Author Archives: jessica

A new Arabic-language blogging guide

Written by jessica. Posted on May 26, 2011. Filed under Arabization, For Local NGOs, For Trainers, News, Resources, Training & Coaching. Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , . No comments.
cover image of the Arabic blogging guide
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation in Cairo has published a new 197-page blogging guide in Arabic عبر واتحررـ دليل التدوين (Express and Free Yourself: A Guide to Blogging). It’s released under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial license. ★ Hat tip: @MagdaAbuFadil, director of the Journalism Training Program at the American University of Beirut and a blogger [...]

Listen: How the Syrian Government Is Using Facebook & Hashtags

Written by jessica. Posted on May 23, 2011. Filed under News. No comments.
Listen to the weekly radio program On the Media as Jillian York, the director of international freedom of expression at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, talks about how Syria is using the Internet to track activists: Photo by Syriana.

Social Media Is a Party

Written by jessica. Posted on April 27, 2011. Filed under For Trainers, News, Training & Coaching. Tagged , , . 3 Comments.
Three McLinlock girls at a tea party
As we develop our new MADskills social media trainer certification program, we’ll be sharing materials that we think might be helpful for the community at large. At SMEXbeirut, we focus on the strategic use of social media, that is, leveraging blogs, Facebook, and other Internet- and mobile-based tools and applications for achieving a predetermined goal. [...]