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2014 40
- Employee Giving Campaign: Millennial Employees Help Keep Traditions Alive
- Invest and Evaluate: a Landscape Guide to Youth Workforce Development Programs
- Announcing our support of the BRAID initiative
- The Latest Idea in Wearable Tech: the Panic Button Bracelet
- Seattle girls learn the "undercover greatness" of computer science
- Empowerment Through Technology: A Journey
- The Washington State Opportunity Scholarship: making a difference for young people and our economy
- An Extraordinary Lesson and Skype
- HelpBridge App Can Help Those in Need During Natural Disasters
- City Year is "Fired Up" at 25!
- Microsoft Cookbook Collects 3rd Gourmand World Cookbook Award
- Helping Students Learn Through the Summer
- Employee Health Screening Drives Donations to PATH for Childhood Vaccinations in Laos
- Global Microsoft YouthSpark Summit Convenes to Focus on Youth
- Crowdfunding for a Cause: 24 Hours Will Benefit Hundreds of Nonprofits
- The Votes are In: Microsoft YouthSpark Challenge for Change Winners Announced!
- Microsoft’s 2013 YouthSpark Challenge for Change Winners: Where are They Now?
- DigiGirlz Inspires Young Women to Explore STEM Careers
- We’re Matching Your Donations Today! Fund Innovative Projects to Transform Schools Worldwide
- Harnessing Disruption: The power of IT for disaster response
- Impact Sourcing – The Opportunity Ahead
- Coding for Impact with Chelsea Clinton and CGIU
- Power On! YouthSpark Hub Helps Youth Build Their Futures
- Unforgettable Moments at We Day Seattle & We Day California!
- Microsoft Announces New “YouthSpark Hub” on We Day Seattle!
- Microsoft on World’s Most Ethical Companies List Four Years in a Row
- Microsoft Research Provides New Cloud Computing Access to Support Climate Studies
- Microsoft Hosts Mathletes for MATHCOUNTS Washington State Finals
- Teachers Inspiring Tomorrow’s Innovators – Today!
- Demonstrating Commitment Through Action
- Microsoft YouthSpark Sponsors New ‘Boot Camp’ for Imagine Cup Winner
- Microsoft Grants Three Nonprofits Cash, Software and Services for Technology Innovation
- Inspiring the Next Generation of Women in Technology
- Microsoft Makes Commitment to Manufacturing and Supply Chain Sustainability
- Building Better Businesses and a Better World
- Celebrating UNESCO’s International Mother Language Day
- Generosity Rising: Microsoft’s Employees Raise Record-Breaking $113 Million for Nonprofits in 2013
- Empowering Youth to Change Their World
- Microsoft YouthSpark Challenge for Change Contest Is Back!
- Microsoft Brings Its Perspective on Computer Science Education to World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2014
2013 78
- Join Us in an Hour of Code for Computer Science Education Week
- Another Year of Innovation – Imagine Cup Grant Winners Announced
- From Combat to Coding
- How many people does it take to make a difference? Just one. That person can be you...
- Meet Giving Hero Xbot Robotics
- A Framework for Human Rights
- Meet Giving Hero Washington State Opportunity Scholarship
- Meet Giving Hero Blind Children's Learning Center
- How Many People Does it Take to Make an Impact?
- Responding to Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda
- Meet Giving Hero "I Have a Dream" Boulder County
- Windows 8.1 Now Available for Nonprofits
- The Microsoft Software & Systems Academy bridges one great career to another
- Suit Up and Empower Youth with Giving Heroes!
