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Last time I looked there wasn't a UI method.

There is, however, an API for dashboard contact which you could use.  You would need to know the contact IDs and the Dashlet IDs.

In PHP, it would be something like

$params = array(
  'version' => 3,
  'dashboard_id' => #, //replace with dashboard ID
  'contact_id' => # //replace with contact ID
);
$result = civicrm_api('DashboardContact', 'create', $params);

Or if you prefer you could use civicrm/bin/import and civicrm/bin/export

Or thinking about it, the above idea combined with API csv Import GUI probably provides a GUI way to do this -   https://civicrm.org/extensions/api-csv-import-gui

Please let us know how you get on

Last time I looked

Seems like things have changed since the last time I looked

http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/hook_civicrm_dashboard_defaults

Admittedly, this is not a setting, but this hook may also be useful for you.