Tag Archives: digiactive

Guides to Twitter Activism and Cross-Posting Now Available in Arabic

Written by jessica. Posted on September 20, 2009. Filed under Participatory Media Literacy, Strategy & Technics. Tagged , , , , , , . No comments.
Today, SMEX is ecstatic to be releasing the Arabic translations of two excellent social media guides for activism. The first guide is Cross-Posting for Advocacy, developed by Sami ben Gharbia from Global Voices. The guide is a six-page overview of the utility of cross-posting and instructions on how to cross-post between some of the most common [...]

Get Yours Now! DigiActive’s Guide to Facebook Activism—in Arabic

Written by jessica. Posted on October 29, 2008. Filed under Uncategorized. Tagged , , , . No comments.
The Social Media Exchange is proud to announce the publication of the first of its social media guides, an Arabic translation of DigiActive’s Introduction to Facebook Activism by Dan Schultz. (Click on the image to download the guide). A second guide, Facebook Pages for NGOs, Nonprofits, and Civil Society Organizations by SMEX’s own Moustafa Ghaddar [...]

A to Z of Web 2.0 for Social Change: F

Written by jessica. Posted on July 24, 2008. Filed under Uncategorized. Tagged , , , , , , . 1 Comment.
F for Facebook: Facebook is a social network to connect people and help facilitate communication and information sharing among its huge base of members. It is a very popular social network worldwide. Facebook’s initial purpose is not for the promotion of activism and social change. However, non-profit organizations can leverage facebook’s popularity and increase membership in [...]

Combatting hate in the electronic sphere

Written by jessica. Posted on July 10, 2008. Filed under Uncategorized. Tagged , , , . 1 Comment.
After yesterday’s post on our first social hour, in which I asked whether a blog aggregator with a set of community guidelines might be one way to help stem the flow of hate speech online, I found (via digiactive.org) an effort—an Arab effort—to do just that. In Bahrain, discussions between Mahmood, a blogger, and his [...]

A Guide to Facebook Activism

Written by jessica. Posted on July 2, 2008. Filed under Uncategorized. Tagged , , . No comments.
The digital world moves fast. Digiactive, a five-month-old site devoted to digital activism, has released its first guide, A DigiActive Introduction to Facebook Activism. The 15-page PDF includes the pros and cons of using Facebook for activism, a step-by-step guide to organizing an activism campaign on Facebook, and examples of campaigns from Burma, Morocco, and [...]