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Benetech Human Rights Data Analysts Uncover Critical Evidence

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In 2010, Benetech’s Human Rights Data Analysis Group examined once hidden government documents from Guatemala and Chad that provided key evidence needed to hold former national leaders and security forces accountable for human rights violations. Guzmán’s testimony was based on HRDAG’s analysis of the 31.7

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Collaborative BRIDGE Project Makes Big Progress Toward Sharing Crucial Information Worldwide

Tech Soup

This article was authored by Chad McEvoy; it is a cross-post of an article originally published on the BRIDGE blog. As always, if you have any questions or would like to learn more, please feel free to contact the BRIDGE project manager, Chad McEvoy at cmcevoy [at] globalgiving [dot] org. Next Steps Toward Public Use. Special Thanks.

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Second Life: Issue Awareness Raising Campaigns

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

" He goes on to offer some advice: Get to know the community first. According to my colleague Rik Riel, this campaign is sponsored by the Spanish NGO Mensajeros de la Paz , which is leveraging various new media to draw attention to their work. "Don't forget the real world" contains such a superior, pejorative tone.

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Nonprofit Technology News: The Demise of Facebook Causes and Cloud Storage for Charities

Tech Soup

” To be fair, Causes describes the acquisition as a new chapter for the Causes community. These organizations house data for a combined total of three million NGOs worldwide. Chad McEvoy of Global Giving is the BRIDGE project manager. Perhaps demise is too strong a word, then. Salesforce1 for Nonprofits just just launched.

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Supporting Nonprofit Tech Educators Across the Globe

Tech Soup

This remarkable cohort of 250 community builders are hosting monthly free workshops and networking events in more than 74 cities, and they're doing it entirely as volunteers. At each event, we're helping to build and sustain a self-supporting community of practice for tech-minded nonprofit staffers. Please join NTEN (and me!)