- Raising the Next Billion for Nonprofits with Enhanced Microsoft Employee Giving Program
- Office 365 for Nonprofits: Free Webinar Tuesday, October 29
- Ministry of Youth and Sports & Microsoft Malaysia Partner to Nurture Future of Malaysia’s Youth
- Microsoft Joins Code.org “Hour of Code” Initiative
- Making Strides Toward Environmentally Sustainable Practices
- 2013 Microsoft Citizenship Report Now Available
- Microsoft Employee Giving: October Magic
- Coming Together to Spark Change
- The Future Will Not Wait
- Good Read from NetHope: Office 365, the Cloud and Nonprofits in the Developing World
- Windows Donates PCs to Microsoft YouthSpark Partner Year Up
- A Blended Learning Pilot: Teacher Tried, Student Tested
- Disaster Response – Getting the Right Aid to the Right People at the Right Time™
- College Success Foundation Partners with Microsoft on the HERO Initiative in Washington, D.C.
- Windows Chip In Campaign Helps YouthSpark Partner Year Up to Bridge Opportunity Divide
- Good Read: Celebrating Malala Day
- Microsoft Brings Smart Buildings to Seattle
- Good Read: Why STEM Education & Blended Learning Matter
- Steve Ballmer honored as a top 100 “STEM CEO”
- “To a better life” with $1,000
- Microsoft grants $1 million to support blended learning and STEM education in D.C. classrooms
- Lessons From a Social Media Lead: Using Tech to Prep
- More than 200 High School Students Get a Taste of Computer Science in the Real World
- Helping You Prepare for a Natural Disaster
- Tech’s Top Models Tell All for Fashion
- How Microsoft Can Help You Prepare and Respond to a Natural Disaster
- Have an Idea to Improve Your Community, Campus, or the World? Enter YouthSpark Challenge for Change!
- 800 Kids on a Computer Science Field Trip at Microsoft: A Glimpse into the Future
- A Look at the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
- Young Kodu designer showcases at 2013 White House Science Fair
- 2013 United Way Spirit of America and Summit Awards
- 13NTC Cloudy with a Chance of Awesome
- Meet Microsoft Citizenship at the 2013 Nonprofit Technology Conference
- YouthSpark Star of the Week: World Vision Youth Empowerment Program
- From We Day to We Act!
- Welcome to Seattle, We Day!
- We Day: Microsoft and the Youth Event of the Year
- Making GOOD Even Better, Microsoft Launches Matching Campaign
- Celebrating St Patrick’s Day is a close shave for a great cause
- Kicking Off Innovate for Good in D.C.
- Microsoft Hosts YouthSpark Connections Event in Charlotte
- The Ultimate Win8 Social Good Apps Voter’s Guide
- “Ask Me Anything” with Senior Director Akhtar Badshah
- YouthSpark Star of the Week: Joseph “Hindo” Hindogbae
- How Trickle Up Animated Their Nonprofit Story
- A New Era of Digital Learning: Office 365 Education
- Call for “People’s Choice” – Vote for Your Favorite Social Good App
- The world is counting on (YOU)th and your vote!
- YouthSpark Star of the Week: Michelle Didero, CityYear Washington, D.C.
- Speak from the Heart: Preserving Languages through Technology and Youth
- Thank You, Microsoft Employees, for Your Generosity in 2012!
- Highlight Reel from ‘Data, Transparency, and Impact’ Panel
- GOOD Maker Challenge: Vote Today to Help Launch Youth Projects
- Microsoft YouthSpark Connection Addresses the Youth Opportunity Divide in Washington, D.C.
- Diary of a DigiGirl: Lizzie Yoo
- Share the Love: Give for Youth 2 for 1 Valentine’s Day Gift Card Offer!
