Powered by Pro Bono: The Nonprofits Step-by-Step Guide to Scoping, Securing, Managing, and Scaling Pro Bono Resources (The Jossey-Bass Nonprofit Guidebook Series, Band 12) - Softcover

Taproot Foundation

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1118140958 ISBN 13: 9781118140956

Verlag: Jossey-Bass, 2012

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How to access the power and profitability of pro bono resources

Savvy nonprofits use strategic management, marketing, technology, leadership to be competitive. With strapped budgets, many nonprofits cannot afford to pay for these resources.  However, businesses are an often overlooked as an effective source of skilled professionals who can supply the needed skills. This book shares the acclaimed Taproot Foundation?s pro bono best practices and shows nonprofit managers to apply them to their own unique challenges in a low-to-no-cost way.  The author offers keys to identifying opportunities for using pro bono sources, recruiting pro bono resources, and managing pro bono projects effectively.

• Reveals how a nonprofit can partner with a global corporations to further their mission in an effective and low-cost manner
  
• Aaron Hurst is the president and founder of the Taproot Foundation who pioneered a new field in community investment and continually breaks new ground through its signature, catalytic programs designed for the emerging global pro bono marketplace
  
• Gives nonprofit managers and staff the keys to identifying opportunities for using pro bono resources

Taproot?s Aaron Hurst offers a hands-on guide to managing and engaging pro bono resources directed at nonprofit organizations.

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Aaron Hurst is the president of Taproot Foundation. He is one of the nation's most recognized social entrepreneurs, and a leading advocate of pro bono service. He is also the author of the inspirational Mommy and Daddy Do It Pro Bono.

Taproot Foundation, founded in 2001, leads the rapidly expanding pro bono marketplace. Taproot has served more than 1,300 nonprofit organizations through its award-winning Service Grant Program, designed pro bono programs for dozens of leading companies, and sparked key national pro bono initiatives such as Billion + Change.

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Generate Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars in Pro Bono Services

More than $15 billion in pro bono services is donated to nonprofits every year four times as much as all corporate grantmaking. These services go beyond legal services, to marketing, strategic planning, technology, and more. Powered by Pro Bono, a hands-on guide from the leader in the field, provides step-by-step directions for how your nonprofit can secure and manage these valuable resources to get the results you need.

"Taproot was remarkably able to transform pro bono service from an unreliable solution into one that hundreds of nonprofits count on every year. This book finally lets the rest of us in on the secrets behind how they have made it work."

Jeanne Bell, CEO, CompassPoint Nonprofit Services; chair, Alliance for Nonprofit Management

"This book is a critical resource for any nonprofit board serious about resource generation."

Linda Crompton, CEO, BoardSource

"Powered by Pro Bono discusses effective approaches to attract and manage pro bono services."

Evan Hochberg, national director, Community Involvement, Deloitte Services LP

"This book will unlock the vault of talent and skills that companies can bring to the nonprofit sector, and ultimately help build stronger communities."

Ken Sternad, president, The UPS Foundation

"Powered by Pro Bono is required reading for anyone committed to making long-term, positive impact in their communities."

Caroline Barlerin, director, Global Community Engagement, Hewlett Packard's Office of Sustainability and Social Innovation

"Companies are increasingly developing pro bono programs as a key tool to increase their positive community impact. This book is an essential guide for nonprofits to prepare for this fast-growing trend."

Margaret M. Coady, director, Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy

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Generate Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars in Pro Bono Services

More than $15 billion in pro bono services is donated to nonprofits every year—four times as much as all corporate grantmaking. These services go beyond legal services, to marketing, strategic planning, technology, and more. Powered by Pro Bono, a hands-on guide from the leader in the field, provides step-by-step directions for how your nonprofit can secure and manage these valuable resources to get the results you need.

"Taproot was remarkably able to transform pro bono service from an unreliable solution into one that hundreds of nonprofits count on every year. This book finally lets the rest of us in on the secrets behind how they have made it work."

—Jeanne Bell, CEO, CompassPoint Nonprofit Services; chair, Alliance for Nonprofit Management

"This book is a critical resource for any nonprofit board serious about resource generation."

—Linda Crompton, CEO, BoardSource

"Powered by Pro Bono discusses effective approaches to attract and manage pro bono services."

—Evan Hochberg, national director, Community Involvement, Deloitte Services LP

"This book will unlock the vault of talent and skills that companies can bring to the nonprofit sector, and ultimately help build stronger communities."

—Ken Sternad, president, The UPS Foundation

"Powered by Pro Bono is required reading for anyone committed to making long-term, positive impact in their communities."

—Caroline Barlerin, director, Global Community Engagement, Hewlett Packard's Office of Sustainability and Social Innovation

"Companies are increasingly developing pro bono programs as a key tool to increase their positive community impact. This book is an essential guide for nonprofits to prepare for this fast-growing trend."

—Margaret M. Coady, director, Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Jossey-Bass
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1118140958
• ISBN 13: 9781118140956
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 272
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Wiley-VCH GmbH; product_safety@wiley.com; ; Boschstrasse 12; Weinheim; 69469; Deutschland