professionals, including a:
Here are a few Marketing Managers who are doing it pro bono:
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PROFILE: Marketing Manager |
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Copywriter
Your eloquent word-smithing has helped sell products and spread ideas around the globe. Now, write for organizations that are tackling serious issues like fighting poverty, strengthening health care, and protecting the environment.
As a Copywriter, you will: Write copy for critical print and online communications materials like a brochure or website. You’ll work closely with a team of highly-skilled professionals, including a:
Here are a few people who are doing it pro bono:
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PROFILE: Copywriter |
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Graphic Designer
Your designs have helped sell products and ideas across the country. Now, let your designs further the image of organizations fighting poverty, strengthening health care, and protecting the environment.
As a Graphic Designer, you will: Design print and online communication materials like a brochure, website, or logo for a nonprofit. You’ll work closely with a team of highly-skilled professionals, including a:
Here are a few Graphic Designers who are doing it pro bono:
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PROFILE: Graphic Designer |
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Photographer
Your pictures have told a thousand words to promote a company, product, or idea. Now, take photos to tell the inspiring story of a local nonprofit doing critical work to strengthen your community.
As a Photographer, you will: Use photography to communicate a nonprofit’s work and impact for use in print and online communication materials, like a brochure or website. You’ll work closely with a team of highly-skilled professionals, including a:
Here are a few Photographers who are doing it pro bono:
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PROFILE: Photographer |
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Software Developer
You’ve configured databases that have streamlined operations and radically improved efficiency for a company. Now, configure a database that tracks donations for a nonprofit organization so that it can improve donor relations and get more out of its limited resources.
As a Software Developer, you will: Install and configure database software for a nonprofit. You’ll work closely with a team of highly-skilled professionals, including a:
Here are a few Software Developers who are doing it pro bono:
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PROFILE: Software Developer |
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Web Developer
Your work has enabled a company to sell its product in hundreds of countries around the world through the web. Now, develop a website for a nonprofit so that it can more effectively reach the people in your community and grow its reputation with funders.
As a Web Developer, you will: Code a website for a nonprofit. You’ll work closely with a team of highly-skilled professionals, including a:
Here are a few of the Web Developers who are doing it pro bono:
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PROFILE: Web Developer |
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Data Analyst
You have migrated thousands of sales records for a company into a new, more efficient data system. Now, help a nonprofit effectively implement a database for tracking donations so it can make a bigger impact in your community with its limited resources.
As a Data Analyst, you will: Define and implement a database project's data migration plan. You’ll work closely with a team of highly-skilled professionals, including a:
Here are a few Data Analysts who are doing it pro bono:
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PROFILE: Data Analyst |
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Business Analyst
Your technical analysis of a company’s needs has led to the development of streamlined systems that improve efficiency and cut costs. Now, analyze the technical needs of a nonprofit to develop a database that more effectively tracks its resources and increases its impact in your community.
As a Business Analyst, you will: Be the content leader for developing and configuring a database for a local nonprofit. You’ll work closely with a team of highly-skilled professionals, including a:
Here are a few Business Analysts who are doing it pro bono:
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PROFILE: Business Analyst |
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Strategy Analyst
Your statistical calculations and analysis have swayed a company to better strategies. Now, help a nonprofit calculate its operating costs, client demographics, and growth potential to demonstrate its impact and compel funders to provide increased support.
As a Strategy Analyst, you will: Create data-driven analysis to further the communication goals of a nonprofit’s annual report. You’ll work closely with a team of highly-skilled professionals, including a:
Here are a few Strategy Analysts who are doing it pro bono:
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PROFILE: Strategy Analyst |
Performance Management Analyst
You’ve implemented a goal-setting process to align the individual goals of a company’s employees toward the strategic goals of increasing profit margins. Now, design a process that more closely aligns a nonprofit’s staff with its visionary goals like tackling poverty, protecting the environment, or strengthening education in your community.
As a Performance Management Analyst, you will:
Set the strategy and lead the development of a performance management system for a nonprofit.
You’ll work closely with a team of highly-skilled professionals, including a:
Here are a few Performance Management Analysts who are doing it pro bono:
As a Performance Management Analyst, you will:
Set the strategy and lead the development of a performance management system for a nonprofit.
You’ll work closely with a team of highly-skilled professionals, including a:
- Project manager
- Internal communications manager
- Training specialist
Here are a few Performance Management Analysts who are doing it pro bono:
| Kara Krause | HR Generalist, The Tamalpais |
| Karim Herdsman | HR Manager, Redcats |
| Christine Young | Senior Career Consultant, Right Management |
| Suzanne Lightstone | Workforce Planning, Principal, PG&E |
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Internal Communications Manager
You’ve effectively communicated programs and policies across an organization while maintaining a strong and distinct company culture. Now, help a nonprofit launch an annual review and goal-setting process that’s consistent with its culture and enables its staff to be more effective in tackling the most challenging social and environmental issues.
