A Guide to Facebook Activism

The digital world moves fast. Digiactive, a five-month-old site devoted to digital activism, has released its first guide, A DigiActive Introduction to Facebook Activism.

SMEx This Month: We've Broadened Our Reach!

This month, we’re spreading social media awareness, not only in Beirut but in other areas as well. More seminars will take place during July as we’ve added more substance and suggestions to our tutorials--including ideas acquired from the 2008 Global Voices Summit--that we're eager to share. Visit our blog to read the whole story.

Work @ RootSpace!

RootSpace is an incubation space and shared office space which works to help both nonprofit and for-profit social ventures that aim to advance socio-economic development through innovative projects which are based on sustainable business models that are scalable and poised for growth. Individuals working on projects with a direct social impact or addressing pressing social concerns are also eligible to apply to work out of the RootSpace office.

About RootSpace

Welcome to RootSpace! RootSpace is a non-profit organization in Lebanon dedicated to supporting and fostering sustainable social and economic development through innovation, collaboration, and entrepreneurship.

  • By RootSpaceOnline at 2008 Apr 2 - 5:06pm
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Green Tech in Lebanon: solar car built by engineering students

Though Lebanon sits in a region with vast oil resources, the country itself has no petroleum deposits on its own territory.  The depressed economic situation, massive debt, and poor energy management lead to frequent (in most places daily) electricity outages.  At my house, in the heart of Beirut, we have had rotating daily outages of at least 3-hours every single day for the past few years.  During times of political trouble, high energy consumption, or oil shortages, the outages can be longer and/or more frequent.  Outside of the municipality of Beirut, the situation i

24 June: An Instructive Seminar for CRS' Staff

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 Web 2.0 and the different tools that assist in promoting and communicating developmental work through social media.

cell phones and poverty

Technology, mobile technology, and cell phones could be powerful forces for social change and economic development, as illustrated through a recent article of the NY Times.

 

Our Pilot Workshop Is a Success!

At last! After a month of laying the groundwork and making preparations, we hosted our first Social Media pilot workshop, and it was a great success. 

SMEx Invitation to Civil Society

Dear NGO Leader:

On behalf of the newly formed Social Media Exchange, we would like to invite you to an introductory seminar on social media for positive social change. The seminar is being hosted in collaboration with the new Beirut–based incubator for social entrepreneurship, RootSpace.

Welcome to the Social Media Exchange

Social Media Exchange is a six-month program to introduce and train members of Lebanon's civil society (organizations and individuals) in social and participatory media on the Internet, both (1) to help organizations and projects improve and streamline their internal organization, management and communications, and (2) to help them more efficiently and effectively achieve their social objectives.

  • By RootSpaceOnline at 2008 Jun 11 - 1:22pm
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