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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.

Organized into four sections, the book provides a framework and tools for implementing a pro bono program within the nonprofit organazation based on Taproot's national research profiling eight distinct models of pro bono service.  Section One orients readers to pro bono and why it is a worthwhile investment. It will teach them how to build and deploy a sustainable and impactful pro bono program. Section Two will guide readers after they have acquired pro bono resources, giving them the knowledge to negotiate, scope and manage that work to effective completion. Section Three provides bluprints for managing each stage of the project process based on Taproot's experience from over 1,300 engagements. Section Four shows readers how to integrate pro bono into the organization's overall strategy. It will answer questions such as, how to tie pro bono into your strategic planning process and staffing plans, how to build long term relationships with companies, and how to turn pro bono into something bigger, long term and integrated. 

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.