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A Technology Assessment Connects Intention and Ability

.orgSource

Periodic technology assessments guarantee that those resources are in good order to deliver on the ambitious goals you’ve set. However, the last two years demonstrated that a hidden technology deficit can have devastating consequences. Put Safety First As technology grows more sophisticated, so do hackers.

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Doing the Right Stuff Right for Human Rights

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Although reports of the massacre appeared in the United States, Salvadoran army and government leaders denied them and, all too soon, El Mozote was forgotten. The human rights technology we eventually built and that anchors our Program— Martus —has since played a crucial role in strengthening the human rights community.

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How to Make Analytics a Priority – Finally!

Association Analytics

Start by assessing and documenting the current state of your data. Infrastructure stability – with all of your data stored in a data warehouse, it makes switching your other technology platforms easier as you don’t have to be concerned with losing, or not having access to, data from those platforms. This is not a long process.

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Benetech: President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Our team has been thinking hard about scaling positive social impact of technology work. I want to unveil several of these new initiatives, as well as sneaking in some of the incredible things happening in our core programs in literacy and human rights. and James L. and James L. Read2Go Bookshare goes mobile!

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CEO’s Update: Fall 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

My personal goal is to channel the aspirations of the technology community to do more social good. More and more of my time is spent around both raising money and raising awareness of how much more could be done with technology to increase social impact. Are you excited about technology benefiting the world?

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How Digital Democracy Empowers Marginalized Communities

Tech Soup

One finalist's pitch was: "We have buy-in from the community, we have rich networks on the ground, and we are building on pre-existing technologies." Empowering Marginalized Communities Using Technology. Dd's mission is "to empower marginalized communities to use technology to defend their rights."

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Human Rights Trainings in Nigeria

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Over the past few years, I have seen human rights groups become much more sophisticated about how they use technology to document human rights abuses. Martus is used around the world by human rights workers, attorneys, journalists, government officials and others who need to protect their data and the people they work with.

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