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Blog Post: Corporate Governance at Microsoft: A Look Back and a Look Ahead

Microsoft Citizenship Team

By John Seethoff, Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Microsoft With the approach of Microsoft’s annual shareholders meeting on November 15 th , I am excited to take a look back at some of the recent results of Microsoft’s ongoing commitment to promote the long-term interests of our shareholders...

on18 Oct 2011
Blog Post: Envisioning Business at its Best

Andrea Taylor

‘Envisioning Business at its Best’ is the timely theme for the annual Corporate Philanthropy Summit that begins today, a key program sponsored by the New York-based Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy. Over the next two days CECP members, practitioners, thought leaders, government...

on1 Jun 2011
Blog Post: Corporate Citizenship – You’re Gonna Make it After All

Tara Grumm

I'm writing this blog post from a coffee shop in downtown Minneapolis. I'm here this week attending the Boston College Conference on Corporate Citizenship. As some of you may recall, Minneapolis is the setting for the Mary Tyler Moore show . When I think of the lyrics to the show...

on15 Apr 2011
Blog Post: “Tvoy Kurs” Gives the People What They Want!

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Guest post by Melissa Pailthorp, Senior Manager Community Affairs, Central and Eastern Europe Tvoy Kurs (“Your Course”) celebrated its first year in Moscow last week, convening project coordinators from the 140+ centers in 82 cities across all of Russia’s 20 regions to discuss progress and share...

on16 Feb 2011
Blog Post: Six Years Later; Building a Connected Civil Society

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Guest Post by TechSoup Global Co-CEO Rebecca Masisak Group photo from the 2009 TechSoup Partner Summit Tomorrow, TechSoup Global will convene its partners from around the world on Microsoft’s campus in Silicon Valley. More than 200 people who have contributed to moving TechSoup Global’s...

on14 Feb 2011
Blog Post: Celebrating Technology for Good in Washington State

Akhtar Badshah

After years of working to build the technology capacity of nonprofits, I have to admit: great examples of technology for good can be elusive. I often hear nonprofit organizations say, “W e don’t know what we don’t know. ” They want great examples from their peers for both inspiration...

on4 Feb 2011
Blog Post: The importance of technology leadership for nonprofits

George Durham

Last week, Microsoft Community Affairs hosted a Nonprofit Technology Leaders Summit on Microsoft’s campus in Redmond, Washington. The summit brought together leaders from a variety of our nonprofit partners, including NetHope , NPower , NTEN , and others. We spent two days discussing the role technology...

on3 Feb 2011
Blog Post: BSR’s Aron Cramer talks about trust in business

Dan Bross

Last week I had the opportunity to catch up with Aron Cramer, CEO of Business for Social Responsibility following Richard Edelman’s session on the findings of the latest Edelman Trust Barometer. Aron was kind enough to share his views on the importance of trust for businesses today. Watch...

on2 Feb 2011
Blog Post: Survey finds that consumers expect public-private partnership

Dan Bross

Things are underway here in Davos at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum and an interesting theme seems to be emerging. That theme is trust – trust in institutions – government, business, the media and NGOs. PR firm Edelman has been measuring trust for 11 years and earlier...

on27 Jan 2011
Blog Post: Elevate Veterans Sweepstakes Winners Announced

Microsoft Citizenship Team

U.S. Air Force Veteran having fun with Kinect for Xbox 360 at the USO of New York. During Veterans Week 2010, thousands of tweets poured out in support of U.S. Military veterans. The message was an important one, “Help Elevate America’s Veterans”! Microsoft’s Elevate America...

on21 Jan 2011
Blog Post: Employee volunteering program protects children online in Belgium

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Laurence Verriest, Community Affairs Lead, Microsoft Belgium. Child Focus is a Belgian NGO that has been working tirelessly to protect children online for many years. Microsoft has collaborated with Child Focus for the last four years and has been training children and teachers in schools around Belgium...

on18 Jan 2011
Blog Post: 2010 was the biggest year of employee giving so far…

Microsoft Citizenship Team

When you visit a Microsoft office and discover that it’s been transformed from a place of work to an amphitheater for a keenly contested rock-paper-scissors contest, or when you overhear people discussing an ongoing bidding war for the world’s best baloney sandwich, then chances are you’re...

