Tag Archives: TOT

SMEX Peacebuilding and YouthActivism TOT Intro Meeting in Beirut

Written by jessica. Posted on June 1, 2009. Filed under Uncategorized. Tagged , , . 1 Comment.
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 [...]

Jordan, Egypt, and Lebanon, Oh My! Digital and Social Media Training in the Arab World

Written by jessica. Posted on May 18, 2009. Filed under Uncategorized. Tagged , , , , , , , . 1 Comment.
We can’t keep up. It seems like every time we open our inbox, another digital media training is taking place in the Arab world, in Jordan or Egypt (update May 19: we learned about another training in Egypt from ifikra)—or, of course, at the end of this month in Lebanon, as we initiate our own [...]

Process Notes

Written by jessica. Posted on May 5, 2009. Filed under E-Learning, Reflections, SMEX News, Strategy & Technics. Tagged , , , , , . No comments.
One of the things that I wished we had done during our project last year was to take better notes about the process of developing and implementing our plans. Not only would this provide an opportunity for us to reflect on what was working and what wasn’t, but it would provide a record of what [...]

SMEX Launches a Six-Month Project to Train Trainers in Social Media for Peacebuilding and Youth Empowerment

Written by jessica. Posted on May 1, 2009. Filed under E-Learning, Participatory Media Literacy, SMEX News. Tagged , , , . No comments.
On May 1, SMEX officially launched its follow-on activities to last year’s series of seminars and workshops that covered Web 2.0 concepts and tools training for applying social media to social change in Lebanon. It’s a particularly auspicious start date, we think, given May Day’s celebration of workers’ rights and the spirit of linking together, [...]