- Three Things Nonprofits Should Know About the New Office
- YouthSpark Star of the Week: City Year Denver
- YouthSpark Star of the Week: Nyaka AIDS Orphan Project, Rural Uganda
- The new Office is now available for nonprofits
- From woolly worms to a world of opportunities: Jeremy’s story
- Microsoft at World Economic Forum Annual Meeting: Real Impact for a Better Tomorrow
- HelpBridge: a new mobile app to get help and give help during a disaster
- How you can do GOOD for your favorite nonprofit
2012 94
- Top 12 Posts of 2012
- Microsoft Adds the Cherokee Language to Windows 8
- YouthSpark in action: Adrian Ordoñez Tostega
- Microsoft and City Year Team Up to Improve Math Education
- Startup Youth Initiative
- Microsoft Employees Team Up with Doctors to Bring Medical Care and Technology to the Ecuadorian Jungle
- Meet our YouthSpark Changemaker: Marquis Cabrera
- Let the Giving Begin! Microsoft’s #GivingTuesday 1:1 Match is Live
- Giving Back: A New Post-Thanksgiving Tradition
- Announcing the Windows 8 Apps for Good Contest
- Update: Supporting Hurricane Sandy Relief Efforts - November 2nd 2012
- Hurricane Sandy - Northeast Coast, USA (October 29, 2012)
- Windows 8 now available for nonprofit donations
- Bidding for a good cause (no bull)
- Video: A special event for employee giving at Microsoft
- How MIDLAS uses technology to expand services to Perth’s poorest
- Technology provides behind the scenes support to New York theatre
- The Power of Partnership: Working Together to Solve the Youth Underemployment Crisis
- 2012 Microsoft Citizenship Report now available
- We Day Seattle Debuts on March 27; Sparks Opportunities for 15,000 Youth in Washington
- Microsoft's YouthSpark Invests in City Year's Work to keep Students in School
- Youth Stories with a Side of Toast—Reflections from a New York City Breakfast Discussion
- Anyone Can Be the Spark of Change
- Video: Launching Microsoft YouthSpark
- Microsoft YouthSpark: A new chapter in Citizenship at Microsoft
- Join us for the launch of our new Citizenship initiative
- The value of transparency
- Calling nonprofit developers: Visual Studio 2012 now on the donations program
- “Conversations with the Next Generation” Town Hall Held at Democratic National Convention
- September is National Preparedness Month
- “Conversations with the Next Generation” To Draw Leaders in Charlotte Today
- Windows Server 2012 is Now Available for Nonprofits
- Tropical Storm Isaac
- Microsoft Builds on Community Investment in Charlotte Region, Announces Partnership with 2012 Democratic National Convention
- Celebrating International Youth Day
- Building a strong local community through the Georgia Street Community Garden
- Top 10 Business Practices for Environmentally Sustainable Data Centers
- Employee Philanthropist Spotlight: Peli de Halleux & Chris Mitchell
- Millennials chat about their generation’s impact
- Technology Comes to Toronto Wildlife Centre’s Rescue
- Relief organizations to share real-time needs during disaster response through Microsoft’s “Notes From The Ground”
- Making our partners’ causes our causes
- Microsoft Keeps Dougy Center Staff Connected Following Devastating Fire
- Computerworld Honors Microsoft’s Disaster Response Portal
- How can you help when a natural disaster strikes?
- Microsoft Office 365 for education–now available
- Easter Seals Nebraska Moves People and Information with Microsoft MapPoint
- Fast Five Features for NGOs: Powerful presentations start here
- Microsoft D.C. office teams up with local non-profit Horton’s Kids
- Webinar: How Real Nonprofits Fundraise with Microsoft
- Fast Five Features for NGOs: Creating Better Spreadsheets
- Upcoming Webinars for Nonprofits: Microsoft Tips and Tricks Series
- Fast Five Features for Nonprofits 6/8: Presenting with Impact
- Employee Philanthropist Spotlight: Erin Zuehlsdorff
- Get involved in building a foundation for a Digital UN
- National Hurricane Preparedness Week: Are you ready?
