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International Human Rights Day 2011

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In the case of J-FLAG, Martus enables the organization to protect the identity of victims of abuse who come forward to tell their stories, to secure the information from their interviews, to report on the types of crimes documented, and to aggregate evidence for future court proceedings. We’re so excited to embark upon this new project!

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The Journey of the Spiritual Activist: An Interview with Marisa Handler

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Below is an edited transcript from a September 5th phone interview with Marisa for the Big Vision Podcast. There has been a lot of questioning in myself about why it is, and how is this that I'm now studying fiction when there is so much more out there that's "real" to tackle. It was really wonderful.

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NpTech Tag Summary: NpTech Slide Decks, Twitter Saves Children, and Visualizing Information for Advocacy

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Ethan Zuckerman gives a summary of Pros/Cons of facebook Activism , a presentation by Imran Jamal and the Burma Global Action Network. Check this recent interview to learn more about Jonathan's secrets to using social media tools for success. The NpTech Tag started as an experimental community tagging project in 2005.

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Day 1: Connecting Up Conference: Brisbane, Australia

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What if we were to audio and video record interviews with politicians and put them on the web? Disaster Relief: Described their efforts for Tsunami and Katrina and mentioned efforts for Burma and China. " from a study by two Australian researchers. What if networked better and created stronger communities of practice?

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President's Update: Summer 2008

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We are poised to grow not only Bookshare.org, but all of our projects. The project has been so successful at raising student reading skills that they hope to provide similar services to their non-disabled students as well. Miradi Bookshare.org isn't our only project undergoing significant growth. We've just launched Miradi.

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Preventing Human Trafficking: An Interview with Christina Arnold

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I interviewed Christina for the Big Vision Podcast last month. Christina Arnold: My name is Christina Arnold, and I'm the founder of Prevent Human Trafficking, formerly Project Hope International. Since this collaborative project has been in place, only one person has left the village. In a year, that's pretty outstanding.

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Bringing Women a Global Voice: Jensine Larsen, World Pulse

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You can listen to my interview with Jensine on the Big Vision Podcast website, or on iTunes. From there, I ended up going to the Burma-Thai border and working with women refugees who had fled the ethnic cleansing under the Burmese dictatorship. I actually started out with International Studies, and more academic.

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