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President's Update: Summer 2008

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Benetech's newest project is a software tool called Miradi that helps environmental practitioners design, manage, monitor and learn from their projects to more effectively meet the needs of global biodiversity. Our work in Liberia, funded by the State Department in support of the Truth Commission (TRC) continues.

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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

Climate Reality did this by building a Facebook chatbot designed to educate supporters and build the organization’s email list to sign up for action alerts. For example, in Liberia, the bot asked 13,000 young people if teachers at their schools were exchanging grades for sex. You read more about designing a pilot here ).

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Sheroes You Should Know: Inspiring Stories for #WomensHistoryMonth

EveryAction

Before her historic flight, Jemison served as a Peace Corps Medical Officer in Sierra Leone and Liberia, where she oversaw the medical system that serviced Peace Corps and U.S. French fashion designer and business woman Coco Chanel did much more than make clothing. Embassy personnel. Nellie Bly. Coco Chanel.

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