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Context Is Everything: Online Communities

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We were part of an email thread with a small group of individuals offered input on community management systems and facilitator recruiting resources. Cliff built one of Cisco’s first online communities and reminds us that project management will always be a key ingredient for successful communities. . *

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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 final phase is to design and facilitate in-country bootcamps with participants. (I’ll The project was lucky enough to receive a donation from Cisco of FLIP cameras and I think the most fun I had creating curriculum was the one above on storytelling and making simple and effective content for NGOs.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Shabakat Al Ordon trains young people in technical, professional and facilitation skills who then go out and create programs to train people in their communities. Lina Aleryani , Team Leader from Yemen, offered this reflection on her workshop blog during “laptop time.&#.

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Meeting the Geeks of Arabia at N2Vlabs Talks in Amman, Jordan

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

E-Mediat is funded by the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) of the United States Department of State with support and in-kind donations from Microsoft, Cisco and craigslist Charitable Fund. I’ll be sharing blog posts about my experience here. I’m looking out my hotel window at the Dead Sea in Jordan.

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