- Fast Five (Software) Features for Nonprofits 5/25: Dynamics CRM
- Webinar for Nonprofits: Better Presentations with Microsoft PowerPoint
- Cross Post: Exploring the Role of Corporate Political Donations
- Fast Five (Software) Features for Nonprofits 5/18: Blogging
- Empowering Lives - Sutherland Global Services Bridges the Opportunity Divide for more than 10,000 Students
- Fast Five (Software) Features for Nonprofits 5/11: Marketing Your Organization
- Microsoft’s Commitment to Addressing Climate Change
- Fast Five (Software) Features for Nonprofits 5/4: The beautification of Office docs
- A Good Kind of Madness in Singapore
- Top Honors from Our Community to Yours
- Fast Five (Software) Features for Nonprofits 4/27
- TEALS: Helping students discover computer science
- Students are creating opportunities for all of us
- EPA names the Top 50 green power purchasers in the U.S.
- Trust and the Mysterious Corporation
- Live Blog #CSRChat – April 18th 2012
- Calling On Our Partners to Showcase Their CSR Efforts
- What is CSR and Citizenship at Microsoft?
- #12NTC: Using Windows Azure to do good – and a live example
- You’re never too old to play
- Personal highlights from Innovate4Good Seattle
- Kicking off the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference
- Spending a day with the leaders of today and tomorrow
- Photos: The first Innovate4Good event is underway
- From Seattle to Singapore: How Microsoft is taking lessons from young people
- Upgraded Technology Keeps Interfaith Ministries Focused on Relief
- Skype announces initiative to bring technology to classrooms
- Nonprofits: Free webinar - get the most out of your data with CRM
- Who are the world’s most ethical companies?
- Community technology centers can provide critical emergency infrastructure
- Technology keeps precious dollars focused on affordable home-building
- Helping nonprofits understand Microsoft employee giving
- Microsoft’s Software Donation Policy
- Did you hear about our 35,500 employee philanthropists?
- Microsoft Imagine Cup and Kodu Cup winners go to the White House
- Skype’s Disaster Response Platform
- The nonprofit productivity battle: have you tried OneNote?
- TEDx: Harnessing disruptive change for good
2011 106
- Social Innovation in China
- Making Santa accessible in Seattle this weekend
- Claremont Senior Computer Club Makes Savvy Seniors the Norm
- Microsoft at COP17: Working together to organize environmental data
- STEM Hero: Looking up at the stars and advancing curriculum with Curtis Wong
- Movember: Welcome to Moustache Season
- How social entrepreneurs are tackling the toughest issues (VIDEO)
- Accessibility at the Partners in Learning Global Forum
- Extending our commitment to help U.S. Veterans find employment
- Global Washington 2011 conference gets underway
- Use your job to change the world
- Giving through football, karaoke and a 24 hour marathon
- Computerworld names Microsoft one of top green IT organizations
- Making Its Case: Performing Arts Workshop Attracts Funders in a Down Economy
- Supporting social innovation that addresses the world’s toughest problems
- Corporate Governance at Microsoft: A Look Back and a Look Ahead
- Can charitable donations be kitsch?
- Reflecting on Eight Years of Community Investment Worldwide
- Environmental Sustainability @ Microsoft: A Progress Report
- Sharing the Microsoft 2011 Citizenship Report
- So you say you want to be a social entrepreneur?
- October is the month of giving back at Microsoft
- Sunday Reading: STEMtember wraps up, on with learning!
- Helping local nonprofits to learn how to take social media to the next level
- Heroes of #STEMtember: Science is life with Stefan Weitz
- Heroes of #STEMtember: Atari, Math, and Trek dreams turning to reality with Kudo Tsunoda
- What does your dad think you want to be when you grow up?
- Heroes of #STEMtember: Sunny science with Meteorologist Shannon O’Donnell
- Microsoft Commits to Bring Digital Access and Skills Training to 1M U.S. Students
- The 4 coolest STEM careers I wish I studied for…
- One Day of Caring – 5,000 Volunteers
- Getting a nonprofit up and running with free online tools
- Motivating College Students to be STEM Majors
- Back to School: Personalizing the PC so Students Can See, Hear, and Learn More Comfortably
- A Winning Strategy: Teaching Students and Cultivating an Interest in Computer Science
- What do parents and students think of STEM education?
