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Benetech and the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Benetech Analyzes Human Rights Data for the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission A Guest Beneblog post by Kristen Cibelli Our team at the Benetech Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) has recently concluded a three-year project with Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission to help clarify Liberia's violent history.

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Benetech Human Rights Data Analysts Uncover Critical Evidence

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The past year of research by HRDAG analysts has supported key criminal prosecutions and uncovered the truth about political violence in Guatemala, Iran, Colombia, Chad and Liberia. Their work illustrates Benetech’s mission to create technology in the service of humanity.

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Funding Innovation for Skoll Social Entrepreneurs

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

As a longtime member of the Skoll community, I prize this week for the opportunity to talk frankly with peers about our biggest mutual challenges. But, many of the others were eager to think through the challenges of adapting this model to their organization, and how it might work well.

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President's Update: Summer 2008

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This means new challenges ahead in scaling Bookshare.org to serve every single student with a print disability in the U.S. We're sure we can do this because our technology allows us to cost-effectively and rapidly scale Bookshare.org. Our newest human rights project is looking closely at the human rights challenges in Darfur.

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The Bots are Here: Leading With Our Humanity in the Age of Automation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Yeshi is part of the family of technologies we call “bots” that includes robots, artificial intelligence, cyborgs and virtual reality. In fact, by becoming experts at frugal innovation , meaning stripped down technologies that are very customer focused, nonprofits can make “bots” affordable and accessible. They include: .

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