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The First Global Martus Users Group Meeting

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The meeting wasn’t only about technical improvements, though attendees were incredibly enthusiastic and detailed in discussing changes that would have greatest impact in their day-to-day and long-term project goals. How would that change the flow of data into Martus and allow our partners to secure and manage more data than ever before?

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Doing the Right Stuff Right for Human Rights

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Ten years later, our strategy has proven its worth and Martus is an initiative that captures the essence of Benetech’s focus on creating positive social change through technology and on doing the right stuff right—two of the Seven Benetech Truths.

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NpTech Summary: Red T-Shirt Day - Supporting Monks, YouTube Nonprofit Channel, and Web2forDev Conference Reports

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by Villoks Many people around the world are supporting the Monks in Burma by wearing red t-shirts today or participating in vigils like this one in Cambodia outside the Burma embassy. So, while it may very difficult to find Internet content from Burma, it is getting onto the Internet.

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Four Steps to Ease You Into Social Web Activism

Have Fun - Do Good

Networking for Change. Here are four steps to ease you into using the social web for social change. On September 28th you could have uploaded a photo of yourself wearing a red shirt to Flickr to show your solidarity with the monks in Burma as part of Red Shirt Day for Burma/Birma/ Myanmar. Take 'em one at a time.

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Beijing 2008 Olympics Potential Catalyst for Human Rights

Have Fun - Do Good

The US Campaign for Burma is asking for a boycott of the Games: "China is paralyzing UN Security Council action on Burma. points out that the Olympics' start date, August 8, 2008, is the, "the 20th anniversary of the massacre of peaceful democracy activists in Burma." Requests for change are coming from within China as well.

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International Human Rights Day 2011

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The Benetech Human Rights Program (HRP) is hard at work to ensure that technology and science best meet the needs of human rights defenders in these critical times.

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Steve Bridger › Colalife: make it real

Steve Bridger

Redesigning Charity for the Digital Age Skip to content Home More about Steve Bridger UK Charities Twitter 100 Colalife: make it real This neat little video is part of Colalife’s submission to Google’s Project 10 to the 100th - a call for ideas to change the world.

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