Microsoft delivers a comprehensive set of cloud solutions to enable your organization to digitally transform, accelerate its mission and drive greater impact.
.
@TeamRubicon
gives veterans, who are determined to continue their service, a way to help their communities.
We're proud to be able to partner with them and highlight their work.
"The empowerment female students gained through soccer led to a noticeable increase in their leadership skills, teamwork & self-confidence. Through this program, girls’ participation in classrooms increased more than 20%."
Learn about
@RightToPlayIntl
:
.
@TeamRubicon
deploys hundreds of volunteers in the midst of natural disasters to help communities recover & rebuild.
Now, with the new
@Dynamics365
Nonprofit Accelerator and help from
@Wipfli
, they're supporting other nonprofits in their efforts to scale their impact.
.
@OperationSmile
wants to accelerate evaluations and feedback, and ultimately double the number of surgeries it can provide. They are using Microsoft technologies to achieve their mission.
Learn how >
After
#hurricanemaria
hit Puerto Rico, students were left w/o the electricity they needed for their studies. Learn how we worked w/
@NetHope_org
to provide power & internet connectivity to 1 school, 9 months before the grid came back.
#nptech
"Technology allows our people to do what they do best with kids, which is help them have fun, help them have a great experience and ultimately learn and grow.” Rebecca Asmo, CEO of
@BGCA_Clubs
of Columbus
How will tech help your nonprofit in 2018?
"The Microsoft standardized platform & Office 365 enable us to concentrate our scarce ICT resources on other activities rather than managing services themselves." Mads Grandt, ICT ops manager,
@NRC_Norway
Learn how NRC uses Microsoft tech to do more good:
Excited to announce the new
@MSFTDynamics365
Nonprofit Accelerator & Common Data Model built with and for nonprofits. With apps, templates, & connectors this new technology delivers nonprofit solutions of all kinds. We can't wait to see where it takes you!
We're excited to announce that we're partnering with
@blackbaud
,
@AvanadeInc
, and
@thresholdworld
to deliver a suite of apps, templates, and connectors with the new
@MSFTDynamics365
Nonprofit Accelerator, built with and for nonprofits. Learn more:
Last week at
@socinnovation
, our Tech for Social Impact GM
@justinspelhaug
spoke about solving the world's largest issues by sharing the responsibility between sectors & building scalable philanthropic programs that create greater impact.
Watch the video:
With the help of
@Wipfli_LLP
we developed a volunteer management system for
@TeamRubicon
's 80,000 volunteers, to enable them to serve more families and communities in need. Watch the video to learn more:
We know it's the holidays & there's lots of gifts to buy, but we have a great idea! This Giving Tuesday use any-or all-of your Microsoft rewards to give to a nonprofit &
@Microsoft
will match your donation through the end of 2018.
Donate your rewards: .
Unleash new opportunities with data that gives you a 360-degree view of your operations using
@Azure
.
#msftNonprofitTips
Download the
#Azure
Strategy and Implementation Guide eBook:
As a society, we have a responsibility to inspire the next generation of female STEM leaders. This
#IWD2018
, we're calling on everyone to take the first steps in encouraging younger women & girls to pursue STEM careers.
#MakeWhatsNext
Can your organization answer this question: Are we ready to meet increasingly stringent data privacy standards and do we understand the serious penalties for compliance failure that nations and donors continue to demand?
How can
@Azure
extend your impact and turn your ideas into solutions?
Download the Azure Strategy and Implementation Guide eBook to find out:
#msftNonprofitTips
Head of Tech for Social Impact
@justinspelhaug
spent time with
@TeamRubicon
this past week shoveling mud, breaking down debris, and witnessing how technology was used to deploy hundreds of other volunteers to do the same. Read his article:
"We now have the facts to win any argument for nature. We can pinpoint how nature is valuable & where it is valuable, we can make the case accurately, locally & unassailably to protect these resources.” Mark Spalding, PhD
@nature_org
#EarthDay
When Rami, a
@NetHope_org
staff member, first arrived in Puerto Rico after
#HurricaneMaria
, children were sent home early from school w/o power or internet. By the time he left, lights were turning back on & hmwrk was being submitted.
#nptech
PC: NetHope
This
#IWD2018
, we're asking you to become a mentor for at least one young woman. Let's give the next generation more role models in STEM, so they can answer the question of "Can you name any women inventors?" with "Yeah, me."
