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Celebrating the Joy of Giving during the Vietnamese New Year
Microsoft Citizenship Asia Pacific
Microsoft Vietnam employees raised VND36,800,000 (US$1,760) in donations and helped bring festive joy to the residents of the Centre of Nurturing Old People and Disabled Children during the Vietnamese New Year season. On 1 February, a group of 20 employees visited the Hanoi-based Centre to present...
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16 May 2013
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Microsoft collaborates with World Bank to Launch Regional Youth Competition
Microsoft Citizenship Asia Pacific
Microsoft Sri Lanka , Sarvodaya-Fusion and the World Bank announced on 6 March the joint launch of an innovative grant competition, entitled ‘Youth Solutions! Technology for Skills and Employment’. The competition will take place in Bangladesh, Nepal, Maldives and Sri Lanka. This partnership...
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14 May 2013
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Empowering Local Communities in Sri Lanka with Technology
Microsoft Citizenship Asia Pacific
Microsoft Sri Lanka collaborated with Sarvodaya-Fusion to showcase the use of technology and help non-governmental organisations (NGOs) better serve local communities at NGO Connection Day. Taking place over a 10-day span from 16 to 28 January, the expanded NGO Connection Day was attended by representatives...
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2 May 2013
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Charity Auction Celebrates International Women’s Day in Korea
Microsoft Citizenship Asia Pacific
International Women's Day is commemorated annually on 8 March with a slew of activities celebrating the achievements of women around the world. This year, Microsoft Korea and the Korea Women’s Network (KWN) celebrated International Women's Day by jointly organising a two-day charity auction on...
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29 Apr 2013
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Get Noticed: The Importance of Visually Compelling Avatars
Microsoft Citizenship Asia Pacific
A visually compelling, square avatar is the basis upon which all successful social media campaigns are built. Many nonprofits, however, do not have the financial resources to hire an avatar designer, nor do they realize the importance of a well-designed avatar. They simply upload their logo to social...
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9 Apr 2013
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TechSoup Global Enhances Communications with Skype
Microsoft Citizenship Asia Pacific
TechSoup Global was founded in 1987 as CompuMentor, with the objective of helping nonprofit organisations around the world make better use of information technology (IT) to broaden the impact of their work. Currently headquartered in San Francisco, USA, and also operating from its London and Warsaw offices...
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3 Apr 2013
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YouthSpark Indonesia Announced in Front of 50,000 Young Entrepreneurs
Microsoft Citizenship Asia Pacific
Today’s young people face an opportunity divide—a gap between those who have the access, skills and opportunities to be successful and those who do not. Closing the gap through entrepreneurship is one of the most important initiatives to secure the future of the Indonesian and global economies...
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1 Apr 2013
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Mobilising Citizen Journalism and Empowering Rural Communities in Sri Lanka
Microsoft Citizenship Asia Pacific
Sarvodaya-Fusion , the information and communication technology (ICT) education arm of nonprofit group Sarvodaya, has been involved in developing and implementing a broad range of educational programmes in disadvantaged communities since 2006. Microsoft Sri Lanka is committed to providing Sarvodaya-Fusion...
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26 Mar 2013
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MS Korea Empowers Social Enterprises through Stronger Collaboration and the Cloud
Microsoft Citizenship Asia Pacific
On 2 February, 105 participants from the non-governmental organisation (NGO) sector gathered at Microsoft Korea ’s premises in Seoul for the year’s first NGO Cloud Day. Jointly organised with the Korea Association of Social Workers (KASW), the event aimed to improve work efficiency...
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24 Mar 2013
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Addressing Key Challenges Faced by Non-Governmental Organisations in Thailand
Microsoft Citizenship Asia Pacific
In December 2012, nine executives from eight non-governmental organisations (NGOs) focused on youth empowerment attended the Thailand NGO Executive Roundtable organised by Microsoft Thailand . The main objective of the Executive Roundtable — the second organised by Microsoft Thailand in 2012...
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21 Mar 2013
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Tech4Good Webinar Series
Microsoft Citizenship Asia Pacific
The first webinar in the FY13 Tech4Good webinar series featuring Windows 8 was held on 27 February. If you missed it and would like to learn more about Windows 8, please find the recording here . This webinar series is being delivered by non-profit Connecting Up in conjunction with TechSoup Asia...
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14 Mar 2013
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Microsoft & ADB Co-Host Philippines NGO Connection Day
Microsoft Citizenship Asia Pacific
On 1 March, Microsoft Philippines partnered with the Asian Development Bank to host the ADB’s Staff Community Fund NGO partners at an NGO Connection Day in Manila. The event is one of many activities offered through Microsoft’s Tech4Good program for the nonprofit sector, which helps organisations...
