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The First Global Martus Users Group Meeting

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I have led Martus outreach and training for the past 4 years and worked with human rights defenders all over the world, but because of the project-specific nature of our work, I interact with each of our partners separately. And, support from the Open Society Foundation made this event possible!

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International Human Rights Day 2011

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In the case of J-FLAG, Martus enables the organization to protect the identity of victims of abuse who come forward to tell their stories, to secure the information from their interviews, to report on the types of crimes documented, and to aggregate evidence for future court proceedings. We’re so excited to embark upon this new project!

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The Journey of the Spiritual Activist: An Interview with Marisa Handler

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Below is an edited transcript from a September 5th phone interview with Marisa for the Big Vision Podcast. It is a memoir; it's non-fiction, but with a project like that, you choose what you put in, and I had my whole life and the many experiences I've had on many different continents to select from. It was really wonderful.

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Kiva on FRONTLINE World & the Big Vision Podcast

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I just posted my interview with Jessica Jackley Flannery on the Big Vision Podcast. Jessica has worked in rural Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda with the Village Enterprise Fund and Project Baobab on impact evaluation and program development. Full disclosure: I'm friends with the Editor for FRONTLINE World, David Ritsher.

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President's Update: Summer 2008

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We are poised to grow not only Bookshare.org, but all of our projects. The project has been so successful at raising student reading skills that they hope to provide similar services to their non-disabled students as well. Miradi Bookshare.org isn't our only project undergoing significant growth. We've just launched Miradi.

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NpTech Tag: Roundups from and about Facebook and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Many blogs, like the Razoo blog , went red on Thursday as part of Free Burma: International Bloggers Day. Why not join, upload your logo in the photo pool, and write a wall post promoting your latest your Facebook project! For more on that topic, read the excellent interview with Carie Lewis of the HSUS here. more about it here.

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NpTech Tag Summary: NpTech Slide Decks, Twitter Saves Children, and Visualizing Information for Advocacy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Ethan Zuckerman gives a summary of Pros/Cons of facebook Activism , a presentation by Imran Jamal and the Burma Global Action Network. Check this recent interview to learn more about Jonathan's secrets to using social media tools for success. The NpTech Tag started as an experimental community tagging project in 2005.

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