Microsoft Launches "7 Ways to Change the World"

Today at the Business for Social Responsibility Conference in San Francisco, Pamela Passman, corporate vice president of Microsoft Global Corporate Affairs, announced “7 Ways to Change the World,” a new online competition to celebrate the general availability of Windows 7 tomorrow, and the power of technology to help change the world.

The competition challenges people to share their idea about how a new PC could help a nonprofit, school or non-governmental organization (NGO) to make an even greater impact in the world. People can submit a short video explaining or illustrating their suggestion at www.7waystochangetheworld.com. The 7 people with the best submissions, as chosen by the judges, will each win a new PC running Windows 7. Each winner's chosen community organization will receive a $7,000 grant from Microsoft.

Winners will be announced beginning Nov 16. More information is available by:
• Visiting the competition website: http://www.7waystochangetheworld.com
• Following the latest news on the competition via Twitter and Facebook

Also, Microsoft is announcing a special opportunity for non-profit organizations and NGOs to request donations of Windows 7 upgrades at http://www.techsoup.org/go/windows7.

The competition and the program with TechSoup are two of many initiatives Microsoft has to provide NGOs with access to software, knowledge, and best practices. For more information on how Microsoft believes technology can transform the ability for NGOs to advance social and economic opportunity, please see the recently published whitepaper: Technology to Advance Social and Economic Development.