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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

It is sponsored by MEPI, US Department of State’s Middle East Partnership Initiative and as part of Civil Society 2.0. I’ll be Jordan and Morocco in March, 2011). This year during Ramadan, Tunisia Telecom launched an initiative to support 14 charity organizations.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For context, read my first post about this project.) 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. It’s still low given the 35 million people in Morocco. They had impressive results.

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Nonprofit Silent Auction Themes: Create a Memorable Fundraising Experience

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Begin by brainstorming ideas and gathering input from people close to your organization, including staff, volunteers, and donors. You can also research popular and successful themes from previous events, either within your organization or those hosted by similar nonprofits. Thank the people who help you most by highlighting Sponsors.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The E-Mediat project is sponsored by MEPI, US Department of State’s Middle East Partnership Initiative and was created in response to Secretary Clinton’s announcement of Civil Society 2.0. His organization’s name, Shabakat , translates into the word “network.&#. They’ve simplified and focused on what they do best.

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E-Mediat: Networked Capacity Building in the Middle East

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The E-Mediat project is sponsored by MEPI, US Department of State’s Middle East Partnership Initiative and was created in response to Secretary Clinton’s announcement of Civil Society 2.0. Provide digital infrastructure to the 150 – 250 organizations through a public-private partnership with Microsoft.

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E-Mediat Day 1: A Networked Mindset To Capacity Building

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The E-Mediat project is sponsored by MEPI, US Department of State’s Middle East Partnership Initiative and was created in response to Secretary Clinton’s announcement of Civil Society 2.0. To help change attitudes, modeling is important as well as sharing stories of what similar organizations have accomplished.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

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KR: The Global Fund for Women has an extraordinary commitment to keeping our doors open so that as many organizations working to advance women's human rights internationally can really gain access to resources that they so desperately need. Each year we receive over 3,500 proposals from women's organizations all around the world.

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