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The First Global Martus Users Group Meeting

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Guest Beneblog by Vijaya Tripathi The first ever Martus users group meeting took place earlier this month in Chiang Mai, the capital of Northern Thailand. All of us at Benetech felt that it was absolutely essential to once again rely on our user community as we plan how to utilize these limited resources most effectively.

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How Nonprofits Practice Continuous Improvement

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’m just back from spending a week in Bangkok, Thailand at the IFC-ASIA: Ecosystems for Good. More importantly, it can avoid replicating mistakes or activities that don’t work and are a waste of resources. I’m just back from spending a week in Bangkok, Thailand at the IFC-ASIA: Ecosystems for Good.

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Vietnam and Indonesia Join TechSoup Asia’s Growing Family

Tech Soup

They are all part of TechSoup Asia , which serves charities in the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand — and now Vietnam and Indonesia. The Center was established in 2007 by the Vietnam Scientific Association for Development of Talents, Human Resources. All people deserve equal access to opportunities.

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NpTech Summary: Red T-Shirt Day - Supporting Monks, YouTube Nonprofit Channel, and Web2forDev Conference Reports

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He will be bringing equipment and provide skills training to the first Community Access television station in Ghana. This group is an international network of people interested in e-learning, is organizing a trip to Thailand and Laos. Many individuals tag hundreds of resources each week.

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Big News in Benetech's Human Rights Program: New Funding and Enhanced Tools!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

On this front, we will collaborate with Internews , which will leverage its 30 years of rights-promoting fieldwork around the world to expand the use of Martus by including it in the suite of digital security tools they train on. Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) to realize some of those possibilities.

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7 Nonprofits Leading the Fight Against Human Trafficking

Saleforce Nonprofit

At AnnieCannons, an anti-human trafficking organization, they transform survivors of human trafficking into software professionals through a holistic program that trains and equips survivors to independently support themselves and their families. Data collected from the helpline using Service Cloud will paint a picture of the U.K.’s

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Preventing Human Trafficking: An Interview with Christina Arnold

Have Fun - Do Good

We lecture, and we're also trainers with the US Attorney's Office, so we've given trainings to police on how to identify victims of trafficking. One of the ideas that they came up with, which they started years ago with the Population Community Development Association of Thailand, was to have village banks. It started out small.