Share the MADness: A Social Media BarCamp for Lebanese Civil Society
Meet new friends, network your ideas, and learn new ways to use social media to make crazy change.
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 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.
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.
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 - AUB Media Studies Program
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
www.altcity.me - facebook.com/altcity - @AltCityme
AddWord
facebook.com/addwork
Annahar
www.annahar.com - facebook.com/Annahar-WEB-TV - @AnnaharTV - youtube.com/AnnaharTV
E-MediaT
facebook.com/E-MediaT(Lebanon) - @EMediatLB
Girl Geek Camp
www.girlgeekcamp.com -facebook.com/GeekCamp
IndyAct
www.indyact.org - facebook.com/indyact.org - @IndyAct - www.indyact.blogspot.com
Lebanese Organization of Studies and Training (LOST)
www.lostlb.org - facebook.com/lostlb - @LOSTlb - lost-lb.blogspot.com - youtube.com/1lostlb
Ma3bar
www.ma3bar.org - facebook.com/Ma3bar - @Ma3bar
Maharat Foundation
maharatfoundation.org - facebook.com/MaharatFoundation
n-site
www.nnow.org - أن ~ n community creativity - http://nxchange.blogspot.com/
Naharnet
www.naharnet.com - facebook.com/Naharnet - @Naharnet
SKEyes
www.samirkassirfoundation.org - facebook.com/SKEyes - @SK_Eyes - skeyes.wordpress.com
YASA
yasa.org - facebook.com/yasalebanon - @YASALebanon - youtube.com/YASALebanon
Sponsors
Schedule
8:30 am - 4:30 pm
We will start the first set of parallel sessions at 10:00 am, please make sure to be on time at 9:30 to schedule your sessions.
- Breakfast & Welcome Campers
- Propose Sessions & Voting
- Lunch
- Afternoon
- Coffee Breaks
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
MADskills trainers graduation ceremony
Suggested Sessions (Session Duration: 50 minutes)
Suggested Topics
Task List
Tech
| Items |
Contributed by |
Total Number |
Description |
Confirmation |
| Wifi |
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| Projectors |
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| Photo |
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| Video |
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| Audio |
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| Live-Streaming |
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| IT Technician |
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1 or 2 volunteers |
IT technician for troubleshooting during the event |
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| Whiteboards |
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| Social Media Coverage |
Naharnet, SMEX, MADskills |
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Volunteers for social media coverage during the event |
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| Audiovisuals |
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Volunteers to take photos and videos of the event |
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Non-tech
| Items |
Contributed by |
Total Number |
Description |
Confirmation |
| Breakfast |
Naharnet |
150 |
Crepaway as sponsor (Naharnet will cover the costs of the breakfast) |
not confirmed |
| Lunch |
Naharnet |
150 |
Crepaway as sponsor |
not confirmed |
| Coffee Breaks |
AddWork |
150 |
Nescafe & water coolers |
not confirmed |
| Tables & Chairs |
AUB (West Hall) |
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| Registration |
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2 registration tables |
Volunteers to register campers and give them name-stickers |
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| Large Banner |
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1 |
Barcamp Lebanon banner (without logos/date/sponsors) |
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Stationary
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EMediaT
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150
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name-stickers, pens, notepads, post-its
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Outreach
| Items |
Contributed by |
Total Number |
Description |
Confirmation |
| Posters |
SMEX |
300 |
Partners distribute 10-20 posters at your site, office, community, space, and at strategic places indoors. Please do not post on street walls. |
Nov. 25 or 26 we'll send copies to all partners |
| Outreach |
ALL Partners |
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Email the newsletter to your contact list with the links on the following dates: Wed. Nov. 30 - Mon. Dec. 5 - Fri. Dec. 9. |
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| Online Networking |
ALL Partners |
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Share the event and registration link on your website and social networks |
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| Branding |
ALL Partners |
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You’re free to place your organization’s rollups/banners at the venue |
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| Documentation |
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Volunteers to attend the sessions, take notes and write a brief about each session |
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Tags for flickr, delicious, ma.gnolia, technorati etc.
Please use the tag: BarCampLebanon, Dec10, MADskills, SMEX, SharetheMADness
Hashtags for Twitter
#SM4CS #BarCamp #Lebanon #Dec10
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