Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2014

.” I first used this exercise in 2011 in Lebanon to kick off E-Mediat project that brought trainers and capacity builders from 5 countries in the Middle East to be trained on curriculum based on my book, the Networked Nonprofit , and interactive training techniques. In this case, I used the exercise to help the teams from Yemen, Morocco, (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2011

The Team from Tunisia identified Sawty as an example of a networked nonprofit in Tunisia, while the Lebanon Team pointed to Nasawiya. The participants were intrigued by the concept of Free Agents and the teams from Jordan and Lebanon discussed Free Agents in their countries. They’ve simplified and focused on what they do best.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2011

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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JANUARY 11, 2013

Our collection includes children’s books from Scholastic, contemporary books from Arab Scientific Publishers in Lebanon and literary books from the public domain from Kotobarabia in Egypt.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2017

One of my colleagues, Nada Hamzeh , a nonprofit capacity building consultant from Lebanon, tagged me when sharing this striking image that depicts how can easily develop a behavior addiction to our mobile phones. Image by Ayyamsyria.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Over his 30-year career, Hugg has held positions at the Boy Scouts of America, Lebanon Valley College, the University of Cincinnati, Ursinus College, and the University of the Arts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Today, I’m headed to Beirut, Lebanon for the E-Mediat project, a multi-stakeholder capacity building project for NGOS and Social Media in the Middle East. I’ll be sharing insights about the project as it unfolds here on my blog and other social media channels, including #Emediat tag on Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2011

We will have a simultaneous tweet-up taking place in Beirut, Lebanon and connect with them on Twitter using the hashtag #netnon. This is my most daring exercise in designing an interactive, global learning experience. Here’s what will happen: 1.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

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.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2012

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.

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MARCH 23, 2011

.&# Beth Kanter of Zoetica Media is the moderator, along with fellow panelists Danielle Brigida of the National Wildlife Federation (NWF), Mark Horvath of Invisible People and Jessica Dheere, of Social Media Exchange Beirut in Lebanon. During the session, I captured the presentations and audience Q & A.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 16, 2015

Beyrouth, Lebanon: SkillPill: Creating Wikipedia Articles. Beyrouth, Lebanon: Android Development for Teens. Asia and Pacific Rim. Tuesday, March 24, 2015. Wellington, New Zealand: Learn to Sketch Your Ideas. Wednesday, March 25, 2015. Saturday, April 4, 2015. Tuesday, March 17, 2015. Warsaw, Poland: NetWtorek o kampaniach spo?ecznych

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Tech Soup

JUNE 30, 2017

Beirut, Lebanon: Lebanon's Digital Big Bang — An AltCity Info Session. Tuesday, August 15, 2017. Jakarta, Indonesia: YouTube for Nonprofits. Africa and Middle East. Saturday, July 1, 2017. Bunda, Tanzania: Microsoft Cloud Computing. Monday, July 3, 2017. Friday, July 7, 2017.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Beirut, Lebanon: Writing Workshops: Monthly. Hamra, Lebanon: صورة غب الطلب. Guayaquil, Ecuador: The Guayaquil NetSquared Monthly Meetup. Europe and the Middle East. Friday, October 9, 2015. Wednesday, October 14, 2015. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Social Media Surgery — Hands-on Help with Social Media. Saturday, October 17, 2015.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Refugee Girls in Lebanon. What are some examples of powerful storytelling you’ve seen in the social good community? Global Giving: Syrian Refugee Crisis. Alaskan Native Group Tells Stories on X-Box. Puppies on Tinder. Students on Ice. Momsrising. Mark Horvath Invisible People. How to Enter #MyGivingStory.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Hamra, Lebanon: The Dream Matcher Experience — Beirut. Hamra, Lebanon: ARTECHA: Art and Technology Hackathon. Solar Mobile Computer Training Meetup for Kibiribiri Primary School 1. Mobile Solar Computer Training Meetup for Kikandwa Primary School 2. Asia and Pacific Rim. Wednesday, November 4, 2015. Saturday, November 7, 2015.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

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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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2013

Beirut, Lebanon: NetSquared Beirut. What the videos had in common was their use of emotion to drive the narrative. Emotions, like hope or humor, work because they draw viewers into the story and make them feel invested in the outcome and your organization. Malhoun talked about using digital storytelling tools to empower citizen journalism.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2011

Nada, In-Country Team Leader for Lebanon. There was a link from Day 2 about Networked NGOs which included a case study of how the project took a “networked approach&# to its campaign. The morning session focused on the building blocks of strategy – SMART objectives, audience identification, and messaging.