As an Internal Communications Manager, you will: Examine organizational dynamics to create employee communications materials for implementing a performance management system. You’ll work closely with a team of highly-skilled professionals, including a:
Here are a few Internal Communications Managers who are doing it pro bono:
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PROFILE: Internal Communications Manager |
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Training Specialist
Your training sessions have enabled once inexperienced managers to lead teams to unprecedented results. Now, train the managers of a nonprofit how to make the most of their greatest asset – their staff.
In this role, you will: Create and deliver employee and manager training for implementing a performance management system. You’ll work closely with a team of highly-skilled professionals, including a:
Here are a few Training Specialists who are doing it pro bono:
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PROFILE: Training Specialist |
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HR Strategist
You understand how important it is to align the human resource function of a company with its long range strategic goals. Now you can use this perspective to help a nonprofit understand its human resource strengths and weaknesses so that they can effectively define a path for strategic HR investment.
In this role, you will: Oversee and conduct research, team to conduct an in-depth HR assessment and help the nonprofit to define an action plan for future investment. You’ll work closely with a team of highly-skilled professionals, including a:
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HR Generalist
You have skillfully navigated many human resources challenges in order to help your company succeed. Your breadth of knowledge makes you a flexible problem solver. Now you can use your unique blend of skills to help a nonprofit understand their human resource capacity.
In this role, you will: Synthesize human resource data, conduct interviews and construct a comprehensive picture of HR capabilities for a nonprofit organization. You’ll work closely with a team of highly-skilled professionals, including a:
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Strategy Consultant
You’ve navigated the issues and unique strategies of corporations, creating recommendations and implementation plans to improve profitability. Now, identify and analyze the unique issues facing a local nonprofit, in order to help align their strategies with their mission, vision and values to increase their impact.
In this role, you will:
Oversee and conduct research, create models to analyze data, and synthesize your team’s conclusions to help a nonprofit prepare for strategic planning or create a strategic scorecard.
You’ll work closely with a team of highly-skilled professionals, including a:
In this role, you will:
Oversee and conduct research, create models to analyze data, and synthesize your team’s conclusions to help a nonprofit prepare for strategic planning or create a strategic scorecard.
You’ll work closely with a team of highly-skilled professionals, including a:
- Project manager
- Strategy associate
Strategy Associate
You’ve carried out research and collected data to help your team create a custom solution for a corporation’s needs. Now, collect and analyze data to help a nonprofit reevaluate its core strategies and success metrics.
In this role, you will:
Collect data and conduct complex quantitative, strategic, and financial analysis to help a nonprofit prepare for strategic planning or create a strategic scorecard.
You’ll work closely with a team of highly-skilled professionals, including a:
In this role, you will:
Collect data and conduct complex quantitative, strategic, and financial analysis to help a nonprofit prepare for strategic planning or create a strategic scorecard.
You’ll work closely with a team of highly-skilled professionals, including a:
- Project manager
- Strategy consultant
Financial Consultant
You've navigated the issues and unique
strategies of corporations, assembling complex financial arguments
that reinforce recommendations or illuminate goals and tactics. Now,
articulate the financial information that a local nonprofit needs to
answer a pressing strategic question, helping them to align their
operational choices with their mission, vision and values to increase
their impact.
In this role, you will:
Oversee and conduct research, create models to analyze data, and synthesize your team's conclusions to help a nonprofit prepare for strategic planning or execute on strategic initiatives.
You'll work closely with a team of highly-skilled professionals, including a:
In this role, you will:
Oversee and conduct research, create models to analyze data, and synthesize your team's conclusions to help a nonprofit prepare for strategic planning or execute on strategic initiatives.
You'll work closely with a team of highly-skilled professionals, including a:
- Project manager
- Financial analyst
Financial Analyst
You've collected data and built complex
financial models to help your team answer crucial financial questions
for a corporate department or management team. Now, collect, analyze,
and model data to help a nonprofit understand the financial
implications of key decisions.
In this role, you will:
Collect data and conduct complex quantitative, strategic, and financial analysis to help a nonprofit prepare for strategic planning or execute on strategic initiatives.
You'll work closely with a team of highly-skilled professionals, including a:
In this role, you will:
Collect data and conduct complex quantitative, strategic, and financial analysis to help a nonprofit prepare for strategic planning or execute on strategic initiatives.
You'll work closely with a team of highly-skilled professionals, including a:
- Project manager
- Financial consultant
