Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

Both 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 goals. See the above video, created by team in Tunisia, which summarizes the program.) And, indeed we had journalists present.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2011

The Team from Tunisia identified Sawty as an example of a networked nonprofit in Tunisia, while the Lebanon Team pointed to Nasawiya. The questions that are remain in my mind are: What are the best practices for moving a fortress organization to a networked one, specifically in the Arab countries context?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2013

New Zealand Workshop: Burning Questions. One technique I use is the “Burning Question” board. What question do they want to answer by the end of the day? I’ve used the burning question technique in many different ways over the years, this is an example of one way to do it. Connecting Up Master Class.

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JUNE 24, 2011

He was inspired when the citizens of Egypt and Tunisia used satellite connections to contact Internet service providers in other countries, when their governments shut down access to the World Wide Web. Frank Barry discusses 39 questions you can answer with Facebook insights on his Blackbaud blog. Anything we missed?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2014

Once we mapped the network on the wall before our eyes, we reflected on the following questions: * What are the points of connection? Then each person introduced themselves to the group using the sticky notes and added them to the wall. Each country was represented in a different color. What are the opportunities for reciprocity?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2011

Julian’s take on the coverage: To be honest, so much of the rhetoric around the use of social media in Egypt and Tunisia makes me want to scream — folks act like these American tools just dropped from the sky like humanitarian food rations, set to save the people from their (American-supported, natch) dictators.

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