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Community Affairs in Asia Pacific Mandeep Kaur Community Affairs Manager a-makaur@microsoft.com. Our Mission: Microsoft Community Affairs. Visayan Forum Foundation. To enable people and organizations in underserved communities to realize their potential through the power of technology.
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Community Affairs in Asia Pacific Mandeep KaurCommunity Affairs Manager a-makaur@microsoft.com
Our Mission: Microsoft Community Affairs Visayan Forum Foundation To enable people and organizations in underserved communities to realize their potential through the power of technology.
Tools from Community Affairs Microsoft has four main programs to deliver on our mission to help people and organizations around the world: Community Technology Skills Program Strengthening NGOs through IT DisasterResponse Employee Engagement
Strengthening NGOs Through IT Unleashing technology to advance social and economic development Transform through Innovative IT Maximize impact • IT adds strategic value • IT directly involved in serving clients • Creating new tools/models for the sector Optimize Service Delivery Increase reach and scale programs • IT is a business enabler • Software improves service delivery • Web sites & databases personalize Stable & Secure Technology Foundation of operational efficiency • IT is an efficient cost • NGOs have basic tools in place • Getting infrastructure “Stable & Secure”
Software Donations • Microsoft donates $400M in software annually to more than 30,000 NGOs around the world • Last year Microsoft donated $844 million in software to 46,886 nonprofits in 113 countries/region • In Malaysia, Microsoft has donated more than 1.3 million worth of software to more than 51 NGOs. • Microsoft Malaysia will be partnering up with Leaderonomics to promote Software donation programs in Malaysia for our NGOs.
Software Donations / TechSoup • To qualify for our software donation you must be a registered NGO • If you meet the criteria then you will be eligible to receive up to 10 titles and 50 licenses per title.
Employee Engagement • Microsoft’s programs support employees’ dedication &passion for their communities • Global Employee Engagement • 3 days paid time off work to volunteer
For More Info on Community Affairs Asia Citizenship Blog: http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_citizenship_asia_pacific/ Corp Citizenship Blog: http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoftupblog/Asia Citizenship Facebook: www.facebook.com/citizenshipmicrosoftasia Corp Citizenship Facebook: www.facebook.com/microsoftcitizenship Asia Citizenship Twitter: @MSFTctzAPAC Corp Citizenship Twitter: @msftcitizenship
Thank you! Mandeep Kaur a-makaur@microsoft.com