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Blog Post: Fast Five Features for NGOs: Creating Better Spreadsheets

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Yesterday, Mark Liu from TechSoup and Kate Libershteyn from Microsoft as well as nonprofit Feet First talked to nonprofits and public libraries about how to get the most from Excel by using keyword shortcuts, pivot tables and other tips to keep spreadsheets running smoothly. Here is this week’s Fast...

on15 Jun 2012
Blog Post: Social Innovation in China

Microsoft Citizenship Team

By Akhtar Badshah, Senior Director, Citizenship and Public Affairs, Microsoft On my recent trip to China I visited the Non Profit Incubator (NPI) which is a nonprofit that promotes social innovation and cultivates social entrepreneurs in China by providing crucial support to start-up and small to medium...

on22 Dec 2011
Blog Post: Even “genies” need precise record-keeping and a professional homepage

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Bernadette Szilagyi, Unlimited Program Manager, Microsoft Hungary The goal of Csodalámpa Alapítvány in Hungary is to fulfill the wishes of children suffering from serious illnesses, thus alleviating their pain and bringing some change to the routine of coping with their condition...

on1 Sep 2011
Blog Post: Using Technology to Drive Development Results

Microsoft Citizenship Team

By John DaSilva, Project Development Manager, Kenan Institute Asia It’s not so easy to fit an organization like Kenan Institute Asia (K.I.Asia) into a description of your typical NGO. We’re as likely to design an intellectual property rights training curriculum for SMEs as we are to conduct...

on11 Aug 2011
Blog Post: Letting Go: Leveraging Office365 towards a Serverless NGO

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Thomas Bell, Director, Integrated Technology Initiative, Ashoka: Innovators for the Public There is a room at the Ashoka offices in Arlington, Virginia, a room that would be familiar to many IT managers, filled with servers - racks and racks of servers. These servers produce lots and lots of heat, so...

on8 Aug 2011
Blog Post: Help your favorite nonprofit get a software donation

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Today we’re announcing updates to our nonprofit software donations program to enable more nonprofits around the world to get easier access to the technology they need, when they need it. While we currently provide software donations to over 40,000 nonprofits each year, we’re just getting...

on27 Jul 2011
Blog Post: Tech Talent 4 Good

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Edward G. Happ, Global CIO of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Editor’s note: Ed Happ, CIO of the International Federation of Red Cross/Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is one of the key individuals we at Microsoft look to for guidance and feedback on our work the NGO community...

on22 Jul 2011
Blog Post: Helping Sick Children Conquer Their Everest

Microsoft Citizenship Team

The staff at A Chacun Son Everest (“Each has their own Everest”) can’t move mountains, but they can give sick children the opportunity to climb and conquer them, and for more than 17 years, they’ve been doing just that. A Chacun Son Everest is a French nonprofit organization (NPO) started by doctor and...

on2 Jun 2011
Blog Post: TechSoup Japan Disaster Relief Program Launches to Assist Local NGOs

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Guest post by Rachel Weidinger, TechSoup, Senior Manager, Marketing and Communications - Global Network The Great East Japan Earthquake occurred 7 weeks and 4 days ago. Japanese culture, following Buddhist tradition, often marks the 49 days after a death as a formal period of mourning. As the weeks...

on12 May 2011
Blog Post: At PATH, Delivering Information Technology in Challenging Locations

Microsoft Citizenship Team

By Erik Arnold , Chief Information Office, PATH I’ve just returned from PATH’s offices in Hanoi and Phnom Penh, where a group from our information services team reviewed the state of our global health nonprofit’s technical infrastructure there. We also talked with our Vietnam...

on3 May 2011
Blog Post: Volunteers deliver laptops to support relief efforts in Japan

Microsoft Citizenship Team

NetHope, Microsoft, Dell, HP and InterConnection Partner to Deliver Laptops to Rescue Workers in Japan Guest post By Gisli Olafsson, NetHope Emergency Response Director Communication is the lifeblood of rescue operations in Japan. Without the ability to share information and collaborate in real...

on25 Mar 2011
Blog Post: How nonprofits can use the cloud, save money and increase impact

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Microsoft Community Affairs and TechSoup recently hosted a webinar focused on how moving to the cloud can benefit nonprofits. If you’ve been paying attention to the latest tech trends - or even if you haven’t - then you have probably heard the term “cloud” thrown around a lot. At a basic level, “The...

on3 Mar 2011
Blog Post: Microsoft Trabaja Mano a Mano con ONGs para Crear Centros Tecnológicos en México

Microsoft Citizenship Team

2011 marca un año importante para Microsoft Community Technology Skills Program (CTSP) en México. En colaboración con varias ONG locales, el equipo del país está creando nueve Centros Tecnológicos Comunitarios (CTC) para ayudar a mejorar las oportunidades de...

on15 Dec 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