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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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MAY 24, 2012

Unfortunately, our presenter from Lebanon had connectivity issues and was unable to present. .” Using a webinar and conference call platform, we were able to bring in participants from San Francisco, Rwanda, Kenya, Algeria, Tunisia, and Egypt.

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OCTOBER 1, 2013

We are working with refugees on the ground in Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq. The fundraising objective is to raise revenue for our Syrian Children’s Relief Fund in order to support our responses to ongoing and urgent needs as a result of the conflict. Even small donations can make a difference.

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