#MakeWhatsNext
“The Ministry of Health orgs that we partner with want to know the data they share with us is in good hands,” says Annie Michaelis, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Quality Improvement Director
@PIH
. “With
#Office365
&
#Azure
, we can give them that assurance.”
Before the new year we made an exciting announcement.
@Microsoft
committed $10M to ensure that by 2020 teachers in every school have access to
@codeorg
& every state will have passed policies to expand access to computer science.
Read the full story:
Search and earn points, then donate them to nonprofits. We're matching all Microsoft Rewards point donations to select nonprofits dedicated to ensuring all youth are future ready, through 12/31.
#GivingTuesday
Over the next 12 days, use this planning & implementation guidance to reduce your security responsibility & learn how to protect your organization.
#cybersecurity
#nptech
Join us tomorrow to learn how you can best utilize
#office365
and
#azure
to empower your staff. Plus hear how
@OperationSmile
did it, so you can show your ED and board an example of a successful implementation.
Register for this free webinar now:
.
@SecondHarvestCA
faced an exponential increase in food and security needs after
#COVID
-19. With help from
@RedBitDev
, they played match-maker between the surplus of healthy food and those who needed it most 🥗 ↔️ 👫
Watch the video 👇
We're excited to partner with
@TranslatorsWB
to establish a machine translation model to help humanitarians communicate with crisis-affected people in their native languages like Kanuri, ultimately giving those they help a voice in their own futures.
#socialimpact
#nptech
News: We’re partnering with
@Microsoft
Philanthropies to develop language technologies and address humanitarian crises with Gamayun, the language equality initiative:
@Msftnonprofits
#LanguageMatters
The
@metmuseum
has found a new way to make the museum’s collection one of the most accessible, discoverable, and useful on the internet with Microsoft
#Azure
and AI:
With help from Microsoft,
@Peace_Parks
created a Smart Park complete with:
-Devices & censors
-Surveillance systems
-Digital radios
-Vehicle & aerial response trackers
+ 1M sq. kilometers of protected land
Learn more about the Peace Parks story:
We believe in the impact
#nonprofits
can have on the world. Today, we're excited to announce new offers for smaller nonprofits including up to 10 seats free w/
@Microsoft365
Business and the Microsoft Digital Skills Center in partnership with
@TechSoup
:
As part of our ongoing commitment to helping nonprofits with digital transformation, today we're announcing several new solutions, offers, and resources, like
#PowerBI
templates &
#Azure
accelerator packs.
#nptech
#tech4good
Learn more:
We're proud to partner with
@UNICEF
to increase access to digital skills for thousands of displaced young people across the globe. Learn more about the partnership in this blog post from Microsoft Philanthropies CVP,
@maryesnapp
.
#youth2030
Building on our support of the nonprofit sector, we’re committing $35M to double our
@Azure
credits, increase our Windows benefits and add new free services for critical care and first response nonprofits on the frontlines of
#COVID
-19.
Learn more 👉
We have some BIG news: version 2.2 of the
@MSFTDynamics365
Nonprofit Accelerator is now available on AppSource. Our favorite part? Nonprofits can now measure impact and evaluate outcomes based on the
@UN
's
#SDGs
. Find out more 👉
Excited to announce the next version of the
@MSFTDynamics365
Nonprofit Accelerator! This version doubles the size of the common data model & has new sector-specific features designed to drive insights & help nonprofits achieve greater impact.
Learn more:
This partnership w/
@Refugees
will help refugee young people in the Kakuma camp gain the digital skills they need to participate in our global economy. And that's just the beginning. Proud to be partnering with UNHCR on this important work.
#WithRefugees
This
#DayoftheGirl
we’re inspired by Grace and her dedication to empowering young people through digital skills training in the Kakuma refugee camp
@Refugees
@UNRefugeeAgency
.
1.5 billion doses, 146 countries & the largest vaccine rollout in the world ✅
Microsoft's Disaster Response & Tech for Social Impact team collaborated with
@UNICEF
to help enhance & improve security and infrastructure of the COVAX information hub .
Founded in 2000 by a former Olympic speed skater
@RightToPlayIntl
has a mission to unlock the potential in every child with the power of "play."
That includes 1.9M children & 32k coaches + a plan to modernize their infrastructure.
Discover the story: .
Microsoft Cloud for Nonprofit is now generally available with new solutions and capabilities to support the critical work of
#nonprofits
around the 🌎.
