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

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Activists have been asked to entrust proprietary tools with life and death information, and have learned recently how much that trust has been violated. Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) to realize some of those possibilities.

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Thrivability: A Collaborative Sketch

Amy Sample Ward

Thrivability is our path out of unsustainable practices toward a world where all people have a high quality of life, a voice, and a nurturing earth supporting them. Using whole systems approach, we evolve our way of being together, of collaborating, so that our collective wisdom and action bring forth a flourishing world and thriving life.

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Celebrate Community Storytelling

Tech Soup

She studied the German, Czech, and Spanish languages and has lived and traveled extensively throughout Europe and Asia, including Spain, Germany, the Czech Republic, Laos, Vietnam, and Thailand. Participate virtually at the Aloft Nonprofit Commons Drive-In Theater in Second Life. Dress snazzy if you like, to be red-carpet ready.

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Increasing Accessible Publishing Globally

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The November 2012 General Assembly took place in Bangkok, Thailand. But this is a critical and hopeful moment where technology and massive industry shifts make it possible to end the constant catch-up effort that limits access and dominates the day-to-day life of so many consumers and professionals.

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Video Blogging from Cambodia

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Ryanne Hodson and Jay Dedman were in Cambodia and are in Thailand right now. I love what they did - it really brings the programs to life. Click to Play. They are traveling with Christina Arnold from Project Hope to document her project. Here's the backstory about how they got there, etc.

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Creating a Movement, Addressing Inequality

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She spent half of her senior year traveling the world again, backpacking through places like Indonesia, Thailand, and Southeast Asia. She realized that the life she had was much more privileged than most, even though she would be considered by many in the United States as a broke student just getting started in her career.

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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. Kopernik technology marketplace is a Bali, Indonesia-based online marketplace of innovative, life-changing technologies designed for the developing world.