Share the MADness: A Social Media BarCamp for Lebanese Civil Society

BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from attendees.

Event Details

December 10, 2011

9:30 am - 5:30 pm

AUB Lebanon (still tentative)

About MADskills

Media for Advocacy and Development: a social media trainer certification program designed to develop the skills needed to be a successful social media trainer / coach in the Arab advocacy and development context.

About Event

SMEX and it’s social media trainers from MADskills program are organizing a BarCamp in partnership with AltCity, AUB, Annahar, EMediaT, Girl Geek Camp, IndyAct, LOST, Maharat Foundation, أن ~ n community creativity, Naharnet, SKeyes, and YASA. MADskills trainers along with other participants will prepare social media strategies and tools workshops to present at the BarCamp.

Target

NGOs, youth groups and members of civil society are welcome to attend and benefit from the various workshops that will run throughout the day. This BarCamp also serves as a networking opportunity for NGOs and their members.

Organizers

SMEX
facebook.com/SMEX -@SMEX -www.smex.org
MADskills
facebook.com/MADski11s -@MADski11s - www.smex.org/MADskills 

Partners

American University of Beirut
www.aub.edu.lb - facebook.com/aub.edu.lb - @AUB_Lebanon - youtube.com/AUBatLebanon - linkedin.com/american-university-of-beirut - flickr.com/aub - plus.google.com
AltCity
facebook.com/altcity - @AltCityme - www.altcity.me
Annahar
facebook.com/Annahar-WEB-TV - @AnnaharTV - www.annahar.com - youtube.com/AnnaharTV
E-MediaT
E-MediaT(Lebanon) - @EMediatLB
Girl Geek Camp
facebook.com/GeekCamp - www.girlgeekcamp.com
IndyAct
facebook.com/indyact.org - @IndyAct - www.indyact.org - www.indyact.blogspot.com
Lebanese Organization for Studies and Training (LOST)
facebook.com/lostlb - @LOSTlb - www.lostlb.org - lost-lb.blogspot.com - youtube.com/1lostlb  

Maharat Foundation

facebook.com/MaharatFoundation - maharatfoundation.org

n-site
أن ~ n community creativity - http://www.nnow.org/portal.php - http://nxchange.blogspot.com/
Naharnet
facebook.com/Naharnet - @Naharnet - www.naharnet.com
SKEyes
facebook.com/SKEyes - @SK_Eyes - skeyes.wordpress.com
YASA
facebook.com/yasalebanon - @YASALebanon - yasa.org - youtube.com/YASALebanon 

Schedule

9:30 am - 4:30 pm

• Breakfast & Welcome Campers
• Propose Sessions & Voting 
• Lunch
• Afternoon
• Coffee Breaks 

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

MADskills trainers graduation ceremony

Proposed Sessions

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Topics I would like to hear about

• Free Monitoring tools
• Suggested Facebook Apps for campaigns
• Online management tools 

Volunteers

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Ways to Contribute

1. Distribute 10 posters at your site, office, community, space and strategic indoor locations

2. Email the newsletter we’re preparing to your contacts

3. Share the event registration link on your website and social networks

4. Prepare and/or propose sessions related to social media for civil society

5. Volunteer to participate in social media coverage during the event

6. Volunteer to take photos and/or videos during the event

Participants (aka Campers)

• add yourself...

Task List

Tech

• Wifi

• Projector, White Boards

• Photo

• Video

• Audio

• Streaming or Stickam or Skype

Non-tech

• Breakfast

• Lunch

• Coffee/Tea

• Tables and chairs

Tags for flickr, delicious, ma.gnolia, technorati etc.

Please use the tag:  BarCampLebanon, Dec10, MADskills, SMEX, SharetheMADness 

Hashtags for Twitter

  #SM4CS #BarCamp #Lebanon

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