Learn how
@NationalForests
is using the ☁️ to protect our crucial grasslands and national forests:
As we remember Dr. King's life, we can all try to do a little more good in the world. Today, Microsoft employees & their families volunteered with
@UnitedWayKC
around the Seattle area to carry forward his message of equality and service to others.
#MLKJrDay
#microsoftlife
Imagine managing a humanitarian crisis without a detailed map of the area affected. That’s where
@hotosm
volunteers and
@Bingmaps
empowered with
#AI
come into action through our AI for Humanitarian Action program.
Amidst these challenging times, it's more important than ever to help nonprofits and IGOs continue to meet the needs of those they serve.
@MicrosoftTeams
is one way to make that happen, so we're providing this service for free for employees & volunteers:
The ability of AI & machine learning offer game-changing technology to assist prosecutors & investigators in protecting human rights.
@Microsoft
is proud to partner with the
@IntlCrimCourt
to help bring to justice those responsible for war crimes.
We're announcing Microsoft Cloud for Nonprofit—an industry-specific solution that brings together trusted ☁️ capabilities of the
@Microsoft
stack aligned to the most common scenarios
#nonprofits
face every day.
Learn more 👉
The
#COVID19
crisis has impacted education for over 1.57 billion students worldwide. To address the need for remote learning, we accelerated the
@UNICEF
Learning Passport – a learning platform powered by
@Microsoft
. Learn more 👇
Our Tech for Social Impact GM
@justinspelhaug
joined some of the most influential innovators and social impact-minded entrepreneurs at
@socinnovation
and talked about how together it's possible to solve the world's greatest challenges.
Watch the video:
.
@Microsoft
has committed $40M over 5 years to support nonprofits & humanitarian organizations working across 4 areas: disaster response, refugees and displaced people, human rights, and the needs of children.
Learn about
#AI
for Humanitarian Action:
Educational opportunities are not equal for youth around the world.
We're proud to partner w/
@UNICEF
to create opportunities like "The Learning Passport," to ensure learning is still possible despite conflict, discrimination, and natural disasters:
Last month
@Microsoft
added pillar
#4
to it's AI for Good programs – AI for Cultural Heritage.
Preserving cultural heritage isn’t something that's solely nice to do, it’s imperative to the well-being of the world’s societies.
Read the
@MSFTIssues
story:
With a single click, advocates can send a text message to hundreds of human trafficking victims, letting them know there's a way out of their current situation. Learn about
@saslavery
's "Freedom Signal" built within Azure and how it's saving lives:
Complete this sentence: The Microsoft Digital Skills Center for Nonprofits...
A) Will take your
@powerpoint
skills to the next level
B) Help you create
@msexcel
spreadsheets like a pro
C) Teach you the ins-and-outs of
@MicrosoftTeams
D) All the above
Correct Answer: D)
We created the "learning passport" digital platform with
@UNICEF
and
@Cambridge_Uni
to allow young people, no matter their situation, to get access to education.
What are 7 other reasons to have hope for a better future for the world's children?
.
@Microsoft
is committed to extending a helping hand of technology 🦾 to
#nonprofits
serving people of color 🖤
Learn more about the Nonprofit Tech Acceleration for Black and African American communities program and how it can help grow your impact 👉🏿
"The refugee crisis is also about ‘us’ – what we, living in far greater comfort, stand for, and how we see our place in the world."
Read more about what our GM of Tech for Social Impact,
@justinspelhaug
has to say about advancing a future for everyone:
We’re proud to be a part of
#WEday
Seattle and welcome all the amazing students who worked hard to make a difference in our communities.
#WEareOne
As
@jennylayfluffy
said, we’re stupid excited about the potential technology has to empower every person on the planet.
Attention partners, nonprofits, and community! The latest update of the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Nonprofit Accelerator is now available on GitHub.
#nptech
This update increases data transparency and operability to help nonprofits achieve their missions:
We're honored to be included in
@Forbes
list of brands leading with purpose and can't wait to see how
#nonprofits
leverage the power of data to fuel change in 2020:
In the spirit of the holiday, we're spreading a little love your way. 💕
Check out our nonprofit technology grants proposal today ➡️
#Nonprofits
#TechForGood
This week
@MakeAWish
celebrates 40 years of granting wishes. Even amidst
#COVID19
their mission to make dreams a reality for critically ill children hasn't slowed down. Wishes are still being granted with help from the
@Microsoft
☁️.
#WorldWishDay
Get the
@Azure
training you need to develop, implement, and architect Azure solutions for your nonprofit.
