Tag Archives: web 2.0

Bareed Mista3jil: A Case Study

Written by jessica. Posted on June 4, 2009. Filed under Stories & Case Studies. Tagged , , , , , , , , , . 1 Comment.
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, [...]

Five Easy Steps to Becoming a Cyberactivist

Written by jessica. Posted on September 26, 2008. Filed under Uncategorized. Tagged , , , . No comments.
Earlier this September, Mohammed Erraji, a Moroccan blogger, was arrested following the publication of an online article criticizing the King. As soon as he was detained, Digiactive started an online “Action Alert” campaign to free Mohammed. Various international organizations such as Reporters without Borders, Amnesty International, the Committee to Protect Journalists, and IFEX also issued [...]

Blog Action Day 2008: Join the Global Discussion

Written by jessica. Posted on September 8, 2008. Filed under Uncategorized. Tagged , , , , , , , , . No comments.
Blog Action Day 2008 Poverty from Blog Action Day on Vimeo. On October 15, 2008, we’re uniting at Rootspace (or anywhere from your blog) with the entire blogosphere and raising our voices about poverty on Blog Action Day–a worldwide initiative to post blogs about a common cause in a single day. Bloggers from around the world will [...]

Knol: "Wehdat Al Marifa"

Written by jessica. Posted on August 29, 2008. Filed under Uncategorized. Tagged , , , , . No comments.
If you’re skilled at a certain topic, you can now write your own article and share it with the world. Since there is a lack of Arabic content on the internet, Google launched a service called Knol, in Arabic. It’s a free tool that makes it easy to create, collaborate on, and publish credible web [...]

A to Z of Web 2.0 for Social Change : G

Written by jessica. Posted on August 12, 2008. Filed under Uncategorized. Tagged , , , , , . No comments.
G for Google. Google is the leading search engine with about 70% market share. The name is derived from “Googol” which means 1 followed by a 100 zeros, and it was started in a Stanford University dorm as a project to provide better Internet search results. Today, Google offers many services and tools that can be [...]