- A Helping Hand in Malawi
- Even “genies” need precise record-keeping and a professional homepage
- Working with corporate alumni for greater community impact
- Fiery dragons and social entrepreneurs tackle asthma
- WWF: Green technology for nature
- Provide our youth with skills and the opportunities will follow
- Extending Microsoft’s Support for Veterans Entering the Workforce
- From Homelessness to Helping Others: Technology Skills Make a Difference for Community Housing Partnership Staff
- A bright outlook on Romania’s development to become a digital society
- Foundation Nepal: Nonprofit technology and cloud computing
- Celebrating Kids Artistic Technology Talents
- Social Media Conference Series Off to Successful Start in San Francisco
- Social Media for Nonprofits conference tours the United States
- Mapping, impact, and digital storytelling: New tools and new insights
- Social entrepreneurs create to help refugees
- CSR is breaking down the corporate silos
- Touching Children’s Lives with Microsoft Surface Technology
- Kinect’ing people in Korea through gaming
- How technology is helping German parents and children in need
- Tell Your Story with Free Tools in Windows Live Essentials
- Role models help create the faces of the future
- Facebook Fights Child Exploitation with Microsoft Technology
- Creating a social network for everyone
- TechSoup Japan Disaster Relief Program Launches to Assist Local NGOs
- Microsoft Advertising Challenges Young Marketers to think Beyond Brands
- Connecting nonprofits to the Microsoft employee giving campaign
- Webinar: New Collaboration and Connection Tools in Office 2010 for Nonprofits
- Here’s a snapshot of the United States from Microsoft Elevate America
- A good day in Pittsburgh – Kinect’ing kids with technology
- Social Entrepreneurship is the New Hero
- Tech Tech Baby: the faces of the future sure have changed…
- Taming the Octopus: South Sound Seniors Gain Access to Independence
- How CRM can help nonprofits manage donors, volunteers and clients
- UNICEF harnesses the power of mobile to raise funds
- MSN Japan sees new responsibilities grow from coverage
- Exploring children’s creativity with technology during girls’ night out
- 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference
- Reflections from #11NTC Day One
- Framing the Role of Business in Society
- A Pre-day in the Cloud at the Nonprofit Technology Conference
- American Red Cross on the use of technology during emergencies
- Making Games Can Contribute to Learning
- Technology ties to great futures
- The Importance of Collaboration in Protecting Nature
- KEXP.org: Where the Music and Technology Matter (Part 2)
- Supporting relief efforts in Japan
- Our thoughts are with the people in Japan
- A think tank for the ages creates Goodness Engine
- Washington STEM launches to prepare students for tomorrow’s jobs
- How nonprofits can use the cloud, save money and increase impact
- MVPs strike again as Geek Give Rocks the Pacific Northwest
- From a Lion to a Mouse; remote computing access provides a different way of life in Kenya
- Giving back to those who changed our lives: UK’s Evelina Children’s Hospital and Xbox 360
- Voting opens for the Boston College Citizenship Film Festival
- NPower transforms Charlotte’s nonprofit community through technology
- Update on New Zealand Earthquake
- Happy International Mother Language Day!
- Creative Capitalism, Shared Value, social entrepreneurship
- In conversation with Diana Scearce, The Monitor Institute
- “Tvoy Kurs” Gives the People What They Want!
- YWCA gains collaboration through technology
- Seattle Works Redefines its Office Space with the Cloud
- Celebrating awareness to create a safer internet for your family
- The importance of technology leadership for nonprofits
- Assistive technology provides access to jobs
- BSR’s Aron Cramer talks about trust in business
- Nonprofit donation management for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 now available
- Elevate Veterans Sweepstakes Winners Announced
- New Grass on Old Turf
- 2010 was the biggest year of employee giving so far…
2010 61
- Top five Microsoft Citizenship posts of 2010
- Austria´s National IT-Fitness Initiative takes up on a big challenge!
