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Today\u2019s buzz: Giving. Your company is continually pressured to help locals less fortunate via cash, clothing, food, toys donations. Giving is good, right? What if you expand that generosity worldwide to effect social change by supporting nonprofits and NGOs through localized, company-sponsored giving and volunteer campaigns? The experts speak. Akhtar Badshah, Microsoft: \u201cPassion is overrated! Mobilizing and powering social change requires far more than the passion of an individual and the simplistic notion of a technology solution.\u201d Chris Worman, TechSoup: \u201cThanks to... social media, we are witnessing the rapid decentralization and democratization of authority. Reconciling this shift to less formal, yet powerful citizen-driven models, with traditional civil society, keeps me up at night.\u201d Nish Pangali, SAP: \u201cGo into the world and do well. But more importantly, go into the world and do good.\u201d (Minor Myers Jr.) Join us for their insights on Tech Donations: Transforming NGOs & NPOs \u2013 Part 1