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by Aaron Hurst
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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.
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About the Author
Social entrepreneur Aaron Hurst founded the Taproot Foundation in 2001. The Foundation is the architect of the pro bono service movement to engage the nation’s millions of business professionals in pro bono service providing the marketing, technology, strategic planning and other critical consulting nonprofits need to thrive. The Taproot Foundation and its signature Service Grant program have generated over one million hours of pro bono services to over 1,500 nonprofits in the Bay Area, New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago and Los Angeles. In the process, Taproot has recruited over 40,000 business professionals to serve. The program finally has proven that pro bono service is a critical and reliable solution for the sector, with 94 percent of projects completed and 98 percent of nonprofit clients reporting they would recommend the program to their peers. Learn more at http://www.taprootfoundation.org/
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