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

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The workshop was based on the concepts in The Networked Nonprofit , including listening, transparency, simplicity, social culture, and working with free agents. Most of the social media tools and tag lines did translate, although there isn’t specific Arabic concept or phrase for “user-generated content.&#.

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Trainer’s Notebook: The Art of Good Openings and Closings

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I couldn’t have asked for a more authentic, culturally appropriate start to a workshop. The spiritual nature of the welcoming ceremony set the tone for a day of reflective practice for participants. We asked participants to create a name tag comprised of key words of what they learned. This is an exercise I used in Tunisia.