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E-Mediat: Social Media Capacity Building for NGOs in the Arab World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It is sponsored by MEPI, US Department of State’s Middle East Partnership Initiative and as part of Civil Society 2.0. The curriculum is based on the ideas in the Networked Nonprofit and includes social media strategy development as well as practical skills training. I started work on the E-Mediat project over a year ago.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The E-Mediat project is sponsored by MEPI, US Department of State’s Middle East Partnership Initiative and was created in response to Secretary Clinton’s announcement of Civil Society 2.0. Lina Aleryani , Team Leader from Yemen, offered this reflection on her workshop blog during “laptop time.&#.

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E-Mediat: Networked Capacity Building in the Middle East

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The E-Mediat project is sponsored by MEPI, US Department of State’s Middle East Partnership Initiative and was created in response to Secretary Clinton’s announcement of Civil Society 2.0. People can be connected in networks through their knowledge or skills or interests. We created a network map.

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E-Mediat Day 3: Digital Activism

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The E-Mediat project is sponsored by MEPI, US Department of State’s Middle East Partnership Initiative and was created in response to Secretary Clinton’s announcement of Civil Society 2.0. The Yemen Team has some additional reflections on their workshop blog. It is important to add this framing.

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E-Mediat Day 1: A Networked Mindset To Capacity Building

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The E-Mediat project is sponsored by MEPI, US Department of State’s Middle East Partnership Initiative and was created in response to Secretary Clinton’s announcement of Civil Society 2.0. I was also impressed by the energy in a room with twenty people who have a networked mindset, leadership skills, and social media expertise.

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Silicon Valley Human Rights Conference

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Organized by the nonprofit group Access and sponsored by Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Skype, Mozilla and other major tech companies, the conference brought together business leaders, policy makers and online activists, especially from the Arabic-speaking world. We need the persistence of human rights groups to secure accountability for violators.