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Feb
25
2013
Each year on the fourth Monday in February, the corporate giving community, led by CECP, observes International Corporate Philanthropy Day (ICPD), an international advocacy day intended to build awareness of corporate-community partnerships and to...
Feb
19
2013
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I’ll volunteer that I’m a big fan of the Taproot Foundation, an organization that’s been an instrumental player in the pro bono movement in 2001 and has been steering the way ever since (matter of fact, I’m a new board member of the organization)....
Feb
05
2013
January 31st marked the two-year anniversary of the Startup America Partnership. And, today, nearly 50 leaders from the 30 Startup Regions will be in Washington to celebrate their success, strategize about challenges, and converse with our partners...
Jan
14
2013
These trends, which have been evolving over the past several years, are now so prevalent in the workplace and the media that they barely warrant attention or repetition – although there is, of course, always progress to be made. My five CSR trends...
Nov
14
2012
At times, it can be hard to believe that progress is happening. Most of our news focuses on problems, not creative responses to them. Moreover, in the wake of the presidential campaign, we are acutely aware of the bitter divisions that hamstring...
Nov
05
2012
The week before Hurricane Sandy turned the East Coast upside down, American Express and other companies joined the Taproot Foundation in celebrating Pro Bono Week. We participated by hosting a Scope-a-thon, an effort to engage our...
Oct
09
2012
Since launching the Be Fearless campaign at the Case Foundation earlier this year, I’ve had the true privilege of sharing the Be Fearless principles with audiences across the nation. The five principles that comprise Be Fearless were born out of...
Aug
06
2012
Did you know that over 65 percent of Fortune 500 companies offer employee matching gift programs? Past articles covered the business case for corporate philanthropy as well as the four most common forms of employee giving...
Jul
24
2012
Aaron Hurst launched Taproot in 2001 as a way to make pro-bono service a part of every business.  The company divides its focus amongst three programs: the Service Grant Program, which operates in five cities and engages professionals in pro-...
Jul
23
2012
Charitable giving by America’s biggest businesses rose slowly last year and shows little sign of gaining in 2012, according to a Chronicle study of 166 large companies.
Jul
10
2012
On June 27, I joined representatives from the more than 200 pledge companies of the Billion + Change Campaign for a forum at the White House celebrating skills based volunteers. During the celebratory conversation, several CEOs and policy leaders...
Jul
09
2012
We’re grateful when we hear Patagonia touted as a model of responsible business practices, but it also shames us a little. We know how little distance our company has traveled toward anything resembling sustainability and how far we, all of us, have...

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