Customer story: Special Olympics


The Special Olympics, a global nonprofit that celebrates differences and promotes acceptance, inclusion, and healthy competition, is using technology to achieve more. The organization uses the Microsoft Cloud to track and access data for nearly 5 million athletes in 170 countries. Cloud technology has freed up innumerable hours that have been reinvested to empower athletes and change the world.

Customer story: Miral


An Abu Dhabi leisure company, Miral, recently embarked on a digital transformation journey to make Yas Island a top travel destination. With Microsoft Cloud technology, the company is using data insights to understand customer behavior and to create seamless and personalized customer experiences.

Making the Shift to a Modern Desktop with Microsoft 365

Making the shift to a modern desktop helps your nonprofit customers foster a highly secure workspace, empowered by the latest productivity, teamwork, and collaboration experiences. Download “Making the Shift to a Modern Desktop with Microsoft 365” for the step-by-step guidance on making the shift to a modern desktop. Contact us today for more information on empowering your workforce.

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Seven tips to manage your mental health and well-being during the COVID-19 outbreak

We’re living in extraordinary times—there’s no denying that for most people around the world, life is different since the introduction of the coronavirus. These are increasingly stressful times, yet humans have persevered throughout history. It’s what we do, how we’re designed. Besides our press-on spirit, never before have we been so well-equipped with tools to help us through this challenge.

Clinical psychologist Desiree Dickerson shares her professional insight on best ways we can take care of ourselves in her article, “Seven Tips to Manage Your Mental Health and Well-being During the COVID-19 Outbreak.” One of Dickerson’s tips is to manage expectations. Routines are changing, and while some people might have more time to increase productivity, many others will experience new challenges: “Difficulty concentrating, low motivation and a state of distraction are to be expected,” states Dickerson. She cautions to “not underestimate the cognitive and emotional load” that COVID-19 brings. Adapting to a new rhythm—one that includes remote work and fewer real-time connections—will take patience and effort. Read Dickerson’s entire article for suggestions on taking care of your mental well-being during this difficult time.

We think this is a topic that every person should discuss–please consider sharing this article with organizations, neighbors, friends—everybody could benefit.

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Series trailer: Innovating the future


Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. The focus is typically on innovation, imagination, and alternative perspectives—all of which result in groundbreaking ideas and projects. Right now, Microsoft’s focus is offering assistance to people and organizations in the midst of the COVID-19 situation.

CEO Satya Nadella acknowledges the need for everyone who is able, to step up: “No one company is going to solve a challenge like this alone, and it’s going to take the private and public sectors working together to turn the tide on COVID-19,” he wrote in an email to employees. He added that the corporation views its responsibilities seriously, and that it will continue to use the tools and digital capabilities to address the widespread challenges.

It’s inspiring to see how so many organizations and individuals have determined ways in which they can help humankind. They are empowering others to achieve more—and right now, that means helping others operate while their daily lives are drastically altered.

Watch this short video. What types of alternative perspectives can help us during this disruption? Are innovation and imagination more valued now than ever before?