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

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

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To localize Networked Nonprofit concepts to an Arab NGO context, as appropriate, for improved project outcomes. The Team from Tunisia identified Sawty as an example of a networked nonprofit in Tunisia, while the Lebanon Team pointed to Nasawiya. We also covered some of the basic techniques for listening and engaging.

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Trainer’s Notebook: The Art of Good Openings and Closings

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One thing I have learned working mostly outside of the US is to start a training by honoring a local tradition. One technique I use is the “Burning Question” board. I’ve used the burning question technique in many different ways over the years, this is an example of one way to do it. Walking Debrief.

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How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Trainings

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This includes: presentations, handouts, and I typically create a wiki or online page for resources. If I am working with a new to me audience, I have to do a lot of research to “localize” or “customize” the content. For example, I recently gave a webinar on social media for engagement of Alumni Networks.

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Google Research, 2022 & beyond: Research community engagement

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This can be accomplished through building local and global connections with multidisciplinary experts and impacted communities. We also help make global conferences accessible to more researchers around the world, for example, by funding 24 students this year to attend Deep Learning Indaba in Tunisia. Pfam-NUniProt2 A set of 6.8

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

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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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