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Some Reflections About Civil Society 2.0 and Why I’m Not On A Plane To Tunisia Right Now

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The post I had originally planned to publish before leaving on a plane for Tunis, Tunisia was going to be all The Women’s Enterprise for Sustainability (WES) , funded through the U.S. Needless to say, I’m sad about what is taking place in the region and disappointed that my trip to Tunisia has been rescheduled.

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

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Both conference marked the end of an 18-month capacity building program that trained more than 220 NGOs in Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia on how to use social media effectively to advance civil society goals. See the above video, created by team in Tunisia, which summarizes the program.) My translator is asking me to slow down.

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E-Mediat: Social Media Capacity Building for NGOs in the Arab World

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I started work on the E-Mediat project over a year ago. The project is training 300 NGOs in Jordan , Lebanon , Tunisia , Morocco , and other Arab countries to become networked ngos and use social media for civil society goals. A true public/private partnership, the funding partners include Microsoft and craiglist Charitable Fund.

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Celebrate International Women’s Day

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I’m honored to be working on some social media capacity projects to assist NGOs that are supporting women’s issues – from a learning exchange for Packard Foundation Grantees in Pakistan to a Women’s Leadership Network in Africa to the e-mediat that is working with many NGOs that support women and girls in the Arab World.

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The Power of Our Collective Professional Networks and Transdisciplinarity Learning

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Since we were working on how to integrate networked leadership principles into the design of a program, I wanted to incorporate an icebreaker that helped us visualize our professional networks and see the interactions. .” Each country was represented in a different color. What are the opportunities for reciprocity?

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

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I have the honor of co-training with some of the best folks doing work in this part of the world. The workshop was based on the concepts in The Networked Nonprofit , including listening, transparency, simplicity, social culture, and working with free agents. NGOS that work like fortresses. Why do we need it?

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What can you learn by visualizing your Twitter network?

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When we apply a network mindset to the way we work – whether as an individual or as part of a network strategy, we believe that value is created through our connections, interactions and building relationships. This has been the most important lesson for me in shifting the way I work to a more networked approach.