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Some Reflections About Civil Society 2.0 and Why I’m Not On A Plane To Tunisia Right Now

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The post I had originally planned to publish before leaving on a plane for Tunis, Tunisia was going to be all The Women’s Enterprise for Sustainability (WES) , funded through the U.S. Needless to say, I’m sad about what is taking place in the region and disappointed that my trip to Tunisia has been rescheduled.

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

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I’m the lead for Zoetica where my role is to deliver training, advise on the curriculum and coaching methods, model transparency, and serve as meta network weaver. I have the honor of co-training with some of the best folks doing work in this part of the world. NGOS that work like fortresses. Leadership isn’t open.

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E-Mediat: Social Media Capacity Building for NGOs in the Arab World

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The project is training 300 NGOs in Jordan , Lebanon , Tunisia , Morocco , and other Arab countries to become networked ngos and use social media for civil society goals. A true public/private partnership, the funding partners include Microsoft and craiglist Charitable Fund. Flickr Photo by SMEX Beirut.

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E-Mediat: Reflections from the Conference in Fez, Morocco

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See the above video, created by team in Tunisia, which summarizes the program.) For example, you can hear the story about how the above Tunisian NGO went from “crawling” to “running” over the course of the program. Design for Flexibility. And, indeed we had journalists present.

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E-Mediat Networking Conference at the Dead Sea, Jordan

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I’m here at the Dead Sea in Jordan where I delivered the key note for the E-mediat Networking Conference, “New Media for the Networked NGO.” 12 training centers have been established. I told the NGOs were “fabulous.” I’ve been working on this project for more than year.

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If You Do Nothing Else, Use An Editorial Calendar and Measurement for Your Content Strategy

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Participants at FFL Training Doing Content Strategy Brainstorm. Note from Beth: By the time you read this post, I will be in the USA from doing a training in Tunisia for NGOs and trainers who will deliver training to women entrepreneurs as part of the WES program and also improve their NGO’s use of social media.

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Getting Started Again (After A Break)

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This first week of the new year, I will doing a week of training for NGOs and trainers in Tunisia for the Women’s Economic Sustainability Tunisia project with colleague Stephanie Rudat.

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