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Monthly Archives: June 2008
Global Voices Summit 2008
You can access the live webcast to see what’s being talked about in Budapest. The day started with Ethan Zuckerman and Rebecca MacKinnon, cofounders of Global Voices, talking a bit about the history of GV and the many offshoots that have followed, including Lingua for tanslation, Rising Voices to bring blogging to beyond the Internet [...]
Al Qaeda: So Web 1.0
Inevitably in our Web 2.0 seminar, we talk about the fact that technology, like any tool, can be a force for bad as well as a force for good. It basically depends on who’s using it. I always argue that just because technology can be used to make bad things happen doesn’t mean we [...]
June 24: An Instructive Seminar For CRS’ Staff
Our second training seminar took place on 24 June at the offices of Catholic Relief Services in Sodeco, Beirut. The tutorial was attended by a dozen or so members of the CRS staff and covered a selection of topics on Web 2.0. We launched the workshop by familiarizing the audience with the concept of [...]
Our Pilot Workshop Is a Success!
At last! After a month of laying the groundwork and making preparations, we’ve hosted our first social Media pilot workshop, and it was a great success.
With laptops in the front, piles of paper everywhere, a huge display screen, and a bunch of eager individuals, we managed to cozy up the orderly conference room of [...]



Lessons Learned from Global Voices 2008