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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. View more documents from E-Mediat.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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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E-Mediat Networking Conference at the Dead Sea, Jordan

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

.” The 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. Organizations raised almost $125,000 through integrated social media campaigns from donors.

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NetSquared Events to Cure Your Social Media Ailments

Tech Soup

However, our organizers are currently very keen on social media surgeries. A social media surgery is an informal gathering of people who want to learn how to use the web to communicate, campaign, or collaborate. Whatever your social media problem, we'll have a cure for what ails you this June.

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Celebrate International Women’s Day

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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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SXSW Reflection: Using Social Media to Facilitate A Global Back Channel at a Panel Session

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

How can create a back channel or other social media tools that can engage people in the room, but also around the world with an interest in the topic? 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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Volunteer Retention Tips: How to Retain Volunteers in 2022

Volunteer Hub

Donner Sang Compter Lebanon. Be consistent with all forms of communication including social media and emails. Your organization can retain more volunteers by making this process simple for them. Check out how these organizations are using VolunteerHub to streamline volunteer registration: Holocaust Museum Houston.