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Tech Soup

JULY 31, 2015

Beirut, Lebanon: Creative Writing Workshops and Programs. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Tuesday, August 18, 2015. Abidjan, Ivory Coast: Abidjan NetSquared Monthly Meetup. Europe and Middle East. Tuesday, August 4, 2015. Wednesday, August 12, 2015. Image 1 : Noah Ferguson via Elijah van der Giessen / CC BY-NC.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2015

Beirut, Lebanon: SkillPill: TV Presenting. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Tuesday, February 10, 2015. Busia, Kenya: Safer Internet Campaign: February 10th - March 25th. Asia and Pacific Rim. Thursday, January 29, 2015. Image : NetSquared / CC BY-NC-SA. Adapted from Image : Andrew Becraft / CC BY-NC-SA.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 4, 2016

Hamra, Lebanon: FREE Design Basics Workshop. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Friday, January 29, 2016. Naples, Florida: Office 365 Workshop in Immokalee and Online. Africa and Middle East. Wednesday, January 6, 2016. Sunday, January 10, 2016. Abuja, Nigeria: Office 365: Train-the-Trainer Workshop in Abuja.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2011

Jessica Dherre and Mohamad Najem from SMEX Beirut gave an overview of Social Media use in Lebanon. As Mohamad pointed out, most of the users of social media are using it for social reasons and only a small percentage by “terrorists&# or political activism. The categories included Insiders, Entrants, Persuaders, and Usurpers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2011

The goal is to train over 150-250 NGOs in Jordan, Lebanon, Yemen, Morocco, and other countries and help them put social media skills into practice. In addition to Zoetica, implementation partners include SMEX Beirut , TechSoup Global , and Meedan directly, plus a network of in-country teams and training partners.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2015

Beirut, Lebanon: Start-up Ideation Meets Design by Bootcamp During BDW. Tuesday, June 30, 2015. London, United Kingdom: EdTech or TechEd? How Are We Fostering Tech Innovation in Teaching and Learning? Asia and Pacific Rim. Thursday, June 4, 2015. Sunday, June 7, 2015. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2015

Beirut, Lebanon: Android Development for Teens. Abidjan, Ivory Coast: NetSquared Monthly Meetup. Friday, April 24, 2015. Mukono, Uganda: Two Hens per Child Computer Training Meetup for St. John Kaama School. Asia and Pacific Rim. Saturday, April 4, 2015. Wednesday, April 15, 2015. Singapore: Office 365 for Nonprofits. Monday, April 20.

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Tech Soup

MAY 6, 2016

SMEX, also known as Social Media Exchange, is a nonprofit based in Lebanon that compiles an Arab digital rights dataset. Transforming that data into compelling and engaging visualizations can be incredibly powerful in its reach and impact.

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Tech Soup

JULY 6, 2015

Beirut, Lebanon: Pre-Bootcamp SkillPill: Spreadsheets for Startups. Seattle, Washington: Governance Matters: Is Policy Governance for Your Organization? Central and South America. Tuesday, July 14, 2015. Guayaquil, Ecuador: The Guayaquil NetSquared Monthly Meetup. Europe and Middle East. Tuesday, July 7, 2015. Wednesday, July 8, 2015.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

In the morning, we did a team building exercise to better understand the network core, the in-country teams from Yemen, Morocco, Lebanon, Tunisia, and Jordan. For example,we agreed that we could quote those who are tweeting and have open accounts, but our tweets would not attribute quotes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2011

The panelists included: Danielle Brigida of the National Wildlife Federation (NWF), Mark Horvath of Invisible People and Jessica Dheere , of Social Media Exchange Beirut in Lebanon.

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APRIL 19, 2021

Over his 30-year career, Hugg has held positions at the Boy Scouts of America, Lebanon Valley College, the University of Cincinnati, Ursinus College, and the University of the Arts.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Beirut, Lebanon: Elevate Startup Sprint. Beirut, Lebanon: Elevate Startup Sprint. Beirut, Lebanon: Elevate Startup Sprint. Beirut, Lebanon: Elevate Startup Sprint. Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories. Thursday, December 15, 2016. Friday, December 16, 2016. Saturday, December 17, 2016. Sunday, January 1, 2017.

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APRIL 15, 2021

Over his 30-year career, Hugg has held positions at the Boy Scouts of America, Lebanon Valley College, the University of Cincinnati, Ursinus College, and the University of the Arts.

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JUNE 7, 2021

Over his 30-year career, Hugg has held positions at the Boy Scouts of America, Lebanon Valley College, the University of Cincinnati, Ursinus College, and the University of the Arts. organizational leadership responsibilities.

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DECEMBER 16, 2021

Over his 30-year career, Hugg has held positions at the Boy Scouts of America, Lebanon Valley College, the University of Cincinnati, Ursinus College, and the University of the Arts.

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Global Giving

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

This is a photo of a refugee settlement for Syrians in Beqaa Valley, Lebanon. Featured Photo: The author argues it's important to consider the social implications of blockchain technology, particularly when services are developed and tested on people who are already facing major risks, such as refugees. Photo by World Vision.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

" An example is a campaign sponsored by the Women Empowerment Program at the Hariri Foundation in Lebanon. Education often does deeper work, "transforming people's perceptions over time by gradually shifting the dominant narrative and … bringing us to new answers."

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