Writing a letter is easy; but writing a convincing and purposeful letter is definitely not..!However, sending out solicitation letters is simple, but this does not guarantee that you will reach your fundraising goal. This is why a good solicitation letter will certainly create a good impression on the other party and may work wonders in your endeavor while seeking support by increasing your chances for a donation or even a pledge.
In return, Thank-you letters are one of the most important communication tools that a donor receives from you. They remind donors that they made the right decision...
تعلن مؤسسة أبعاد- مركز الموارد للمساواة بين الجنسين عن إستقبال طلبات المشاركة في ورشة عمل تدريبية وطنية حول كيفيّة إستخدام الرزمة التدريبية "لنلعب سويّاً من أجل المساواة بين الجنسين" وذلك ضمن إطار مشروع منفّذ بالشراكة وبدعم من منظمة غوث الأطفال الدوليّة.
ترمي ورشة العمل إلى تحقيق الأهداف التالية:
- تزويد المشاركين/ات بالمعرفة اللازمة لتحسيس الأطفال حول مفاهيم المساواة بين الجنسين؛
- تمكين المشاركين/ات من إستخدام الرزمة التدريبية، كل في مجال عمله المباشر مع الأطفال، وذلك عبر تزويد المشاركين/ات بتقنيات إيصال المعارف المتوخاة من خلال الألعاب العشر المتوفّرة في الرزمة؛
- تحسيس المشاركين/ات على...
Have you ever generated money from the media content you create? Do you want to share this content with others all around the world? Do you want to learn how to generate some revenue from your online content? If so, this workshop is for you.
Join this Demotix workshop on “Generating Revenue from Online Content”, with Demotix Chief Editor Wais Bashir on Monday October 1st, 2012 from 4.30 to 7.30 pm at AltCity.
This workshop is free of charge and it is aimed at aspiring or current citizen journalists (especially photo/video citizen journalists), and online content creators.
If you have any...
For the 2nd year, the Cross-Cultural Studies Department at Adyan Foundation carries on with the “Religions and public affairs in Lebanon" course.
Course Objectives:The course is based on the methodology of research-based and analytical dialogue and on a comprehensive and integrated view of the religious and humanitarian values. It works towards equipping the trainees with the following competences: - Objective approach to religions
- Analytical approach to religion in the public sphere in Lebanon
- Openness to diversity within each religion, and religious pluralism and dialogue methodologies...
AltCity Media Trainings! (scroll down for Arabic)
AltCity is organizing a series of media trainings in September 2012. All workshops are free of charge and consist of 2 sessions, two weeks apart. Participants must attend both sessions.
1) Basic Social Media for CSOs (civil society organizations)
2) Online Media Advocacy for CSOs
These trainings are aimed at the individuals within civil society organizations who are responsible for their organization’s media and/or communications. In these workshops, you will learn how to use new / social media tools for more effective communications and...
Mustafa Barghouthi, Keynote SpeakerPalestine and the Arab Uprisings: Repercussions and ReassessmentDate: Thursday, 31 May, 2012Time: 6:00 – 7:30 pmVenue: Habib Aziz Maamari Auditorium, Olayan School of Business (OSB), AUB
Arab Uprisings Symposium: Critically Assessing the Changing Landscape of Power and Players
Mustafa Barghouthi a nominee of the Nobel Peace Prize is a member of the Palestinian parliament; former Minister of Information under the 2007 National Unity Government; 2005 presidential candidate; General Secretary of the ,Palestinian National Initiative; physician; social political...
This workshop focuses on the key elements of the non-profit marketing. It describes the major similarities and differences vis-a-vis the traditional or commercial marketing. It provides as well a general overview about the essential marketing tools and techniques and their effect on the social behaviors with a professional approach.
Who should attend:• Activists who want to create a social change • Professionals working on health or social issues • Practitioners who want to apply new skills in the field
Learning objectives:• Usage of commercial marketing tools to create social and behavior...
ABAAD-Resource Center for Gender Equality in partnership with International Rescue Committee is planning to conduct a Three-full day’s workshop on “How to Organize Support Groups for Women Victims of GBV Using a Survivor-Centered Approach” over May 15,16,17 in the North (at Arc en Ciel premise) and May 22, 23 and 24th in Bekaa (at Dari Association premise).
The overall objective of the workshop is to reinforce the capacity of participants in planning and facilitating support groups’ sessions with women survivors of Gender Based Violence (GBV) using a survivor centered approach
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ABAAD-Resource Center for Gender Equality in partnership with International Rescue Committee is planning to conduct a Three-full day’s workshop on “How to Organize Support Groups for Women Victims of GBV Using a Survivor-Centered Approach” over May 15,16,17 in the North (at Arc en Ciel premise) and May 22, 23 and 24th in Bekaa (at Dari Association premise).
The overall objective of the workshop is to reinforce the capacity of participants in planning and facilitating support groups’ sessions with women survivors of Gender Based Violence (GBV) using a survivor centered approach
More...
