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Recruiting Geeks for Human Rights!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Check out recent press coverage of our work, featuring the head of our human rights team, Dr. Patrick Ball, in Foreign Policy magazine and NPR's On The Media. Write technical descriptions of HRP methods and projects at many levels of detail for academic publications, white papers, grant applications, grant reports, and internal documentation.

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Does Your Nonprofit Have A Social Media Work Flow?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

” It requires more than having a social media policy in place, although that is the first step no doubt. For example, you could lead a brainstorming session based on a realistic scenario of potential crisis and then have the team brainstorm and white board each of these elements. Engage in public/private channel.

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Museum Photo Policies Should Be as Open as Possible

Museum 2.0

While doing research, I found myself digging back into old arguments on museum listservs about photo policies and I want to add my two (very opinionated) cents on this. To me, an open photo policy is a cornerstone of any institution that sees itself as a visitor-centered platform for participatory engagement.

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What Are Best Practices for Managing Teleworkers?

Tech Soup

As government agencies begin to implement telework policies, managers are new to managing remote employees and challenged to avoid. In a recent white paper, Best Practices for Managing Teleworkers: Changing Attitudes, Changing Ways (registration required), analysts from Frost and Sullivan discuss practical steps managers can.

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Unlocking Data for Philanthropy: Notes from Global Philanthropy Forum Session

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They use big data to gather time-sensitive information so their programs can act quickly, for policy change, but how to make this a reality for more in the sector. ” But he emphasized that Big Data has a role in public good, but we need a way to convert it into useful data. Data has to be framed with this.

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Gobs and Gobs of Data: Strategies for Visualizing and Sharing Policy Content

NTEN

Policy-oriented organizations have long produced dizzying amounts of statistical content. In the past, rows and rows of data would die a quick death in thick policy reports or inscrutable spreadsheets. At the heart of most issue-focused policy and research is data analysis. Kurt Voelker, Forum One Communications.

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Data and Storytelling: 6 Ways to Use Data to Move Your Mission

NTEN

It's locked in white papers, policy briefs, and fact sheets. CUP is a New York City based organization that educates and informs the public, educators, and policy makers to help them make smarter urban growth decisions. It's hidden away in project output reports and research excel files.

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