Maktabat MEPI Library
Training Resources for Civil Society in the Middle East and North Africa

Published: 2014
Organization: Daem For Media
Project: Strengthening Women Parliamentarians Media Skills
Arabic

This training manual provides general information about the social networking sites Facebook and Twitter and includes instructions for creating accounts. It also provides an overview of tools and features for new users and highlights tips for public figures.

Published: 2013
Organization: Daem For Media
Project: Strengthening Women Parliamentarians Media Skills
Arabic

This manual focuses on the importance of television as an outreach tool and describes how to effectively participate in televised interviews. Practical instructions and tips are provided for three scenarios: participating in a talk show, appearing within a news report to discuss a particular event, and appearing to present a specific opinion on the subject of debate within a news program.

Published: 2013
Organization: Media Women Forum (MFW)
Project: Strengthening Women and Youth Voices in Political Participation during the Transition Period
Arabic

This resource details the mechanisms of conducting interviews and effective media polls. It identifies important factors, requirements and key points for successful interviews.

Published: 2013
Organization: Media Women Forum (MFW)
Project: Strengthening Women and Youth Voices in Political Participation during the Transition Period
Arabic

This file briefly reviews stages of writing a radio script and types of radio scripts, as part of training for women and youth in political participation.

Published: 2011
Organization: Soliya
Project: Terana: Strengthening Leaders: Equipping Organizations and Enabling Public Discourse
English

This resource provides an outline for a four-week online training session that aimed to enable fellows to learn how to choose characters, conduct and film interviews and select soundbites, with dual goals of respecting the interviewees and exposing viewers to alternative perspectives. It includes learning components and a weekly breakdown of discussion points, activities and assignments. It is one of four modules in the series.

Published: 2011
Organization: Soliya
Project: Terana: Strengthening Leaders: Equipping Organizations and Enabling Public Discourse
English

This resource provides an outline for a three-week online training session that aimed to enable fellows to learn how to build a constituency, outreach to people outside of their circles and build a long-term engagement plan. It includes learning components and a weekly breakdown of discussion points, activities and assignments. It is one of four modules in the series.

Published: 2011
Organization: Soliya
Project: Terana: Strengthening Leaders: Equipping Organizations and Enabling Public Discourse
English

This resource provides an outline for a four-week online training session that aimed to introduce social media, creation of a social media strategy and constructive online dialogue. It includes learning components and a weekly breakdown of discussion points, activities and assignments. It is one of four modules in the series.

Published: 2012
Organization: Institute of International Education (IIE)
Project: E-Mediat
English Arabic French
This worksheet for the New Media for the Networked NGO conference provides a brief content curation plan with five steps: identify goal, topics, seek, sense and share.

Published: 2012
Organization: Institute of International Education (IIE)
Project: E-Mediat
English Arabic French
This worksheet template for the New Media for the Networked NGO conference provides four-month editorial content sheets for Facebook.

Published: 2012
Organization: Institute of International Education (IIE)
Project: E-Mediat
English Arabic French
This worksheet template for the New Media for the Networked NGO conference provides a sample editorial calendar for an NGO and a blank template. It includes biweekly spots to plan for hooks, website, blog, Facebook and YouTube.

Published: 2012
Organization: Institute of International Education (IIE)
Project: E-Mediat
English Arabic French
This worksheet template for the New Media for the Networked NGO conference provides a simple game for finding shared interests with people you don't know.

Published: 2012
Organization: Institute of International Education (IIE)
Project: E-Mediat
English Arabic French
This worksheet template for the New Media for the Networked NGO conference provides examples of ice breaker exercises.

Published: 2012
Organization: Institute of International Education (IIE)
Project: E-Mediat
English Arabic French
This worksheet template for the New Media for the Networked NGO conference provides a mini plan for an interactive lecture, including questions to consider, activity suggestions and a template.

Published: 2012
Organization: Institute of International Education (IIE)
Project: E-Mediat
English Arabic French
This worksheet template for the New Media for the Networked NGO conference provides a sample editorial calendar for NGOs with space for date, hook, blog post idea, post format and image.

Published: 2012
Organization: Institute of International Education (IIE)
Project: E-Mediat
English Arabic French
This worksheet template for the New Media for the Networked NGO conference provides a brief template for the principles of social media and discussion of how it can be applied.