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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. Beth presents HRH Princess Rym Ali from Jordan the Networked Nonprofit. 12 training centers have been established.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. To augment efforts to increase the amount of Arabic-language content online by making it easier to use and read Arabic online.

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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The print book doesn’t work for people who are blind, partially sighted, dyslexic, have physical limitations, people who haven’t learned to read, or people who can’t read the particular language of a specific book is written in. Just three years ago, negotiators from around the world converged on Marrakesh, Morocco, to hash out a final deal.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. This module started with an overview of the concepts in Chapter 2 of the Networked Nonprofit , Understanding Networks. Later in the day, we did a network mapping exercise.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

Have Fun - Do Good

Kavita Ramdas is the President and CEO of the nonprofit, the Global Fund for Women. Therefore, we are the only foundation I know of that will accept requests in any language, and in any format. The year before that, women in Morocco won an amazing change in the law. Kavita Ramdas, President and CEO, Global Fund for Women.

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