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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: 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: 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: A Mouse, 500 Employees, and the Commitment to Build a Strong Community

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Jon Fine, CEO, United Way of King County In 1983, Microsoft introduced the first version of Microsoft Word, a product that would go on to revolutionize word processing and software interface. The same year, came the Microsoft Mouse, a device we all take for granted now, that changed the...

on17 Jan 2011
Blog Post: New Grass on Old Turf

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Vikas Goswami, Director of Corporate Social Responsibility, Microsoft India “ Helping people and businesses throughout the world realize their full potential” is not just a tag line at Microsoft; it is our way of life, work and fun. For the last five years it has been incorporated into...

on17 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: The Magic of Mouse Mischief in Haiti

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Cynthia Bogard, Edeyo Foundation How long does it take kids who have never seen a computer before to “get” how to manipulate a mouse to make it click on an answer or choose a color and draw a circle? About 15 minutes, if our students in Haiti are any indication. Students...

on12 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: Building Haiti Back Better

Tom_Murphy

Kristin Peterson, Inveneo CEO and Co-Founder The Haitian education system had its challenges before the January 12, 2010 earthquake. Eighty percent of schools were private. Both public and private schools were under-resourced in basic infrastructure – from classrooms to teachers – and...

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: Austria´s National IT-Fitness Initiative takes up on a big challenge!

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Have you ever heard the EU Digital Agenda ? If you are based in or interested in the European Market of almost 500 million people you probably should. This strategic document covers the main directions of the ICT policy of the European Union for the next 5 years. One of its seven pillars talks...

on27 Dec 2010
Blog Post: Does technology help you make an impact in your community?

Tom_Murphy

Enter the Tech for Good Contest for Nonprofits and Libraries in WA State After more than ten years of working in and around the nonprofit sector in Washington State, there is no doubt in my mind that technology is helping organizations to increase their impact in our communities. There is also no...

on20 Dec 2010
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: Microsoft and Partner NGOs Building Community Technology Centers across Mexico

Microsoft Citizenship Team

2011 will mark an important year for the Microsoft Community Technology Skills Program (CTSP) in Mexico. In collaboration with several local NGOs, the country’s team is busy creating nine Community Technology Centers (CTCs) to help improve job opportunities and increase productivity for more than...

on15 Dec 2010
Blog Post: Microsoft Canada, Children’s Miracle Network and CHEO deliver 200 Kinect gaming sensors donated to 14 children’s hospitals

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Microsoft Canada, Children’s Miracle Network and the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) recently celebrated the fifth anniversary of the Child Life Interactive Computers for Kids (CLICK) program. For a child, being in a hospital can be a frightening and isolating experience...

on14 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: 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: 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
Blog Post: ‘Tech Talent 4 Good’ brings students and nonprofits together

Microsoft Citizenship Team

Wouldn’t it be amazing to combine a passion for technology with a unique opportunity to do something worthwhile for a charitable organization? This week we are celebrating the launch of the “ Tech Talent 4 Good ” initiative in Europe that aims to accomplish just that. For many years...

on2 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: 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

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