This resource provides tips and considerations that should be taken into account by civil society organizations (CSOs) when using Twitter for social networking.

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.

This resource provides examples of some of the best security plugins, along with tips to better protect WordPress blogs from hacking.

Mobile app development company Devgator worked with Moroccan NGO CPRPD to build an app allowing the disabled community to access information about disability friendly public/ private resources nearby, also offering users the opportunity to rate and record their experiences with local services. This tool is available in French, Arabic and English and is not Morocco specific - it could be deployed in any geography.

Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devgator.accessibility&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5kZXZnYXRvci5hY2Nlc3NpYmlsaXR5Il0                                  

This app was funded by the IREX Social Media | Social Action program, through the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI).

Jordanian CSO WE Centre worked with mobile developer Mobisoft to build an app promoting volunteerism in Jordan This tool provides both an educational platform and enables people to search and sign up for volunteer opportunities in Jordan.

Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobisoft.irex.com&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsIm1vYmlzb2Z0LmlyZXguY29tIl0

Apple: https://itunes.apple.com/jo/app/wecenter/id562837884?mt=8

This app was funded by the IREX Social Media | Social Action program, through the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI).

This file provides tips on how to choose a mobile phone camera and how to get the best performance from it.

This file provides an overview of the Klout.com website, which measures the breadth and strength of one's online influence across their social network.

This manual for young female trainers focuses on leadership, facilitation and conflict resolution, including: • Leadership skills: teamwork, communication, and application of verbal and nonverbal communication skills • Facilitation skills: methods, aids, training methods and skills for presenting business proposals • Conflicts: sources and stages of conflict development, conflict resolution mechanisms, and women, conflict and negotiation

This presentation highlights the importance of community media to civil society organizations. It describes community media strategy, including preparing a timetable, setting goals, identifying the target group, choosing optimal sites, and achieving targets and timetables. In addition, it focuses on common mistakes to avoid.

This guide describes how the draft law for local elections in Tunisia is an important tool for democratic and institutional reconstruction. It aims to enable all parties and institutions to manage their own affairs and reduce centralization as one of the fundamental demands of the Tunisian revolution.

This manual promotes strategic thinking for people working in the field of human rights. It provides tools and tactics to achieve change, including identifying the problem, establishing a common vision, selecting the playground - using a tactical planning tool - uncovering and choosing tactics, and developing an implementation action plan.

This curriculum guide describes how to teach human rights and the philosophy of Sun Tzu. His lessons emphasize three sources of knowledge, including knowing yourself, knowing your opponent and knowing your playing ground. It describes new tactics for human rights, which is organized around the analysis of potential solutions rather than analysis of the issues.

This resource provides a description of RSS technology (an acronym for Really Simple Syndication), a format used to publish frequently updated content. The file reviews benefits of RSS as a tool for information published once to be viewed by many different programs.

 

This “Ana Digital” educational manual explains how to create a blog on WordPress, a popular blog hosting website. 

In English and Arabic, this brief presentation gives tips on building and delivering a message. For more information, please see Freedom House's training guide – Breaking Barriers: Empowering Women in the Workforce, Advancing Your Career and Becoming a Change Agent. This project was funded by the State Department's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL).

This brief guide explains the concept of debate - elements, skills, rules and ethics.

This presentation on social media tools for CSOs highlights several options, including TweetDeck, Hootsuite, Iconosquare, KeyHole and TweetReach.

This file provides an overview of Google Analytics, a free service that generates detailed statistics about how visitors use a website - unique visitors, new and returning visitors, bounce rate, time on site, etc.

This handout provides a checklist for daily content sharing, including tips for posting and publishing on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.

This presentation describes the benefits of creating a LinkedIn "Company Page" for CSOs, including tools to encourage supporters to promote the organization's cause, find board members and volunteers, and locate staff.

This presentation focuses on outreach crises - emergency situations that occur all over an organization's social media platforms. It discusses three aspects to handling these situations - pre-crisis, crisis event and post-crisis.

This resource is a compilation of 19 handouts for PDC's March 2013 training on local engagement and advocacy. Included are handouts focusing on communication barriers, principles of educating adults, role play approach, how to divide training groups into sub-groups, trainer style, evaluation check list and exercises.

This file provides information about a URL shortening service, which makes links substantially shorter in length. It explains the pros and cons of URL shortening.

This file provides an overview about Prezi, a web-based presentation application and storytelling tool that uses a single canvas instead of traditional slides. It offers an alternative to PowerPoint, with different ways to present photos, videos and text.