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SXSW Panel: Join A Global Discussion About Free Agents and Nonprofits in a Networked World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We will have a simultaneous tweet-up taking place in Beirut, Lebanon and connect with them on Twitter using the hashtag #netnon. Twitter advocates include: Katie Shields, Dan Portnoy, Evonne Heyning, and Fran Stephenson. If you’re coming to SXSW and want to help out, leave a comment below. Here’s the world time clock.

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Great reads from around the web on March 23rd

Amy Sample Ward

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of March 23rd).

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Egyptian healthtech startup Vezeeta cuts 10% of 500-person staff

TechCrunch

TechCrunch reached out to the Egypt- and Dubai-based company for comment but didn’t get any response at the time of publication. . The number of affected employees isn’t known; however, multiple sources who posted the news on LinkedIn , including affected employees, revealed that up to 50 people were let go.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Jessica Dherre and Mohamad Najem from SMEX Beirut gave an overview of Social Media use in Lebanon. As Mohamad pointed out, most of the users of social media are using it for social reasons and only a small percentage by “terrorists&# or political activism. The categories included Insiders, Entrants, Persuaders, and Usurpers.

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SXSW Reflection: Using Social Media to Facilitate A Global Back Channel at a Panel Session

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The panelists included: Danielle Brigida of the National Wildlife Federation (NWF), Mark Horvath of Invisible People and Jessica Dheere , of Social Media Exchange Beirut in Lebanon. The Twitter Advocate is someone who is watching the hashtag stream and can verbalize to the room what a question or comment posted on Twitter.

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Berlin’s Yababa snags $15.5M to scale a multicultural grocery delivery biz across Europe

TechCrunch

Yababa’s other co-founders are also seasoned in logistics: There’s Hadi Zaklouta (also ex-Delivery Hero); Javier Gimenez (previously at e-scooter startup, Tier Mobility); and Kamel Semakieh (whose career history includes co-founding a delivery logistics platform in Lebanon).

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Supporting Nonprofit Tech Educators Across the Globe

Tech Soup

Check each month that there are events in each region, and comment out the un-necessary regions. Beirut, Lebanon: Elevate Startup Sprint. Beirut, Lebanon: Elevate Startup Sprint. Beirut, Lebanon: Elevate Startup Sprint. Beirut, Lebanon: Elevate Startup Sprint. The link need to be like so: Africa.

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