#nptech
Explore the types of training available:
Microsoft Cloud for Nonprofit is getting powerful new AI tools and capabilities! 📢
Read how they can help nonprofits organizations transform how they achieve their missions: .
Our latest release of Microsoft Cloud for Nonprofit is available now! ✨
Learn all about the new features available for your nonprofit to drive faster solution adoption, improve donation importing, and deepen constituent engagement:
#TechForGood
Download our Nonprofit Guide to Empowering Employees to learn how technology can help unlock employee creativity and productivity to accelerate your mission.
#DigitalSkills
training is not reaching the people who need it most. That’s why we’re expanding partnerships with
#nonprofits
, providing free classes & using our voice on public policy issues to help provide skills to 25 million people.
Learn more ⬇️
Only 3 out of 100 Americans donate blood, yet every two seconds someone like Troy needs it. Join the
@RedCross
#MissingTypes
movement and help fill in the missing types by donating blood.
Troy was 16 when he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Blood and platelet transfusions helped keep him strong enough to beat cancer:
#MissingTypes
Every child deserves a fair chance to build a future. We are proud to partner with
@UNICEFUSA
, so that even in emergencies children will be protected and can learn and build their futures. Learn more and join the
#UNICEFWontStop
movement:
Join our Nonprofit Partner Community Call on June 25th and learn about:
- New whitepapers and research
- Upcoming events and resources
- The NEW Security for Nonprofits play-in-a-box
Register now:
#nptech
Let's build a world where no one else has to make the impossible decision to flee.
This
#WorldRefugeeDay
, see how our partner
@MercyCorps
is making that world a reality (and how you can help!):
During a crisis, there's no time to waste.
The new
@PowerApps
+
@MicrosoftTeams
Crisis Communication template centralizes critical updates and information like:
Work status 📍
World News 📰
Emergency contacts ☎️
Links for support 🔗
Find out more ➡️
Learn about Cynthia's journey from computer science major to
@Microsoft
engineer and how jobs like hers are making a local impact in Nairobi, Kenya.
Watch more:
We’ve been anxious to announce this 🗣️
The Nonprofit Operations Toolkit and v2.3 of the
@MSFTDynamics365
Nonprofit Accelerator are available.
Powered by the CDM, these solutions will help nonprofits modernize operations & evaluate impact.
👉
As part of our commitment to support
#nonprofits
during these challenging times, we've pulled together our best solutions into 1️⃣ single view: everything from how to host virtual events 💻 to setting up Windows Virtual Desktop.
Get the Resource Guide 📄:
Empowering every person and organization on the planet to achieve more = our mission.
Last week at
#MSInspire
our team was honored to celebrate our tech & nonprofit partners who come together to address some of the world's greatest challenges and humanitarian crises.
#nptech
Sometimes technology lights the path towards the future.
@theIRC
is using new
@Surface
devices to help refugees learn digital skills, discover jobs, & access resources like ESL training programs to instill confidence & conviction for what lies ahead:
Participation in
#STEM
clubs or activities makes girls 42% more likely to say they understand the jobs they could have with STEM knowledge.
#MakeWhatsNext
Connecting job seekers with employers committed to skills-based hiring opens doors 🚪 to new opportunities.
#DigitalInclusion
#WorkforceDev
Learn more 👉
"Learn Azure in a Month of Lunches" breaks down the most important
@Azure
concepts into bite-sizes lessons with exercises, labs and project files available in GitHib to help you become a cloud expert over lunch.
#msftNonprofitTips
Get the free eBook:
Nonprofits are at the forefront of advancing equity and fairness in justice reform and today we’re excited to share how the
@Microsoft
Justice Reform Initiative is helping 30 organizations leverage data & tech to accelerate their work. Learn more .
Hear from representatives with
@NRC_Norway
and
@Microsoft
as they introduce Project Sangam, an e-learning platform built on
#Azure
for low-connectivity parts of the world, during this upcoming webinar.
AUG 22 | 8AM PT / 11AM ET
Register:
“Microsoft Teams really helps us to bring people together. You feel part of what’s going on, like you’re in the same room.” Discover how
@MicrosoftTeams
is helping
@BlindVeterans
share their experiences and stay connected.
#MSAccessibilityUK
One home 🏠 for all health data.
In partnership with
@WHO
&
@Avanade
, we’ve come together to develop the World Health Data Hub—a centralized platform that will help access, find & share data to be used for public health benefit around the 🌎
Learn more: