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	<title> &#187; NGOs</title>
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		<title>Bareed Mista3jil: A Case Study</title>
		<link>http://www.smex.org/2009/06/bareed-mista3jil-case-study/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jessica</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[activism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lebanon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spring Cleaning, and Getting Ready to Relaunch SMEX</title>
		<link>http://www.smex.org/2009/04/spring-cleaning-and-getting-ready-to-relaunch-smex/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 06:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jessica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beirut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bloggers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gvsummit08]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NGOs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stories & Case Studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[المدونات]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[الويب 2.0]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[دراسة حالات ، نصائح ، لبنان ،  GV  08 قمة]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Startups by definition are disorganized and always trying to catch up with their vision. Social Media Exchange is no exception. Last year, we launched the Summer 2008 Social Media for Social Change project with lots of aspirations, many of which we achieved and some, which, let&#8217;s be honest, we haven&#8217;t gotten to yet.
We developed a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twitteristic Information Processing</title>
		<link>http://www.smex.org/2008/08/twitteristic-information-processing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.smex.org/2008/08/twitteristic-information-processing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jessica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[communication strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NGOs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[non-profit marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[promotion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>

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NGOs and online news sources can use social media to set up a communication plan on the internet. There are various approaches to developing an influential presence on the web and many tools to choose from.
Social networking and micro-blogging programs like Twitter, Jaiku, Prownce, and Plurk allow people to blurt bits of conversation, sharing links [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NGOs: Start Your Media Streams!</title>
		<link>http://www.smex.org/2008/07/ngos-start-your-media-streams/</link>
		<comments>http://www.smex.org/2008/07/ngos-start-your-media-streams/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jessica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[citizen journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NGOs]]></category>

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Editors from global citizen journalism and opinion sites are looking for contributors from the Middle East. New journalists and writers practice their craft writing for these sites while also getting the reinforcement of seeing something &#8220;in print&#8221; and reaching wide audiences.
There&#8217;s no reason NGOs can&#8217;t also become citizen media organizations and make it a part [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A to Z of Web 2.0 for Social Change: C</title>
		<link>http://www.smex.org/2008/07/a-to-z-of-web-2-0-for-social-change-c/</link>
		<comments>http://www.smex.org/2008/07/a-to-z-of-web-2-0-for-social-change-c/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jessica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A to Z of Web 2.0]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lebanon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NGOs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[non-profit organizations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online collaboration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wiki]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[C for Collaboration: which is the teamwork for a common goal. It’s the structured process of sharing of planning, making decisions, solving problems, working together cooperatively.
The Internet offers great tools for online collaboration, and the Web 2.0 is a natural platform for efficient and effective online collaboration.
Online Collaboration connects distributed teams and makes it easier [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From on the ground to on the air: Why NGOs need to think more like journalists</title>
		<link>http://www.smex.org/2008/07/from-on-the-ground-to-on-the-air-why-ngos-need-to-think-more-like-journalists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 06:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jessica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[access]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amnesty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizen journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NGOs]]></category>

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In our digital environment, everyone is a producer of content. Including journalists. This means that typically bottom-rung newspaper and television reporters begin to function less like fact gatherers and more like editors, culling and packaging content rather than writing up facts.
As UK journalism professor Paul Bradshaw writes in his multipart post about the 21st century [...]]]></description>
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		<title>June 24: An Instructive Seminar For CRS&#8217; Staff</title>
		<link>http://www.smex.org/2008/06/june-24-an-instructive-seminar-for-crs-staff/</link>
		<comments>http://www.smex.org/2008/06/june-24-an-instructive-seminar-for-crs-staff/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jessica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beirut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Catolic Relief Services]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lebanon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NGOs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media Exchange]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[web 2.0]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[workshop]]></category>

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 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 [...]]]></description>
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