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Taking Social Media to Saudi

Amy Sample Ward

A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to travel to Saudi Arabia to teach a course at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology as part of the Winter Enrichment Program. But the kind of building we’re interested in or the interests of the users may change. Social media platforms (tools!) Single Acces Point, to Facebook.

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5 takeaways on trust in NGOs to manage new innovations and technologies 

Candid

For 20 years, the global communications firm Edelman has studied the influence of trust across government, media, business, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Respondents in Nigeria were least likely to say innovation was poorly managed (24%), and those in Saudi Arabia were most likely to say it was well managed (37%).

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Meeting the Geeks of Arabia at N2Vlabs Talks in Amman, Jordan

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He founded Shabakat Al Ordon , the first networked nonprofit that I discovered in the Middle East and that provides youth ICT training 300 communities in Jordan. ” He was invited to attend Davos in January and had an opportunity to meet Microsoft founder, Bill Gates and demo their project.

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MobileActive Strategy Guide Now Available for Download

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

communicate and are far more pervasive than the Internet. election monitoring Macedonia and Kenya; among women voters in Saudi Arabia, and. said Katrin Verclas, founder of. MobileActive. ???With With close to 2.5 Mobile phones offer an. Mobile phones offer an. Internationally, mobile phones have been used for systematic.

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Bringing Women a Global Voice: Jensine Larsen, World Pulse

Have Fun - Do Good

I just had to take that chance." - Jensine Larsen Jensine Larsen is the Founder and CEO of World Pulse , a global media and communication network devoted to bringing women a global voice. They came from Sudan, from Saudi Arabia, from all over, some of the most unheard places of the world.

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Multi-Country Rollout of Salesforce to Support Workforce Development in the Middle East and North Africa

Cloud 4 Good

The Nonprofit Success Pack (NPSP) provided EFE with the ability to track their many company relationships, empower staff to communicate and leverage shared knowledge, and build a stronger fundraising foundation. . The implementation began with EFE-US and EFE-Jordan. Unifying EFE Efforts Across the Globe.

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When Your Office Is Everywhere: How to Telecommute (Part 2)

Tech Soup

Remote employees have always held the NetSquared community manager role. And I do mean remote, with people working as far away as London, England and Saudi Arabia. I thought I was going to hate working from home, but I actually love it. This post is part two of three.