The Legal Agenda
A non-profit research organization, registered under the number 2360 on 22-12-2009
Cordially invites you to a seminar entitled
“Out of Order Judicial Committees:
Denying Access to Justice to Vulnerable Social Groups”
Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 18:00
“Université pour Tous” building, 107 Saint Joseph University street
(Entrance through the Saint Joseph Church parking)
In the context of monitoring judicial work, the Legal Agenda will examine the blockage of several Judicial Committees, some of which have been inoperative since their creation. This is the case of the “Committee...
American University of Beirut, The Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs And Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Media Studies
Cordially invites you to a lecture and open discussion with
Francois Burgat, Director of the French Institute for the Near East (IFPO)
Political Islam through Arab revolutions
Tuesday, March 27. 5:00–6:30 pm
Bathish Auditorium, West Hall, AUB
Dr. Francois Burgat is a political scientist and senior researcher at Centre National du Recherche Scientifique (CNRS). Currently based in Beyrouth, Burgat is the Director of the French Institute...
Why and how people and organizations give varies. Individuals mainly give because they are presented with a giving opportunity that motivates them. In turn, foundations give based on their specific defined philanthropic focus and goals, whereas a small part of donations from charitable contributions comes from corporations which seek to invest in community well-being.NGOs should then look at who the givers are and note who they give to — then connect the dots knowing that philanthropy is not necessarily compassion in action. It will often, if not mostly, be an investment in entities that...
International Symposium: The Arab Uprisings:Sociological Perspectives and Geographical Comparisons
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20th and 21th of March 2012 Venue: Auditorium A, West Hall, American University of Beirut Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Media Studies (SOAM) - American University of Beirut (AUB) Lebanese Sociological Association (LSA) Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (Lebanon) International Sociological Association (ISA) Qatar University Organizing Committee: Sari Hanafi (SAOM-AUB), Chebib Diab (LSA), Michael Burawoy (ISA), Samir Farah (FES). Open to Public Languages: Arabic and English...
تلعب مؤسسات المجتمع المدني دوراً أساسياً وبارزاً في الحد من مظاهر التمييز المجتمعي لا سيما القائم على أساس جندري وتساهم إلى حدٍّ بعيدٍ بإعادة تشكيل منظومة قيمية جديدة قائمة على أساس المساواة والعدالة الاجتماعية.
لذا، وضمن إطار مشروع "تعزيز أوضاع وظروف العاملات في حقل الرعاية الصحية في لبنان"، تنظّم مؤسسة عامل الدولية ومنظمة شيستاس الإيطالية، بتمويلٍ من الإتحاد الاوروبي وبالتعاون مع مؤسسة "أبعاد-مركز الموارد للمساواة بين الجنسين" ورشة عمل تدريبية (مجانية) حول التمييز القائم على أساس النوع الاجتماعي والدور المجتمعي الإيجابي الذي يمكن للإعلام أن يلعبه في مناهضة أشكال التمييز الجندري كافةً وسيما...
The Lebanese Emigration Research Center
at Notre Dame University - Louaizé
has the pleasure of inviting you to a lecture entitled
“Mixed Methods Research: Making the Best of Both Worlds”
Lecture
This seminar will discuss the value of mixed-method research designs, which combine qualitative and quantitative research strategies. It will be argued that the research question/s be examined from various vantage points, allowing for greater depth of insight. Further, through the process of triangulation, researchers are able to validate their findings from multiple vantage points. It will be shown...
Funding Agencies have recently begun to encourage the use of concept notes as a way for applicants to obtain feedback on their ideas and projects. The major purpose from the agencies’ point of view is to help those applicants develop more competitive projects and to save time by eliminating those that are not likely to be funded. However, the applicants' purpose in developing a concept note is to capture the interest of the funder and demonstrate that the idea proposed is worthy of further consideration. Through it, applicants can tell the reader what the project is, why it is important, and...
Interfaculty Graduate Environmental Sciences Program - Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences (FAFS)and the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut (AUB) in collaboration with Arab Group for the Protection of Nature (APN)cordially invites you to a lecture with:
Renato S. Maluf - Professor at the Federal Rural University, Rio de JaneiroPresident of the National Council of Food and Nutrition Security, BrazilPublic Policies and ”Institutional Framework for Food and Nutrition:Sovereignty and Security" The Brazilian Experience...
A presentation of the report will be held focusing on the context of internal elections of 28 lebanese political parties, in addition to the legal context of these elections
Date & Time: Thursday February 16th, 2012 @ 11:00 AM
Place: UNESCO Palace, Beirut
Institut français du Proche-Orient Syrie - Liban - Jordanie - Irak – T. Palestiniens
Le Département scientifique des études contemporaines
vous invite à une Conférence de
Jad Chaabane (Professeur d’économie à l’Université américaine de Beyrouth)
et
Adib Bou Habib (Secrétaire général de la Fédération des travailleurs de l’imprimerie)
« La question des salaires une question sociale entre économie et politique »
Modérateur Karam Karam, chercheur associé à l’Ifpo
en langue arabe avec traduction simultanée
Mardi 14 février 2012, de 18h00 à 20h00
Salle de conférences de l’Institut Français du...
This seminar equips team leaders and middle level managers who want to enhance and maximize their management potential with the necessary information and skills that help them begin transforming their groups’ work into teams’ outcome. This innovative one-day seminar is designed to help you discover new methods about how to create synergy, maximize abilities, cope with group’s problems to turn it into a productive unit.
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