Microsoft Citizenship Blog
Microsoft's YouthSpark Invests in City Year's Work to keep Students in School
Editor’s Note: Last week we announced Microsoft YouthSpark a new company wide initiative that aims...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 09/26/2012
Youth Stories with a Side of Toast—Reflections from a New York City Breakfast Discussion
Akhtar Badshah, Senior Director of Corporate Citizenship at Microsoft This morning, I had the...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 09/24/2012
Anyone Can Be the Spark of Change
By Lori Harnick, General Manager, Citizenship & Public Affairs Around the world, new skills and...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 09/23/2012
Video: Launching Microsoft YouthSpark
We wanted to share our CEO, Steve Ballmer announcing our initiative to create opportunities for 300...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 09/21/2012
Microsoft YouthSpark: A new chapter in Citizenship at Microsoft
Lori Harnick, General Manager, Citizenship & Public Affairs Earlier today our CEO Steve Ballmer...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 09/20/2012
Join us for the launch of our new Citizenship initiative
Lori Harnick, General Manager, Citizenship & Public Affairs, Microsoft I would like to invite...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 09/17/2012
The value of transparency
Dan Bross, Senior Director of Citizenship, Microsoft. Whether I’m engaging colleagues inside...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 09/14/2012
Calling nonprofit developers: Visual Studio 2012 now on the donations program
Visual Studio 2012 has just launched and we’re happy to report it’s available for eligible...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 09/12/2012
“Conversations with the Next Generation” Town Hall Held at Democratic National Convention
This week Microsoft, in partnership with National Journal and The Atlantic, hosted Conversations...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 09/07/2012
September is National Preparedness Month
By the Microsoft Disaster Response Team “We cannot stop natural disasters but we can arm...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 09/06/2012
“Conversations with the Next Generation” To Draw Leaders in Charlotte Today
Join us on Xbox LIVE or The Atlantic website today at 2:30 p.m. EDT for Conversations with the Next...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 09/05/2012
Windows Server 2012 is Now Available for Nonprofits
Windows Server 2012 has been launched and we’re delighted to announce it’s available to nonprofits...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 09/05/2012
Tropical Storm Isaac
By Molly Bull, Senior Communications Manager, Microsoft Disaster Response Situation Analysis: August...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 08/29/2012
Microsoft Builds on Community Investment in Charlotte Region, Announces Partnership with 2012 Democratic National Convention
By: Fred Humphries, Vice President for U.S. Government Affairs at Microsoft Microsoft has been named...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 08/20/2012
Celebrating International Youth Day
By Akhtar Badshah, Senior Director, Microsoft Corporate Citizenship Since 1999, the United Nations...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 08/13/2012
Building a strong local community through the Georgia Street Community Garden
Our colleagues in the Windows team recently published a great video on the work and passion of...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 08/10/2012
Top 10 Business Practices for Environmentally Sustainable Data Centers
Microsoft’s Global Foundation Services group run our global data centers. As part of their work...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 08/09/2012
Employee Philanthropist Spotlight: Peli de Halleux & Chris Mitchell
As part of our celebrations for the 30th anniversary of the Microsoft employee giving campaign which...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 07/31/2012
Millennials chat about their generation’s impact
By Yvonne Thomas, Senior Manager, Global Programs, Microsoft Corporate Citizenship & Public...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 07/24/2012
Technology Comes to Toronto Wildlife Centre’s Rescue
Toronto Wildlife Centre has been a leader in wildlife rescue, veterinary care, rehabilitation, and...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 07/17/2012
Relief organizations to share real-time needs during disaster response through Microsoft’s “Notes From The Ground”
By Microsoft Disaster Response Team On the heels of Microsoft’s Local Impact Map announcement, we...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 07/16/2012
Making our partners’ causes our causes
Today at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Toronto, we’re announcing the...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 07/10/2012
Microsoft Keeps Dougy Center Staff Connected Following Devastating Fire
“There’s no one right way to grieve,” says The Dougy Center’s executive director, Donna Schuurman....
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 07/05/2012
Computerworld Honors Microsoft’s Disaster Response Portal
By Microsoft Disaster Response Team Recently our team had the opportunity to attend the...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 07/02/2012
How can you help when a natural disaster strikes?
By the Microsoft Disaster Response Team Following the devastation of a natural disaster, one of the...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 06/27/2012
Microsoft Office 365 for education–now available
Today we’ve announced that Office 365 for education, which provides Office Web Apps, Exchange Online...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 06/27/2012
Easter Seals Nebraska Moves People and Information with Microsoft MapPoint
For more than 80 years, Easter Seals Nebraska has helped individuals with disabilities and special...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 06/25/2012
Fast Five Features for NGOs: Powerful presentations start here
Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 gives you more ways to create and share dynamic presentations. New audio...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 06/22/2012
Microsoft D.C. office teams up with local non-profit Horton’s Kids
By Matt Gelman, Senior Director for Congressional Affairs, Microsoft Microsoft joined the D.C....
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 06/22/2012
Webinar: How Real Nonprofits Fundraise with Microsoft
By Kyla Hunt, Webinar Program Manager, TechSoup Global Editor’s Note: On June 21, Microsoft and...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 06/19/2012
Fast Five Features for NGOs: Creating Better Spreadsheets
Yesterday, Mark Liu from TechSoup and Kate Libershteyn from Microsoft as well as nonprofit Feet...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 06/15/2012
Upcoming Webinars for Nonprofits: Microsoft Tips and Tricks Series
By Kyla Hunt, Webinar Program Manager, TechSoup Global Editor’s Note: On June 14 and June 21,...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 06/11/2012
Fast Five Features for Nonprofits 6/8: Presenting with Impact
By Doug Thomas, Content Producer, Office.com A PowerPoint deck is much like a resume: you want to...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 06/08/2012
Employee Philanthropist Spotlight: Erin Zuehlsdorff
Last year Microsoft employees across the United States raised $100.5 million for nonprofit...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 06/01/2012
Get involved in building a foundation for a Digital UN
By Akhtar Badshah, Senior Director of Corporate Citizenship at Microsoft and Board Member of the...
Author: Microsoft Citizenship Team Date: 05/31/2012