Skills-based volunteering (SBV) is an innovative approach that is rapidly gaining recognition as a powerful driver of both social impact and business value. SBV utilizes the skills, experience, talents and education of volunteers and matches them with the needs of nonprofits. SBV is a strategic type of volunteerism that exponentially expands the impact of nonprofits by incorporating a whole range of skills that strengthen the operations and services of nonprofit organizations. Pro bono, which originated in the legal sector and involves providing legal services at no cost is a subset of SBV, and provides a nonprofit with the kind of professional expertise critical to maintaining a productive organization.