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Weekly Member Round Up: Technology and World Change

NTEN

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. Repair the World just released its newest study on the attitudes of young Jewish adults on community service.

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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. To help change attitudes, modeling is important as well as sharing stories of what similar organizations have accomplished.

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How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Trainings

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Ideally, audience research should be done before you design your workshop or course. I asked participants to demonstrate what it looks like being bored vs engaged. If you see your participants looking like the top photo, it is time to shift or do an energizer.

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Leaving content moderation to volunteers is empowering racists

The Verge

Six years ago, for example, Reddit’s laissez-faire attitude toward moderation led a lot of people to post stolen nude photos on the site without the subjects’ consent. The networks, based in Tunisia and Iraq, appear to have been used to spread propaganda and influence elections. billion people have to say about current affairs.”.