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Benetech Statistician Megan Price talks to local ASA chapter

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Guest Beneblog by Megan Price I recently had the opportunity to present several of HRP’s projects to the local San Francisco chapter of the American Statistical Association (SFASA). Specifically, I presented the audience with the following questions: Were acts of genocide committed against the Mayan people in Guatemala?

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Your Local Tech4Good Club Is Ready to Help

Tech Soup

Diversity — how to make sure the organizing team, presenters, attendees, and content are inclusive and reflective of the community. Troubleshooting online and in-person — pivoting conversations, interrupting, encouraging conversation, covering if the presenter doesn't show, etc. The workshops topics included.

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NetSquared Local Events: Week of July 1

Tech Soup

NetSquared Local is growing! We challenge you to join a NetSquared Local group or start your own ! We challenge you to join a NetSquared Local group or start your own ! What have NetSquared Local groups been up to recently? Philadelphia, PA: Social Presentations: Evolving Past PowerPoint. Event Reports.

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NetSquared Local Events in the First Half of August

Tech Soup

Find your local #nptech tribe by joining a NetSquared Local group. Guatemala: Feria de Tecnologia aplicada a Turismo / Inguat. Don’t have a local NetSquared Local group? What have NetSquared Local groups been up to recently? What is a social presentation ? Don’t be afraid! Event Reports.

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International Human Rights Day 2011

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

HRP members produced scientifically sound analysis that is advancing the process of legal justice in Guatemala. In a recent blog post , I described how HRP statistician Daniel Guzmán’s expert testimony in a breakthrough legal case against two former police officers helped score a remarkable victory in the fight to end impunity in Guatemala.

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10 Nonprofits to Support on World Humanitarian Day

EveryAction

Their work spans the globe, including promoting the work of a vegetable and chicken farmer in Vietnam , providing financial support to nearly 2,000 families participating in soil conservation projects in Guatemala , and building sanitation facilities in Somalia. million cases in 1986 to 25 present day. Women's Refugee Commission.

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Seeds for a Future

ASU Lodestar Center

The observations presented in this blog post deal with some of the things we have learned while founding and then running a small community development NGO in an indigenous Guatemala village of about 1,500 families, called Chocolá. We consulted the Guatemala NGO Network in Antigua for guidance and attorney/accountant referrals.