Amman Launch Program

Marhaba!

Social Media Cafe is pleased to invite you to attend the Young Leaders Social Media Café in its Vol. 01- Amman, atMay 24, La Ville Cafe  (Madina St.) at 6.30PM.

Students, techies, geeks, social media enthusiasts, activists, journalists, entrepreneurs, investors, civic and business leaders, policy-makers and change-makers will be attending the event hosting many speakers to talk about Social Media Impact, internationally, Regionally and locally.

Format:
Dynamic, free, intimate and unconventional interaction with 8 minute presentations for Each speaker followed with speed networking where speakers will move around spending 5 minutes on every table.

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Program:

 

> GATHERING & GETTING READY – 6:30 PM
EVELYN ZOUBI, FACILITATOR

> INTRODUCTION OF YLSMC – 7:00 PM
MALIK SHISHTAWI, YLSMC AMMAN Coordinator

> SOCIAL MEDIA FOR SOCIAL CHANGE – 7:15 PM
ALI DAHMASH, SOCIAL ACTIVIST & BLOGGER (UNDERMYOLIVETREE.com)

> THINK BEFORE YOU POST! – 7:30 pm
TALA HAMMOURI, PR & COMMUNICATIONS @ AWRAQ

> Evolution of Citizen Media in Jordan – 7:45 pm
Shaden Abdul-Rahman, From 7iber.com

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> Break 15 min. VIDEO SESSION (YLVP) 8:00 pm
(Snacks & Soft Drink Sponsored by LaVille Cafe’)

 

 

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> SPEED NETWORKING – 8:15 PM

 

> ENTERTAINMENT/ SOCIAL GAME – 8:30 PM

 

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Location Map:
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Beirut Launch Program

 

Marhaba!

Social Media Cafe is pleased to invite you to attend the Young Leaders Social Media Café in its Vol. 01- Beirut, atMarch 6, Zico House (Hamra) at 4.00.

Students, techies, geeks, social media enthusiasts, activists, journalists, entrepreneurs, investors, civic and business leaders, policy-makers and change-makers will be attending the event hosting more than 22 speakers from 22 Arab Countries and Sweden from the Key Social Media Projects, internationally, Regionally and locally.

Format:

Dynamic, free, intimate and unconventional interaction with 8 minute presentations for Each speaker (22 images x 22 seconds) followed with speed networking on a common theme (Will Social Media Fuck you up?) where speakers will move around spending 5 minutes on every table.

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Program:

> WELCOME NOTE - 4:00 PM

NIKLAS KEBBON - EMBASSY OF SWEDEN IN SYRIA

> INTRODUCTION OF YLSMC - 4:08 PM

HIBA FARHAT & JAVERIA RIZVI KABANI - SWEDISH INSTITUTE

> DIGITAL MEDIA WILL FUCK YOU UP – 4:16 PM

MARK COMERFORD - STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY

> To Be Announced at a later stage - 4:24 PM

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> ONLINE FREE SPEECH/ DIGITAL ACTIVISM & ONLINE ADVOCACY – 4:32 pm

SAMI BEN GHARBIA - ADVOCACY GLOBAL VOICES ONLINE

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> YOUSTREAM 01: METROPIA / TAREK SALEH- ATMO PRODUCTIONS 4:35 pm

> Break 15 min.

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> CREATIVE COMMONS / RETHORIC OF THE WEST IN THE ARAB WORLD - 4:50 PM

DONATELLA DELLA RATTA - MEDIAORIENTE

> CSR PROGRAMS & MOBILE ACTIVE - 4:58 PM

RANIA CHEHAYEB - ZAIN

> BLOGGERS AND BLOGGING IN LEBANON - 5:06 PM

SARAH JURKIEWICZ - ANTHROPOLIGIST/ RESEARCHER

> ONLINE MEDIA ETHICS - 5:14 PM

MAGDA ABU-FADIL / JOURNALISM TRAINING PROGRAM AT AUB

> WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY - 5:22 PM

NADA HAMZEH - WIT

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> YOUSTREAM 02 – 5:25 PM

> Dinner: 50 min.

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> FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION & SUPPORT NET IN MENA - 6:15 PM

SAAD KIWAN - SKEYES MEDIA

> DIGITAL MEDIA LITERACY FOR CIVIL SOCIETY & NGOS - 6:23 PM

JESSICA DHEERE & MOHAMAD NAJEM - SMEX

> 12 BRIDGE BUILDERS: BLOGGERS FOR PEACE & JUSTICE - 6:31 PM

ANGELO BEAINI - ALTERNATIVE SOCIETY

> SAWTAK

AHMAD KAMH - SAWTAK.COM PROJECT

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> SPEED NETWORKING – 6:45 PM – 7:15 PM

THEME ‘WILL DIGITAL MEDIA FUCK YOU UP?’

> MUSIC / MINGLE

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CONNECTOR: NAJAT SHARAF AL DIN (TBC)

SOCIAL REPORTER: TONY SAGHBINI 

 

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Upcoming event: Beirut Launch!

See you at March 6!

Event: Social Media Cafe Beirut Launch.

Date: 6 March 2010.

Place: Yet to be defined, stay tuned!

Program: International and Regional Speakers including the most influential figures in social media worldwide.. + Jazz Music performed by Local Bands.

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Our Personality

Social Media Cafe is a creative hub for all who use social media tools and believe in positive action for positive change, it’s a place to share experience to interact and connect and come up with creative projects and ideas related to social media and the social context in the Arab World.

Therefor we are:

1. social, networked and inviting:

We are first and foremost human. Our strength and impact come from people and the relationships we build. We are a hub of social activity – facilitating, match-making, convening, welcoming. We are approachable, humble and ego-free.

2. intense and dramatic:

We live and breathe the “urgency of change”. Recognizing the Middle-East as a region full of human potential, we evoke weight and gravitas in everything we do.

3. positive, hopeful and inspired:

The Middle-East blogosphere is an incredible opportunity. And with new organizing and momentum, we are collectively building an unprecedented mandate for action. SMC is at the centre of this movement.

4. worldly/global:

Simply put, the issues of human rights, and the solutions ahead, are not confined to nations – north, south, east or west. SMC understandsands this reality and our work deeply reflects that.

5. professional, grounded and mature:

SMC is managed, staffed and counseled by a professional team defined by experience and expertise.

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What is Social Media Cafe?

Social media Cafe is a place for people interested in social media for social change to gather, get acquainted, plan, scheme, share and learn from each other.Social media Cafe is a place for people interested in social media for social change to gather, get acquainted, plan, scheme, share and learn from each other.

It’s a confluence of the creative, tech and entrepreneurial people who are currently gathering around social media and online social networking for a greater cause – social change issues. These issues vary from human rights to sustainability issues to social entrepreneurship etc.

The cafe, will take place in different locations in more than twelve Arab countries providing a friendly social space for digital innovators in all fields, helping them connecting, expressing and working for social change in the Arab World.

The Social Media Cafe is also a part of ”The Young Leaders Visitors Program” which was successfully launched in 2008 as an inter-cultural leadership program supporting the development of young leaders through a combination of personal growth and practical experience, focusing on social media as a tool for positive change.

The main aim of YLVP is to lay a foundation for dialogue, mutual understanding and knowledge-sharing among young opinion-makers from Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, West Bank-Gaza, Yemen and Sweden. YLVP strives to strengthen participants in their prospects to drive processes for social change in their respective contexts.

For Additional Background please visit the “About us” page.

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