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Protecting Guatemala's National Police Historical Archive

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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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Improve Your Fundraising Approach and Skills at NetSquared Meetups

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A Free Database Tool from Google. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Pechakucha Guatemala — Historias Digitales Vol. Sweet Briar, Virginia: Using Data to Reach Your Audience. Friday, October 20, 2017. West Chester, Ohio: Southwest Ohio Give Camp. Monday, October 23, 2017. Austin, Texas: Engaging the Millennial Donor.

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Nonprofit Technology Meetings In Your Community

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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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A NetSquared Happy Holidays

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Boston, Massachusetts: DataBasic Intro Workshop — Learn 3 New Tools for Finding Stories in Data. Guatemala City, Guatemala: #Tecday2015 del #CampusTec. Tuesday, December 8, 2015. Houston, Texas: NetSquared Holiday Party! San Francisco, California: SFN2's 2015 Meet, Mingle, and Make Merry Holiday Happy Hour!

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Wikileaks War Data Reveal Underreporting of Iraqi Civilian Casualties

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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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Training Afghani NGOs in Cambodia

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Panelists at the conference included the Guatemala Forensic Anthropology Foundation (FAFG), Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), ICTJ, and DC-Cam. My first presentation discussed principles of documentation, developing databases, and analysis. Each of us drew on case studies and lessons learned from our own work.

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Benetech: President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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.