Join the Grameen Foundation's Bankers without Borders, HandsOn Greater DC Cares, ProInspire, and Taproot Foundation in an event for business professionals to learn how to use their business skills to impact our world.

Who should attend?  Business professionals in the DC region from consulting, finance, marketing, and IT backgrounds.

Why attend?  To learn about ways you can use your business skills to support nonprofits through Fellowships, pro bono projects, board service, and skilled volunteering.

Agenda:

6:00-6:30 PM – Networking (including light appetizers)
6:30-7:15 PM – Panel
7:15-7:45 PM – Small group discussions with each organization

Presenting Organizations:

• Grameen Foundation's Bankers without Borders® (BwB) - BwB is a global reserve corps of more than 7,500 business professionals with experience in a variety of fields – from finance and technology to human resources and marketing. By contributing their time and knowledge to short-term, pro-bono assignments, Bankers without Borders volunteers support social enterprises serving the poor around the world.
• HandsOn Greater DC Cares Skilled Volunteering Program - The Skilled Volunteering Program allows volunteers to put their professional expertise to good use by connecting them to DC area nonprofits for capacity building projects. Volunteer projects require technical expertise in fields such as financial management; technology; organizational development;communications/marketing; human resource management; and fundraising. 
• HandsOn Greater DC Cares Board Leadership Program - The Board Leadership Program equips corporate executives, senior managers, and rising leaders with the tools necessary to serve as effective members of nonprofit boards of directors.  Offering a quarterly training and a year-round matching process, the program introduces highly qualified professionals to nonprofits that match their background, skill set, and issue areas of interest.
• ProInspire - The ProInspire Fellowship recruits outstanding business professionals with 2-5 years of business experience who want to use their skills for social impact. Fellows spend one year working full-time in an analytical or strategic role at a nonprofit organization. This highly competitive program offers targeted positions with leading nonprofits, monthly trainings with a cohort of peers, a coach, and a network to support career growth.  
• Taproot Foundation - Taproot Foundation is a nonprofit organization that makes business talent available to organizations working to improve society. Taproot engages marketing, technology, strategy, design, and HR management professionals in pro bono projects, called Service Grants, which benefit local nonprofits. Pro Bono Consultant roles are offered from associate-level through senior account management.