Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 10, 2013

For example, Benetech’s recent analysis for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights—using information from six databases compiled by Syrian human rights monitors and one database collected by the Syrian government—found that at least 60,000 people have been killed in Syria’s civil war.

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Profit Data SWF Syria 171

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 4, 2014

Best Use of Interactive Technology – The Tenement Museum – The Tenement Museum needed a system that could collect visitor information for future follow up while making the booking process easy and seamless, both online and onsite. Read the case study.

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Case Study Syria Award Nashville 45

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Best Use of Interactive Technology – The Tenement Museum – The Tenement Museum needed a system that could collect visitor information for future follow up while making the booking process easy and seamless, both online and onsite. Read the case study.

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Case Study Syria Blackbaud API 41

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 30, 2011

In the closing session, El-Fatah noted that he had just gotten an email saying that two of his friends had just been killed in Syria. This has significant implications for database developers who must create tools that do not distort the information being captured or mislead decision makers with flawed analytics.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 19, 2009

Over 8 weeks this last fall, I had the privilege of working with NGOs from Afghanistan, Cambodia, Iraq, Lebanon and Syria, in a series of trainings that took place in Phnom Penh, Beirut and Istanbul. My first presentation discussed principles of documentation, developing databases, and analysis.

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