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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

To localize Networked Nonprofit concepts to an Arab NGO context, as appropriate, for improved project outcomes. Most of the social media tools and tag lines did translate, although there isn’t specific Arabic concept or phrase for “user-generated content.&#. They’ve simplified and focused on what they do best.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One thing I have learned working mostly outside of the US is to start a training by honoring a local tradition. We asked participants to create a name tag comprised of key words of what they learned. My workshop participants used the red tags and John’s used the blue tags. This is an exercise I used in Tunisia.