Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 22, 2006

Protecting Guatemala's National Police Historical Archive A Guest Blog By Ann Harrison Benetech Communications Director Since 2003, Benetech's Martus information management software has helped human rights activists create encrypted databases and back up their data remotely to their choice of publicly available servers.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Calgary, Alberta: Evening on Data Ethics. Ottawa, Ontario: Review Progress on Data Analysis Projects. Boston, Massachusetts: Tech Networks of Boston Roundtable: Building an Effective Data Culture at Your Nonprofit. Buffalo, New York: Essential Data Management. Sweet Briar, Virginia: Using Data to Reach Your Audience.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Guatemala: Visita del Cluster de TICs de Chiapas Mexico. Bagels & Bytes discussed the Windows XP Migration; File Transfer & Cloud Storage; Donor Management Databases and more at their February meeting. Portland, OR: Volunteer meet and greet and help steer the rest of 2014 events. Sunday, March 2. Monday, March 3.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Boston, Massachusetts: DataBasic Intro Workshop — Learn 3 New Tools for Finding Stories in Data. Yaoundé, Cameroon: Empowering Cameroonians to Accelerate Open Data, Open Access, and Open Education. Guatemala City, Guatemala: #Tecday2015 del #CampusTec. Houston, Texas: NetSquared Holiday Party!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

These documents, officially known as the significant acts database (SIGACTS), add new insights to the ongoing debate on how many casualties have occurred in Iraq since the beginning of the war. In a commendable effort, they are recoding the SIGACTS data to correct coding errors and in order to match it with their own database.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 19, 2009

This type of documentation is often a critical step in the large-scale data analysis projects conducted by Benetech’s Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) in partnership with human rights organizations. My first presentation discussed principles of documentation, developing databases, and analysis.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 13, 2011

Working with groups that range from front-line activists to truth commissions and war crimes tribunals, we’re using databases, data security and statistical analyses to realize positive change. Our team is helping activists and organizations worldwide ensure that the truth matters.

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