Microsoft’s Community Investment
Citizenship And Community Affairs
Melissa Pailthorp
Senior Manager, Community Affairs
Microsoft Citizenship Initiative
Ensure that Microsoft is recognized as a responsible corporate citizen
committed to serving the public good through innovation technologies and
partnerships that contribute to economic and social opportunity and to
delivering on our business responsibilities of growth and value to customers,
shareholders and employees.
Themes
Responsible
Business
Practices
Security and
Internet Safety
Building a
Knowledge
Economy
Building A Knowledge Economy
Economic opportunity
Software as driver of innovation, growth,
and competitiveness
Technology innovation
Making technology available to all
Digital inclusion
Partners in learning
Unlimited potential
Microsoft Programs
Supporting Digital Inclusion
Accessibility
Local Language
Windows Starter
FlexGo
Shared Computing Toolkit
Partners in Learning
Unlimited Potential/
Community Affairs
Community Affairs Programs
Unlimited potential
Curriculum and training focused on workforce development
Reach quarter billion underserved people by 2010
NGO capacity building
Software donations – techsoup
Mar
Npower
NGO days (in various subs)
Disaster response
Technology partnerships with NGOs
Cash response, employee involvement
Employee engagement
Matching gift program
Giving campaign
Volunteer opportunities
The Heart Of Citizenship
Grants of cash, software and curriculum
awarded in more than 100 countries
Partnerships
Unlimited Potential Grants
Microsoft partners with industry and other
partners to help provide resources such as SW
and cash grants, volunteer hours, tech resources
to support skills development
UP project in Chile
project Acceso Tecnológico
Largest tech effort in Chile
Supported by multiple
partners including the
Chilean government
Unlimited Potential Partnerships
Telecentre.org
Hosted by IDRC in partnership with Microsoft and the Swiss Agency for
Development and Cooperation (SDC)
Launched at WSIS II, invests in networks, services and workshops that
improve the capacity and sustainability of telecentres around the world
The four main investment areas include
Building networks
Creating content and services
Sharing knowledge
Connecting people
Active to date in networks in the following geographies
Africa: Mali; South Africa; Uganda
The Americas: Carribean; Chile; Central America; United States
Asia and Pacific: India, Sri Lanka; Philippines; Pacific Islands
Great example of reverse collaboration – From Community Affairs
to other parts of the business
Through Our Work…
Feedback on new tools and approaches
from communities not yet reached
MSR Grants – NGO connection
Shared Computing toolkit
Groove/Sharepoint
Information on what works or is needed in
new markets (e.g., Grameen Cell Phone)
Innovations that may be repurposed
for additional or different use
(e.g., Diastersafe.org)
For More
Program Information
http://www.microsoft.com/unlimitedpotential
Feedback
upinfo@microsoft.com
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