Microsoft Citizenship Blog
A tribute to success
By Elaine Cooluris, Executive Director at Able-Disabled Advocacy Note: This post is part of a...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 11/12/2010
Responding to the Emerging Needs of Veterans
By: Vincent J. Perrone, President & CEO, Veterans Inc. Note: This post is part of a weeklong...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 11/11/2010
Benefits of Hiring a Veteran – Gulf Coast Workforce Board
By: Kim Bodine, Executive Director, Gulf Coast Workforce Board Note: This post is part of a weeklong...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 11/10/2010
Activision Is Answering Their Own Call of Duty…
By MCPO Maurice Wilson (USN-Ret.), Advisory Board member to Activision’s Call of Duty...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 11/09/2010
The Private Sector Steps up for Vets
By Paul Rieckhoff, Executive Director and Founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. Note:...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 11/05/2010
Veterans: Win an Xbox 360 with the brand new Kinect sensor
To celebrate the launch of our Elevate America Veterans initiative, which helps veterans to...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 11/05/2010
Corporate Citizenship is a critical component in developing future leaders
By Shannon Banks, Worldwide Leadership Development Consultant, Microsoft I still remember the day,...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 11/02/2010
Dispatch from Cape Town: Exceptional teachers step on the global stage
Greetings from South Africa! This week I have the privilege of being in Cape Town, South Africa...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 10/26/2010
Running to Give…
Among the many things I will remember about my eight-week visit to Redmond, one of the most...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 10/20/2010
The Mary M. Gates Learning Center at United Way
Yesterday in Alexandria Virginia, United Way Worldwide officially opened the Mary M. Gates Learning...
Author: Tom_Murphy Date: 10/14/2010
Microsoft's month of Giving kicks off
It’s a long standing tradition at Microsoft, that each October our employees come together and...
Author: Akhtar Badshah Date: 10/06/2010
Telling the refugee story with technology
The UNHCR is exploring new ways of using technology to share the impact of their work. One example...
Author: Tom_Murphy Date: 10/05/2010
Microsoft’s 2010 Citizenship Report Released
Read a good book lately? If not, try “Social Responsibilities of Business Corporations. Sorry...
Author: Dan Bross Date: 10/04/2010
Citizenship in Times Square
Earlier Dan posted how this is the first time we have released our Citizenship report at the same...
Author: Tom_Murphy Date: 10/04/2010
Everyone can make a difference in their local community
One of the biggest days of the year for employee community engagement at Microsoft is United Way of...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 10/01/2010
Toward a New Normal - Vision for Development Leaders
Last week I was in NY for the Clinton Global Initiative and this week I am in Washington, DC...
Author: Akhtar Badshah Date: 09/29/2010
CGI: Guest Post - Helping Girls in Kenya to Give Back
Linda Lockhart, Managing Director, Global Give Back Circle Imagine you are a disadvantaged girl in...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 09/22/2010
CGI Bonus: Video on Accelerating Social Change at the 2010 Clinton Global Initiative
[View:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6XV5NknAIc] Watch a video about the Ashoka–Microsoft...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 09/21/2010
CGI: Guest Post: Accelerating Social Change at This Year’s Clinton Global Initiative
Beverly Schwartz, Vice-President of Global Marketing at Ashoka. Each year at this time, world...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 09/20/2010
CGI Week: Turning ideas into actions that address social and economic issues
Founded in 2005 by President Clinton, the Clinton Global Initiative was created to turn ideas into...
Author: Tom_Murphy Date: 09/19/2010
Back-to-school with centers of technology excellence
It’s back-to-school this month for nearly 56 million K-12 students in the U.S. Many will...
Author: Andrea Taylor Date: 09/15/2010
Technology skills make a difference
Rosalyn in Nairobi, Kenya is a 40 plus year old mother who has a business of manufacturing shoes...
Author: Akhtar Badshah Date: 09/07/2010
Back to School: Making Sure Students with Disabilities Can See, Hear, and Use their PC
For many parents and teachers, this time of year means preparing for back to school and looking...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 08/20/2010
A Closer Look at the Nonprofit IT Pyramid: A framework love story in 4 parts (Part Deux)
Last week, we shared a closer look at the foundation of the Nonprofit IT Pyramid, Access to Stable...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 08/18/2010
How software brings deep sea archaeology into the living room
Working at Microsoft, I’m fully aware of the amazing things that people can do with technology...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 08/13/2010
A Closer Look at the Nonprofit IT Pyramid: A Framework Love Story in 4 Parts
Last week in our post, Demystifying Nonprofit IT Adoption and Innovation, we introduced you to the...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 08/10/2010
Congratulations to the Non Profit Times Top 50
The Non Profit Times just announced its NPT Power and Influence Top 50 leaders (PDF) in the...
Author: Akhtar Badshah Date: 08/04/2010
Demystifying Nonprofit IT Adoption and Innovation
Editor’s Note: Today we are releasing a new paper, Demystifying IT Adoption and Innovation in...
Author: Jane Meseck Date: 08/02/2010
A Giant Step for Workforce Training Collaboration
Last week the White House announced the inaugural grants of the Social Innovation Fund (SIF) that...
Author: Andrea Taylor Date: 07/30/2010
Microsoft Office 2010 for Nonprofits
On Tuesday, Microsoft Community Affairs and TechSoup hosted a webinar on Office 2010 for Nonprofits...
Author: George Durham Date: 07/29/2010
NTEN Technology Leadership Academy
Now more than ever, nonprofit leaders must understand the potential technology has to help them meet...
Author: George Durham Date: 07/28/2010