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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. It’s still low given the 35 million people in Morocco.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

E-Mediat is working with more than 220 NGOs in Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, and Yemen. The spirit of experimentation and learning in the lab is not only inspiring, but a terrific example of how organizations with agile cultures work. Rami Al-Karmi, N2V Lab. 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. His organization’s name, Shabakat , translates into the word “network.&#. They’ve simplified and focused on what they do best.

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A View from Istanbul

NTEN

Our visitors spoke passionately about the societal issues in Turkey and the role that community organizations play in rallying public support for women, children, and education. Marjorie and I shared examples of the impact our clients have in the community and the work we do behind the scenes to make that possible. org website.

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What can you learn by visualizing your Twitter network?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Once you or your organization views the world with a networked mindset, then you need to visualize the network. For example, Rami Al-Karmi , Founder and CEO of Shabakat , Al Ordon (JordanNet) and is serving as the E-Mediat Strategic Adviser for the Jordan In-Country Team. That’s social capital and it does have value.

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

Tech Soup

For example, The National Statistical Institute (NSI) of Tunisia has posted the Household Income and Consumption Surveys (HICSs) and Labor Force Surveys (LFSs) becoming the first agency in the region to offer access to such comprehensive data. Some examples of NGOs using data visualization to tell important stories are also given.

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The Power of Our Collective Professional Networks and Transdisciplinarity Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I have found it especially useful to do this to kick off a longer-term peer learning experience as in the example below illustrating the knowledge and expertise of a cohort of NGOs from Pakistan that I worked with during my time as Visiting Scholar at the Packard Foundation. There are two different lens to think about network mapping.