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Blog Post: Technology Comes to Toronto Wildlife Centre’s Rescue

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Toronto Wildlife Centre has been a leader in wildlife rescue, veterinary care, rehabilitation, and education efforts in Southern Ontario since 1993. The Centre’s expert staff of more than 20 along with hundreds of dedicated volunteers come to the aid of sick, injured, and orphaned animals and care...

on17 Jul 2012
Blog Post: Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Canada Gains Flexible Access, Consistent Communications with Microsoft Dynamics CRM

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Fast and efficient communication is often the backbone for any large nonprofit. This is especially true for Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Canada (BBBSC), a quickly expanding and diverse organization that spans more than 120 agencies. It is committed to matching mentors with Canada’s youth in 1,000...

on9 Jul 2012
Blog Post: Microsoft Keeps Dougy Center Staff Connected Following Devastating Fire

Microsoft Citizenship Team

“There’s no one right way to grieve,” says The Dougy Center’s executive director, Donna Schuurman. That’s why this organization in Portland, Oregon, provides children, teens, and young adults with a safe place to process the loss of a close friend or family member. The Center allows participants to openly...

on5 Jul 2012
Blog Post: Easter Seals Nebraska Moves People and Information with Microsoft MapPoint

Microsoft Citizenship Team

For more than 80 years, Easter Seals Nebraska has helped individuals with disabilities and special needs improve their physical mobility, return to work, or simply gain greater independence for everyday living. Ensuring the success of its numerous programs requires significant ongoing coordination and...

on25 Jun 2012
Blog Post: Webinar: How Real Nonprofits Fundraise with Microsoft

Microsoft Citizenship Team

By Kyla Hunt, Webinar Program Manager, TechSoup Global Editor’s Note: On June 21, Microsoft and TechSoup Global will be hosting a free webinar for nonprofits and libraries to share how to utilize tools and resources from Microsoft to enhance your fundraising. The following is cross-posted from the TechSoup...

on19 Jun 2012
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: Upcoming Webinars for Nonprofits: Microsoft Tips and Tricks Series

Microsoft Citizenship Team

By Kyla Hunt, Webinar Program Manager, TechSoup Global Editor’s Note: On June 14 and June 21, Microsoft and TechSoup Global will be hosting free webinars for nonprofits and libraries to share the “tips and tricks” of Microsoft Excel and how to utilize tools and resources from Microsoft to enhance your...

on11 Jun 2012
Blog Post: Claremont Senior Computer Club Makes Savvy Seniors the Norm

Microsoft Citizenship Team

As a young electrical engineer in the 1960s, Tom Deno worked with some of the earliest computers. By the time he retired at age 64, he was a self-proclaimed “technology geek.” But he discovered that, among his peers, he was definitely in the minority. So he decided to do something about it and founded...

on12 Dec 2011
Blog Post: Making Its Case: Performing Arts Workshop Attracts Funders in a Down Economy

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Photo: Drumming with Jason Brown at Visitacion Valley Boys & Girls Club, from the Performing Arts Workshop Flickr While tough economic times have forced many arts organizations to cut back on staff and programs — or worse, close their doors — Performing Arts Workshop in San Francisco is expanding...

on19 Oct 2011
Blog Post: From Homelessness to Helping Others: Technology Skills Make a Difference for Community Housing Partnership Staff

Microsoft Citizenship Team

In San Francisco alone, there are an estimated 7,000 to 10,000 people sleeping on the streets, in cars, or in shelters every night. Since 1990, Community Housing Partnership (CHP) has worked in partnership with adults, families, and seniors in San Francisco who would otherwise be without a home. One...

on5 Aug 2011
Blog Post: Foundation Nepal: Nonprofit technology and cloud computing

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Eamon Stack, CEO of ENCLUDE A few weeks ago, my colleague Sylvester and I developed a cloud computing solution for a charity based in Galway, in the beautiful West of Ireland. The charity, Foundation Nepal , is a mission-driven organization whose founders, Nicky Deasy and Amber Walsh Olesen, are its...

on3 Aug 2011
Blog Post: How technology is helping German parents and children in need

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Nestwärme e.V. Deutschland was founded in 1999 to help the nearly one million families in Germany caring for children with disabilities or chronic illnesses. Over 1,400 volunteers and more than 80 employees help take care of the children, which gives parents much-needed time for themselves. Whether it...

on3 Jun 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: 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: 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: Annie Leonard on The Story of Stuff and Decentralized Ownership

Akhtar Badshah

I am here on day one of the TechSoup Global Contributors' Summit , and had the opportunity to hear Annie Leonard , the director of The Story of Stuff Project , talk to a full room of more than 200 social change makers from more than 40 countries. A dynamic and downright funny speaker, Leonard talked...

on15 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: How PowerPoint is helping to protect motorcyclists in London

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Typically, helmets, riding suits, gloves and goggles that are the best way to keep motorcyclists safe on the road. It’s time to add PowerPoint to the list. Motorcycle-related accident statistics are sobering. Motorcycles represent 4% of the United Kingdom’s road trips, yet make up a...

on13 Dec 2010
Blog Post: NGO Spotlight: La Comunidad Hispana, Kennett Square, PA

Microsoft Citizenship Team

When tough economic times hit, it’s often those on the lowest rungs of the income ladder who suffer the most. They’re the ones whose jobs are eliminated first; who suffer the most from cutbacks. And all too often, they’re La Comunidad Hispana’s clients. Last year, La Comunidad...

on9 Dec 2010
Blog Post: Remote Access Proves Critical to New Zealand NGO after Earthquake

Microsoft Citizenship Team

By Erica Lorraine Scheidt, Director of Marketing Communications at TechSoup Global Through my work with TechSoup Global, all kinds of amazing stories cross my desk, but a letter we received from the Cystic Fibrosis Association of New Zealand after their recent earthquake piqued my interest. A year...

on3 Dec 2010