- Does technology help you make an impact in your community?
- Helping American Veteran Families in Need
- Microsoft Trabaja Mano a Mano con ONGs para Crear Centros Tecnológicos en México
- How PowerPoint is helping to protect motorcyclists in London
- NGO Spotlight: La Comunidad Hispana, Kennett Square, PA
- Remote Access Proves Critical to New Zealand NGO after Earthquake
- ‘Tech Talent 4 Good’ brings students and nonprofits together
- Recognizing Those Making a Difference in the Daily Lives of Others
- Supporting the Work of our UN Partners – A Decade of Impact and Counting
- Grants Awarded to Four Puget Sound Organizations at Opening of Microsoft Bellevue Retail Store
- A tribute to success
- Responding to the Emerging Needs of Veterans
- Benefits of Hiring a Veteran – Gulf Coast Workforce Board
- Activision Is Answering Their Own Call of Duty…
- The Private Sector Steps up for Vets
- Veterans: Win an Xbox 360 with the brand new Kinect sensor
- Corporate Citizenship is a critical component in developing future leaders
- Dispatch from Cape Town: Exceptional teachers step on the global stage
- Running to Give…
- The Mary M. Gates Learning Center at United Way
- Microsoft's month of Giving kicks off
- Telling the refugee story with technology
- Microsoft’s 2010 Citizenship Report Released
- Citizenship in Times Square
- Everyone can make a difference in their local community
- Toward a New Normal - Vision for Development Leaders
- CGI: Guest Post - Helping Girls in Kenya to Give Back
- CGI Bonus: Video on Accelerating Social Change at the 2010 Clinton Global Initiative
- CGI: Guest Post: Accelerating Social Change at This Year’s Clinton Global Initiative
- CGI Week: Turning ideas into actions that address social and economic issues
- Back-to-school with centers of technology excellence
- Technology skills make a difference
- Back to School: Making Sure Students with Disabilities Can See, Hear, and Use their PC
- A Closer Look at the Nonprofit IT Pyramid: A framework love story in 4 parts (Part Deux)
- How software brings deep sea archaeology into the living room
- A Closer Look at the Nonprofit IT Pyramid: A Framework Love Story in 4 Parts
- Congratulations to the Non Profit Times Top 50
- Demystifying Nonprofit IT Adoption and Innovation
- A Giant Step for Workforce Training Collaboration
- Microsoft Office 2010 for Nonprofits
- NTEN Technology Leadership Academy
- Unleashing Technology to Advance Social Change
- Update: Free webinar shows you how Office 2010 can help your nonprofit
- Imagine a world…
- The women of Taiwan remind me of the magic of technology
- Supporting our Veterans
- Sichuan two years on
- Vote now to help students solve the world’s toughest problems
- Video: Preparing people for the jobs of today and tomorrow
- Video: Employee giving and social entrepreneurs at Microsoft
- Video: How technology can enable nonprofits
- The impact of training goes beyond employment
- Videos: Innovating to help solve some of the world’s most pressing issues
- Accelerating Change through Technology
- Elevating America through technology training and skills
- Trip Report: South East Asia - Community First and Technology Second
- Welcome to the Unlimited Potential Blog
- ICT in Africa, A Central Theme at the African Union Heads of State Summit This Month
- Technology Helps Peru Preserve Quechua Language
2009 9
- Microsoft Partners with the Alsace Regional Council to Preserve Alsatian
- The EU-Africa Business Forum: ICT for Regional Economic Growth
- Preparing Teens for a Career in Technology
- No Summer Holiday for Partners in Learning!
- First Place Imagine Cup Design for Development Award goes to COSMIC!
- Imagine Cup Students Travel to Redmond
- Shaping the future with technology
- Imagine Cup US Finals - People’s Choice (that means YOU!)
- Startup Businesses Get a Helping Hand