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

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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. Chema Gargouri, In Country Director, Tunisia being interviewed by the local radio station in Fez, Morocco. ” 4.

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

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This third and final post shares some insights from the planning sessions for E-Mediat project, a networked approach to capacity building for NGOs in Social Media in the Middle East. (For I got to introduce myself and my role in the project, but the most valuable part of the meeting was briefing on social media and activism.

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

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E-Mediat is working with more than 220 NGOs in Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, and Yemen. During the next two days, I will be facilitating a two-day social media bootcamp for NGOs from Jordan and Lebanon that have been through the program in their respective countries. Rami Al-Karmi, N2V Lab. What Happens at n2vlabs.

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

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.&# The workshop was based on the concepts in The Networked Nonprofit , including listening, transparency, simplicity, social culture, and working with free agents. To identify ways to integrate “translated” Networked Nonprofit principles into social media training/coaching, as appropriate. Why do we need it? What is in it for us?

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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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What can you learn by visualizing your Twitter network?

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That’s social capital and it does have value. Let’s look at the ones that allow you to see the current relationships and potential ways to weave them on social media and social networks like Twitter. There are many tools to visualize your Twitter network. Let’s focus on the very first steps.

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The Power of Our Collective Professional Networks and Transdisciplinarity Learning

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In this case, I used the exercise to help the teams from Yemen, Morocco, Lebanon, Tunisia, and Jordan see a visualization of their collective expertise. Building a solid core, participants can use social media tools to easily connect NGOS with new people who have knowledge, resources, and ideas to share to help with the project goals.