B r e a kt h r o u g h S e ss i o n s Building A Market For Amazing Pro Bono Talent
What Moves You?—with Eric Dawson We all know that we are more than our resumes and
The social enterprise sector has a huge opportunity
jobs—we are a collection of histories, of stories, of
to harness the brilliance and generosity of pro bono
relationships. Yet too often when we gather at con-
skills-based volunteer services from businesses.
ferences we miss opportunities to connect around
Three organizations that have been working closely
our stories. At this session we will do just that: share
together to build this potent talent market come
our stories of purpose, locating the meaning in our
together on this panel to describe the current state
life and work, and sharing powerful stories of why we
of play. Taproot Foundation is a nonprofit orga-
do what we do. This is a fully interactive session for
nization that makes business talent available to
people who are interested in connecting with their
organizations working to improve society, engaging
core purpose and connecting with others. We are all
the nation’s millions of business professionals in
called to do great things—come and learn why.
pro bono services both through its award-winning
E r i c Daws o n
programs and by partnering with companies to develop their pro bono programs. Billion + Change has
President & Co-Founder, PeaceFirst
gained nearly $2 billion in pro bono commitments from businesses all across the land. And Deloitte has made an unprecedented commitment of $110 million of pro bono services. Social enterprises need
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to learn how to be good consumers of this “brilliant generosity,” and this session will provide a good primer. But only if you do your homework: Attendees are asked to take a brief “pro bono readiness” ques-
We help the world grow the food it needs.
tionnaire in advance of the session.
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Aa r o n H u r st President & Founder, Taproot Foundation
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Jennifer L aws o n Executive Director, A Billion + Change
The Mosaic Villages Project, Guatemala
Jill Silliphant Corporate Citizenship Lead, Deloitte
Proud to support the
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Social Enterprise Summit 2013