SMEX: Channeling Advocacy

On the 26th, 27th and the 28th of June 2009, SMEX organized the Digital Photography Workshop, facilitated by Georges Haddad. George Haddad explaining to the participants basic photography skills on Saturday. The program included basic photography techniques, followed by a photoshoot where the participants applied the techniques assimilated, then the group got together again to check the pictures, give feedback ... Read More »

We have recently come across a study, conducted by the Berkman Research Center for Internet and Society and titled: Mapping the Arabic Blogosphere (pdf), by Bruce Elting, John Kelly, Robert Faris and John Palfrey. This study came after another study on the Iranian Blogosphere in April 2008, titled: Mapping Iran’s Online Public: Politics and Culture in the Persian Blogosphere (pdf), ... Read More »

So Lon Safko wanted to summarize the secret of successful social media. His way of summarizing it itself is a fine example of successful social media. Reduced to 10 simple points that he dubbed Commandments: The 10 Commandments of Social Media: 1. Thou Shalt Blog (like crazy). 2. Thou Shalt Create Profiles (everywhere). 3. Thou Shalt Upload Photos (lots of ... Read More »

Social Media is cool. We all know that it’s easy and cheap so we all want to use it to advance our cause. But when asked about Social Media tools (be it blogging, facebook for activism, twitter etc.) my answer is always the same: Social Media is like having a baby, anyone can do it, but not everyone can do ... Read More »

Many, many thanks to Pazuzu and Joelle for liveblogging our introductory meeting, and to Meedan and its network for translating the posts. We brought together about 50 digital and social media for social change enthusiasts from all over Lebanon on Saturday, and through a participatory process design by the collective ñ, established a base for a homegrown network of digital ... Read More »