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E-Mediat: Reflections from the Conference in Fez, Morocco

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The conference in Morocco was a “tri-lingual event” and was translated into French, English, and Arabic, although the content and instructional design were identical to the event in Jordan. This blog post is a summary of reflections about the instructional design and how NGOs in these countries are becoming Networked NGOs.

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E-Mediat: Social Media and Digital Activism in the Arab World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The highlight of third day was a VIP Lunch with project sponsors, implementation team, and remote participation via skype from members of the In-Country teams in Jordan and Morocco. She identifies four categories and gave examples for each. Check out the full report on the SMEX blog and share your thoughts in comments.

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Meeting the Geeks of Arabia at N2Vlabs Talks in Amman, Jordan

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I’ll be sharing blog posts about my experience here. The program is managed by the Institute of International Education (IIE), and implemented with a coalition of leading new media experts and local and international partners from the public and private sectors. I’m looking out my hotel window at the Dead Sea in Jordan.

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E-Mediat: Day 2 – The Networked NGO in the Arab World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Each topic introduced a framework and story, and was followed by discussion and activities to identify examples in the Arab world and or determine whether the principle was relevant. The Team from Tunisia identified Sawty as an example of a networked nonprofit in Tunisia, while the Lebanon Team pointed to Nasawiya.

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Celebrate International Women’s Day

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Widad El Hanafi,Country Director, Morocco, @woodalisa. Al-Mallahi, Training Coordinator, @dalmallahi. Nada Hamzeh, Country Directory, Lebanon, @NADO23. Mona Messlmany, Training Coordinator, Lebanon, @MonaSul. Chema Gargouri, Country Director, Tunisia, @chemagarcat.

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What can you learn by visualizing your Twitter network?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The first day of training is this Sunday and we’ll be covering networked approaches for NGOs and social media trainers. The participants include in-country teams from six different countries: Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.

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Data Digest: Open Data for Africa Platform, Silent Data Revolution in MENA and Data Strategies

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A silent data revolution in the Arab World This World Bank blog post by Paolo Verme explains how the 2011 Arab Revolution also led to a lesser recognised cultural revolution with regard to open data. Some examples of NGOs using data visualization to tell important stories are also given. Open Source data NetSquared big data'