Forget donating technology or throwing money at philanthropic programs. One of the leading technology companies is rolling out
yet another corporate social responsibility program on a global scale. Microsoft’s
YouthSpark program could become one of the great skills and job training successes of this decade. With its $500 million dedicated to boost the skills of up to 300 million youths worldwide, young people across the world who are disengaged because of a sluggish global economy could find some hope. Whether they use Skype In The Classroom, leverage Microsoft’s suite of developer and programming tools or find ways to link up with entrepreneurs, investors or mentors, YouthSpark is picking up where other institutions are failing.
Read the entire article, one of my latest this week on
Guardian Sustainable Business.
Image courtesy
Microsoft YouthSpark.
About The Author
Leon Kaye
Leon Kaye is the founder and editor of GreenGoPost.com and its advisory division,
GGP Media.
Contact him to discuss how he can work with your organization or event.
His focus is making the business case for sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR).
He writes for San Francisco-based
Triple Pundit,
Inhabitat and now
The Guardian, for which he writes about corporate responsibility, water, and green building. He has also written for AIA's
Architect Magazine.
Leon works out of Fresno and Silicon Valley, California, and when he has free time, he enjoys hiking, gardening, cooking, weightlifting, and planning his next trip to one of the 60 countries he has visited. He has an MBA from USC's Marshall School of Business and is also a proud graduate of the University of Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC) and Cal State-Fresno.
Forget donating technology or throwing money at philanthropic programs. One of the leading technology companies is rolling out yet another corporate social responsibility program on a global scale. Microsoft’s YouthSpark program could become one of the great skills and job training successes of this decade. With its $500 million dedicated to boost the skills of up to 300 million youths worldwide, young people across the world who are disengaged because of a sluggish global economy could find some hope. Whether they use Skype In The Classroom, leverage Microsoft’s suite of developer and programming tools or find ways to link up with entrepreneurs, investors or mentors, YouthSpark is picking up where other institutions are failing.
Read the entire article, one of my latest this week on Guardian Sustainable Business.
Image courtesy Microsoft YouthSpark.