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7 Mar 2013
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Leading Global Humanitarian Society Selects Cloud, Enhances Capacity and Response
Microsoft Citizenship Asia Pacific
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has selected Microsoft Office 365 to be the standard communications and collaboration platform for its National Societies worldwide. This partnership with Microsoft will serve over a million volunteers and staff worldwide. In...
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26 Feb 2013
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12 Days of Giving with Microsoft Asia Pacific HQ
Microsoft Citizenship Asia Pacific
Over the course of 12 days in December, Singapore-based employees were invited to join a senior leader to volunteer a morning or afternoon at a local charity. Take a look at how Microsoft employees took time to give back by engaging with the local community – and had a lot of fun in the process...
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21 Feb 2013
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MS Singapore Inspires Female Students to Explore Careers in Technology
Microsoft Citizenship Asia Pacific
As part of its commitment to provide technology programmes that target youth, Microsoft Singapore hosted more than 50 female students from eight different secondary schools and junior colleges in September 2012 as part of the Microsoft DigiGirlz Day programme. This marks the second time Microsoft...
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17 Feb 2013
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50 New Zealand NGOs to Benefit from Tech Initiative
Microsoft Citizenship Asia Pacific
The Ministry of Social Development (MSD) and Microsoft New Zealand today announced a joint project in Christchurch to strengthen the technology capability of 50 not-for-profit organisations – some badly affected by the Canterbury earthquakes. MSD and Microsoft are co-funding the initiative,...
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14 Feb 2013
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Knowledge Sharing and Capacity Building: Thailand NGO Connection Days
Microsoft Citizenship Asia Pacific
Microsoft Thailand is committed to spearheading capacity building within the Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) sector in Thailand by demonstrating how the company’s technology can help NGOs collaborate more efficiently and improve outreach to local communities. The 8th NGO Connection Day,...
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12 Feb 2013
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Join us for the Tech4Good Webinar Series!
Microsoft Citizenship Asia Pacific
Microsoft Corporate Citizenship , Connecting Up and TechSoup Asia are proud to bring you our first Tech4Good webinar series, February through June 2013. Tune in online and listen to free presentations on technology for not-for-profits. You will also have the chance to ask questions to our presenters...
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6 Feb 2013
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New Youth Empowerment Portal to Fuel the Dreams of Young Thais
Microsoft Citizenship Asia Pacific
With the recent launch of the global Give for Youth Micro-Giving portal , Microsoft Thailand aims to encourage Thai donors to support specific youth projects initiated by nonprofit and social enterprises. Starting from a minimum donation amount of 300 baht (US$10), the new portal enables donors to fund...
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4 Feb 2013
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New Collaboration to Enhance Opportunities for Sri Lankan Youth
Microsoft Citizenship Asia Pacific
Microsoft Sri Lanka recently teamed up with building materials firm Lafarge Mahaweli Cement and non-government organization Sarvodaya to build an information and communication technology (ICT) Centre in Gampaha, Sri Lanka. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed on 3 October to launch the...
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31 Jan 2013
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Mobile Digital Learning in Action in New Zealand
Microsoft Citizenship Asia Pacific
What started out as only an idea to transform a school bus into a mobile learning centre has turned into reality for New Zealand’s 2020 Communications Trust — in the form of DORA, the Internet-connected solar-powered vehicle that enables the nonprofit organisation to take digital learning...
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31 Jan 2013
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Microsoft Supports Young Women in Pursuing Technology Careers
Microsoft Citizenship Asia Pacific
Microsoft Australia hosted 20 female computing and information technology (IT) students at its Sydney office on 9 October in partnership with Girl Geek Coffees (GGC), a local nonprofit organisation that facilitates networking between young women pursuing their interests in computer, science and engineering...
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25 Jan 2013
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Technology Training for Disadvantaged Children in Sri Lanka
Microsoft Citizenship Asia Pacific
On 13 October, Microsoft Sri Lanka organised a Volunteer Day at the SOS Children’s Village Piliyandala , situated on the outskirts of the city of Piliyandala in Kesbewa, about 20 kilometres from the capital of Colombo. SOS Children’s Villages Sri Lanka support children who have lost the...
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22 Jan 2013
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Harnessing the Power of Technology at the Asia Pacific Tech4Good Summit 2012
Microsoft Citizenship Asia Pacific
Microsoft hosted three of New Zealand’s leading nonprofit organisations at its second annual Asia Pacific Tech4Good Summit, held on 22-23 May in Bintan, Indonesia. The aim of the Summit is to harness the power of technology to support nonprofit groups to achieve transformational change both within...
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18 Jan 2013
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Japan Taps Technology to Empower Women and Advance Gender Equality
Microsoft Citizenship Asia Pacific
Microsoft is committed to the use of technology to address gender inequality, as highlighted by a recent Memorandum of Understanding signed with UN Women in July to strengthen efforts to drive social and economic transformation for women around the world. The commitment is being put into practice even...
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17 Jan 2013
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