Q&A : Keynote Session - Aruna Roy

Why do you think even with a 3 paid volunteering days leaves in Microsoft, only 60% employees volunteer?

What do you think stops people from volunteering?

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AMBA has taken technology to adults with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities using a copyrighted curriculum to do backend functional computing meeting SLAs across 25 states in India…80% in rural India…40% are now women.

Backend work within backlog of data processing and backend Camera based AI; AI and ML for agriculture etc

With rural being our forte…how can we encourage clients to put their faith in this vulnerable community? Given an opportunity…they deliver!

What after AI? We need volunteers to understand and help AMBA understand and create strategies…so we a more prepared than we were when Global automation hit us!

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How can we include girls from rural area for digital skilling with remote work set up so that they can earn a sustainable livelihood after the digital skilling. I understand Microsoft has a program , help us know how we can know more on that. Neelam Pathak Rozgar Dhaba

How is Microsoft measuring volunteering year on year in the organization? Are there parameters to measure success in volunteering at Microsoft and a benchmark practice in the industry ?

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How does Microsoft think about making sure the volunteering opportunities for your teams are truly helpful for your nonprofit partners?

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How we can connect corporate volunteering to academic volunteering as it might set the volunteering ball rolling early in one’s career

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What if the leaders in corporate are not inclined towards volunteering engagement and making a difference . What an NGO can do in this case.

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It’s commendable that Microsoft has implemented a program offering 3 days of paid time off for volunteering, with 60% employee participation—a remarkable achievement.
Typically, What opportunities employee pick during these day how do they opt for these opportunities

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What kind of strategy Microsoft doing to invite more employees in Volunteering programs? Normally the registration for volunteering event was high but the participation rate was low. Can you please provide your input for improving the participation rate in volunteering programs?

Thanks,
Jayaprakash
DXC Technology

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As Irina mentioned that AI and Cloud are great levers in scaling. India Welfare Trust and WeDoGood is hosting a session on Leveraging AI Tools for Not for profits next week, where you can learn on how your organisation can leverage the same.

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Are corporates interested in advocacy spaces kind of volunteering to apply their skills? Are they interested to volunteer for an impact or do one time volunteering more than long term volunteering?

How NGO can contribute to corporate volunteer as most of the corporate has their own foundation

How Microsoft supports it’s volunteering partners in archiving the shared outcomes? For example when the volunteers are unable to find time to commit to the program specially when it is a long term commitment.

We understand corporates have a lot of skills that can help and contribute, however it is seen the foremost requirement on the ground is for basic necessities.

How do you propose we strike a balance between leveraging corporate skills and addressing these fundamental needs?

Are there any examples of young people in universities, schools, etc. and corporate employees volunteering together? Do you know of any corporates whose programs are open to youth participation?