Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 15, 2014

One year ago, on June 28, 2013, at a diplomatic conference in Marrakesh, Morocco, the World Intellectual Property Organization ( WIPO ) agreed on a historic international copyright exception for people with print disabilities. We hope that many other countries will follow India’s ratification.

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Accessibility Celebrate United States Copyright 194

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2011

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. Widad El Hanafi, Country Director in Morocco gave an overview of the challenges faced by NGOS in her country and social media use.

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Social Media Morocco Activities Active 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2014

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. Each person drew a self-portrait on a sticky note and then wrote the names of three or more networks on shaped sticky notes.

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Professional Network Learning Lebanon 101

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

They will be more likely to apply what they learned or what we call the “challenge of transfer” because they’re inspired. Luckily, there is no shortage of techniques and resources and books. What resources do you need to move forward? Participants will retain what they learned, it sticks. What is unclear?

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Experiment Learning Create Exercise 116

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. We were challenged several times with the loss of electricity and slow internet. The challenge is how to design training to accommodate both. Network Mapping Exercise.

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Network Build Exercise Map 99

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2008

(Hat tip: Jessica Dheere, Project Director, Social Media Exchange, Beirut) for pointing to this excellent resource - A DigiActive Introduction to Facebook Activism. He was one of 27 individuals to win the first Knight News Challenge. It is a quick read and very useful.

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Activities Active Activism Facebook 65

Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

I think what makes us unique is that we are really investing in women's leadership and women's creativity in developing local solutions to some of the world's most challenging problems. I think the biggest challenge for us is trying to make hard decisions. It works in over 160 countries around the world.

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Global Fund Interview United States 44