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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext How to access the power and profitability of pro bono resourcesSavvy 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 resourcesTaproot's Aaron Hurst offers a hands-on guide to managing and engaging pro bono resources directed at nonprofit organizations. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Figures, Tables, Exhibits, and Worksheets ix Preface xiii Aaron Hurst Acknowledgments xvii About the Taproot Foundation xix Introduction: Pro Bono 101 1 How to Use This Book 2 A Brief History of Pro Bono 4 Nonprofit Pro Bono Use and Need Today 5 Making Pro Bono Work: Five Principles 10 Getting Started 14 Stage One: Scope Projects 17 Understanding Your Pro Bono Project Needs 20 Using a To-Do List to Identify Project Needs 21 Screening: Four Tests for Great Pro Bono Engagements 24 Scoping the Project and Building an Internal Team 31 Conducting a Pre-Mortem 40 Stage Two: Secure Resources 45 The World of Untapped Talent 47 Sources of Pro Bono 51 Identifying Potential Providers 78 Making an Ask 80 Typical Pro Bono Application 89 Stage Three: Manage Projects 95 Phase Zero: Preparing for Kickoff 100 Phase One: Kickoff 110 Phase Two: Discovery 119 Phase Three: Drafting 130 Phase Four: Delivery and Implementation 135 Phase Five: Evaluation and Celebration 138 Stage Four: Scale Projects 147 What Does It Mean to Be Powered by Pro Bono? 149 Level One: Beginner 154 Level Two: Practicing Pro Bono 155 Level Three: Organization-wide Adoption 160 Level Four: Powered by Pro Bono 182 Epilogue: Off into the Sunset . . . 195 Appendix A: Determining Your Multiyear Goals 199 Appendix B: Examples of Job Postings 201 Appendix C: Sample Liability Waiver 207 Appendix D: Example of a...
List of contents
Figures, Tables, Exhibits, and Worksheets ix
Preface xiii
Aaron Hurst
Acknowledgments xvii
About the Taproot Foundation xix
Introduction: Pro Bono 101 1
How to Use This Book 2
A Brief History of Pro Bono 4
Nonprofi t Pro Bono Use and Need Today 5
Making Pro Bono Work: Five Principles 10
Getting Started 14
Stage One: Scope Projects 17
Understanding Your Pro Bono Project Needs 20
Using a To-Do List to Identify Project Needs 21
Screening: Four Tests for Great Pro Bono Engagements 24
Scoping the Project and Building an Internal Team 31
Conducting a Pre-Mortem 40
Stage Two: Secure Resources 45
The World of Untapped Talent 47
Sources of Pro Bono 51
Identifying Potential Providers 78
Making an Ask 80
Typical Pro Bono Application 89
Stage Three: Manage Projects 95
Phase Zero: Preparing for Kickoff 100
Phase One: Kickoff 110
Phase Two: Discovery 119
Phase Three: Drafting 130
Phase Four: Delivery and Implementation 135
Phase Five: Evaluation and Celebration 138
Stage Four: Scale Projects 147
What Does It Mean to Be Powered by Pro Bono? 149
Level One: Beginner 154
Level Two: Practicing Pro Bono 155
Level Three: Organization-wide Adoption 160
Level Four: Powered by Pro Bono 182
Epilogue: Off into the Sunset . . . 195
Appendix A: Determining Your Multiyear Goals 199
Appendix B: Examples of Job Postings 201
Appendix C: Sample Liability Waiver 207
Appendix D: Example of a Submitted Application for Pro Bono Services 213
Appendix E: Sample Post-Mortem Template 217
Appendix F: Sample Post-Project Surveys 221
Appendix G: Identifying Your Core Competencies 229
Appendix H: Potential Pro Bono Projects 231
Notes 237
Index 244