on14 Jan 2011
Blog Post: Preparing Today’s Students for the Jobs of Tomorrow

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Anthony Salcito, Vice President of Microsoft Education Note: Cross posted from the Microsoft on the Issues blog. This week, people from around the world will gather at two education events in London – the Education World Forum (EWF) and the BETT trade show – to discuss how technology...

on11 Jan 2011
Blog Post: Rebuilding Haiti, One Story At a Time

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Frank Schott, Global Program Director, NetHope One year later, another chance to reflect upon the international humanitarian response to the earthquake’s devastation in Haiti. There are many stories to tell; some that are filled with inspiration and courage and others that are filled with disappointment...

on10 Jan 2011
Blog Post: Top five Microsoft Citizenship posts of 2010

Microsoft Citizenship Team

As the year comes to an end it’s a great opportunity to both look forward to the coming year and review what’s happened over the past twelve months. We thought it would be interesting to highlight the top stories on the blog for 2010 as voted by our readers through their visits. It...

on31 Dec 2010
Blog Post: Cultivating the future of CSR, MBA students debate the issues with Microsoft

Dan Bross

One of the great things about my job is that I get to regularly talk with students across the country about Corporate Citizenship. Recently I had the opportunity to talk with students a little closer to home when I was at the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business to work with a few...

on19 Dec 2010
Blog Post: Technology to help giving

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Like our colleagues in other countries the work we do in local communities is very important to us and as we move closer to Christmas it's great to be able to tell you about something that Microsoft UK is doing to help the vulnerable and underprivileged children in our communities this festive season...

on6 Dec 2010
Blog Post: The Truly Global Nature of Washington State

Akhtar Badshah

Is it our location on the fringe of the lower 48, our bustling ports, our proximity to Asia, or our inspiring natural surroundings that give the state of Washington such an orientation toward global development issues? I don’t really know, but there is no denying that something is in motion here...

on23 Nov 2010
Blog Post: Helping NGOs Crowd-Source Solutions from Students

Akhtar Badshah

The I magine C up is Microsoft’s annual student technology competition that asks students from around the world to combine their creativity and passion for technology to help solve the toughest problems. Personally, it’s one of my favorite events that Microsoft puts on for students. Every...

on22 Nov 2010
Blog Post: Recognizing Those Making a Difference in the Daily Lives of Others

Akhtar Badshah

I have seen and met some truly inspiring individuals in my life as part of various jobs I have held throughout my career however the last two weeks were very special. Last week I had the privilege to meet some amazing individuals who are veterans and whose sacrifices have allowed us to live our lives...

on19 Nov 2010
Blog Post: Supporting the Work of our UN Partners – A Decade of Impact and Counting

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Posted by Linda Zecher , Corporate Vice President Worldwide Public Sector, Microsoft Last night in New York, the United Nations Foundation honored Microsoft with the inaugural Corporate Award for leadership in advancing UN causes. I had the distinct honor of accepting this award on behalf...

on19 Nov 2010
Blog Post: Grants Awarded to Four Puget Sound Organizations at Opening of Microsoft Bellevue Retail Store

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Posted by: Jane Broom Today, Microsoft opened our seventh Microsoft Store, right here in our backyard in Bellevue, Washington. As with each of our previous store openings, we awarded grants to local community organizations as part of the Grand Opening. At a ribbon cutting ceremony this morning...

on18 Nov 2010
Blog Post: A Tale of Two Cities: Prepare, Respond, Rebuild

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Originally Posted on the Microsoft on the issues blog by Orlando Ayala Corporate Vice President, Chairman Emerging Markets From the National Security Leaders Forum in Cartagena, Colombia. The event brings together leaders in the public and private sector to discuss helping transform multi-agency operational...

on18 Nov 2010
Blog Post: The Silver Lining in the Fight against Poverty

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Pictured Above: Grameen Koota borrowers gather to repay their loans at a Kendra (Center) Meeting in Karnataka State It was that awkward shuffle. I was standing in the aisle as our flight was loading. Despite repeated requests at the check-in desk, my wife and I did not get seats together, so I...

on16 Nov 2010
Blog Post: Corporate Citizenship is a critical component in developing future leaders

Microsoft Citizenship Team

By Shannon Banks, Worldwide Leadership Development Consultant, Microsoft I still remember the day, two years ago, when I hit send on the email. As a leadership development consultant at Microsoft, I was responsible for designing the appropriate experience for 30 of our most talented senior leaders...

on2 Nov 2010

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