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Blog Post: How does a nonprofit use technology to support global operations?

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Since 1968, Concern Worldwide has been working with the poorest people in the poorest countries of the world to enable them to transform their lives. Today, Concern is one of the world’s largest humanitarian NGOs, with almost 4,000 staff working in nearly 30 countries in Africa, Asia and Central America...

on23 Feb 2012
Blog Post: Microsoft’s Software Donation Policy

Microsoft Citizenship Team

By Akhtar Badshah, Senior Director, Citizenship and Public Affairs, Microsoft From time to time, we see stories about Microsoft contributing to nonprofit organizations that have views on public policy issues that are different than the company’s position. These types of stories naturally raise...

on16 Feb 2012
Blog Post: Technology keeps the lights on at the American Shakespeare Center

Microsoft Citizenship Team

The downturn in the economy has heavily impacted theatres across the country, especially over the last three years. When budgets are hard hit, often one of the first things that’s impacted is echnology. “If we have to choose between hiring another actor or upgrading our software, we always pick the actor...

on6 Feb 2012
Blog Post: Building a technology backbone for global health impact

Microsoft Citizenship Team

by Erik Arnold, chief information officer at PATH. In a conference room in Zambia, David Lubinski scribbles annotations with a stylus across a tablet computer, his movements creating red lines and boxes on the image projected on the screen behind him. His audience is Zambian health officials tasked with...

on18 Jan 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: Upgrading your PC? Why not give someone access to the internet?

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Sean Nicholson, OEM 3R (Redesign, Reuse, Recycle) program manager, Microsoft Schoolchildren in Madagascar using refurbished PCs to learn IT skills Every year around 20% of the PCs in use worldwide finish with their owners. Many will be broken or very old, but around half of them can still be reused,...

on21 Nov 2011
Blog Post: 21st century transformation for a 19th century vision

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Derrick McCourt, Regional Manager, Microsoft Our Citizenship work is a great way of enabling our people to work together outside their day-to-day teams. I am immensely proud of the track record the team here is building up. In Scotland one of our community partners is nonprofit Aberlour. Founded in 1875...

on14 Nov 2011
Blog Post: Getting a nonprofit up and running with free online tools

Microsoft Citizenship Team

By Olivier Fontana, Marketing Director, WW Field and Partner Marketing, Windows Embedded Business; President, UFE Seattle In May 2010 I decided I wanted to involve myself more into the broader French and French speaking community of Puget Sound in Washington State. I reached out to a nonprofit called...

on18 Sep 2011
Blog Post: Ukrainian Mothers Tap Technology to Brighten their Children’s Futures

Microsoft Citizenship Team

By Kirill Staroverov, a student Intern at Microsoft Ukraine April 26 th , 1986 was a dark day in the history of Ukraine. The destruction of the fourth power unit on Chernobyl atomic power station was the biggest ecological disaster known in human history. Radioactive pollution spread out across modern...

on23 Aug 2011
Blog Post: Unlocking potential in Peru with gain in technology skills

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Nancy Ferradas, Microsoft Peru Paz y Esperanza (Peace and Hope) is a nonprofit in Peru that operates in eight locations around the country, including Ayacucho, Lima, San Juan de Lurigancho, San Martin, Huanuco and Apurimac, to provide support and assistance to girls facing difficult domestic conditions...

on22 Aug 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: Expanding Microsoft software donations to more nonprofits

Akhtar Badshah

Today we are making a number of updates to our global software donations program designed to give more nonprofit organizations access to the technology they need, when they need it. We’re currently reaching more than 40,000 organizations around the world each year – translating into over...

on27 Jul 2011
Blog Post: Social Media for Nonprofits conference tours the United States

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Effective communications most often requires an ability to tell compelling stories that resonate with your audience. Increasingly, Social media enables us to outreach to people from all around the world and engage in the type of conversation that one might normally experience at a dinner table, party...

on29 Jun 2011
Blog Post: Bringing local impact to life

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Jean-Philippe Courtois, President, Microsoft International Storytelling is a time-honored tradition in communities and cultures around the globe. However in today’s world, getting the best stories to break through the “noise” can sometimes be a challenge, considering all the digital...

on22 Jun 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: Webinar: New Collaboration and Connection Tools in Office 2010 for Nonprofits

Microsoft Citizenship Team

The latest version of Microsoft Office includes some pretty slick features – features that can help nonprofits collaborate and connect in support of their missions. Yesterday, Microsoft Community Affairs and TechSoup Global hosted a webinar to give nonprofits a glimpse of some new features in Office...

on28 Apr 2011
Blog Post: Connecting With the Past through Technology: Oberlin Heritage Center

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Guest Post by Rachel Weidinger, TechSoup Global Students explore their city’s roots reviewing historic documents. When I think of technology, I typically think of progress, moving forward and the next big thing. But the Oberlin Heritage Center in Oberlin, Ohio, recently reminded me that...

on28 Apr 2011
Blog Post: Tech Tech Baby: the faces of the future sure have changed…

Nathan J Peterson

The year was 1990, Vanilla Ice's hit "Ice Ice Baby" was rocking the radio waves, and the combination of neon MC Hammer pants and a Bozworth Mullet made me feel like the coolest kid in the second grade. Growing up an only child raised by a single mother, after school programs occupied the hours between...

on13 Apr 2011
Blog Post: 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference

George Durham

The annual Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) is always a great event, and this year's was no exception. The conference provides nonprofits with a wealth of knowledge and resources from other nonprofits, from companies and vendors, and from innovators and entrepreneurs. The conference, always known...

on22 Mar 2011
Blog Post: KEXP.org: Where the Music and Technology Matter (Part 1)

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Editor's Note: Our thoughts are with those impacted by the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan. While it may be some time until the full impact has been assessed, we will continue to work with our nonprofit partners to determine where our support can be of the greatest benefit. More on our efforts...

on14 Mar 2011
Blog Post: KEXP.org: Where the Music and Technology Matter (Part 2)

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Editor's Note: Our thoughts are with those impacted by the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan. While it may be some time until the full impact has been assessed, we will continue to work with our nonprofit partners to determine where our support can be of the greatest benefit. More on our efforts...

on14 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: NPower transforms Charlotte’s nonprofit community through technology

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Guest Post by Lindsay Jones, NPower Charlotte Region Pictured Above: The ability to provide remote support was critical for World of God, a nonprofit client that provides sustainable aid to children in Haiti and Liberia. At NPower Charlotte Region, we believe technology can change the world of nonprofits...

on23 Feb 2011

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