Digital-Lover Organisations Courses

Digital technologies raise questions about how technological advances will affect civil society in the future, by providing new ways to exercise freedoms of association, peaceful assembly and expression, but also to restrict those rights.

In the last century, social relations and business processes have developed with the opportunities offered to us by the printing press and electrical technologies. In this century, the internet and the new technologies developed in connection with it are changing the social and economic relations, transforming the structures of the past and the processes of doing business. In addition to our consumption and production habits, our social relations, jobs and education processes are becoming digital. Of course, every field in which civil society works, from getting organized and advocating to lobbying and campaigning processes, is also affected by digitalization.

Innovative technologies such as internet applications, social media, artificial intelligence, data analytics and robotics are used extensively in every field from social policies to education, from government applications to migration management. Whether we are aware of it or not, our experiences are constantly evolving and changing, inherent in our daily life practices. Especially with the Covid-19 pandemic, the digital transformation process, which transforms the working area of civil society and brings new opportunities and new questions, requires new skills.

“Digital-Lover Organizations” was produced within this transformation, with a perspective that puts CSOs at its center. The program, which consists of 4 independent courses, also has a structure that complements each other.

• Digital Literacy and Digital Transformation
• Digital Communication and Governance
• Digital Content and Social Media
• Data Visualization and Advocacy

“Digital-Lover Organizations” was designed with a long-term training course approach. The long-term training course does not only refer to the duration, but also emphasizes a method that feeds the development processes of the participants with different tools and focuses on participation and experience.

From this point of view, “Digital-Lover Organizations” appears as a whole, with both theoretical and immediately applicable clues. Based on the learning-by-doing and adult education approach, it gives the opportunity to experience and reflect on the subjects and concepts that are at the center of digital transformation.

There are two ways to benefit from "Digital-Lover Organizations". One is a face-to-face course program. It covers a period of 4 months. Every month, we come together with the experts of the subjects covered in the training program in 3-day meetings, we talk and discuss.

The other is the online “Digital-Lover Organizations” training course, which we complete with our own learning pace and planning. The online content includes key concepts, discussions and information for the topics covered in the course program. As such, it forms the basis of the face-to-face course program. Having completed online content during your application for face-to-face training gives you a priority.

• From a civil society perspective, you will learn about digital literacy, safe and effective use of the internet, fake news and internet ethics, digitization and digital transformation, digital transformation processes and remote working for CSOs.
• You will learn communication and public relations in the digital age, digital communication strategy and plan for CSOs, management of digital assets, digital advertising, website and e-bulletin, instant messaging and team applications, the relationship of digital communication with governance, network-oriented governance and digital democracy practices.
• You will learn in-depth about digital content, digital storytelling, good examples of digital content, writing text for digital, producing images, videos and podcasts, social media and related concepts, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Linkedin, Pinterest and YouTube.
• You will learn about data literacy, the importance and processes of working with data, data visualization methods and tools, and data storytelling in the digital age.

Anyone who follows the digitalization process of a CSO and/or carries out digital communication activities of a CSO voluntarily or professionally, is aware of the importance of digital transformation for today and for the future, and aims to acquire the digital skills required by the age can benefit from this training program.

The Face-to-face program of "Digital-Lover Organizations" was designed with a long-term training course approach. For 4 months, you need to set aside 3 days a month for face-to-face meetings. We would like to remind you that from time to time, after face-to-face meetings, trainers may ask you for various preparations and tasks.

If you have decided to join "Digital-Lover Organizations" online, good news! There is no set start and end date. You can start at the time you set and finish at the pace you set. Our recommendation to you is to allocate 5-6 hours a week and complete the entire program in 4 weeks. The video content in the course takes a total of 9.5 hours, and the reading materials take a total of 12 hours. So the total duration of all content is 21.5 hours.

You can take part in the "Digital-Lover Organizations" program, either online or face-to-face.

If you want to participate in the face-to-face program of "Digital-Lover Organizations", simply click the "Face to Face" button and follow the steps to register. The application deadline is Friday, June 03, 2022 at 23:59.

Within 10 days of the application deadline, the evaluation process will be completed and you will receive a response regarding your application. Let us remind you that if your application is accepted, a "support letter" will be requested from the management structure of the organization you represent, stating that your participation in the entire program is supported on behalf of your organization.

If you want to take "Digital-Lover Organizations" online at your own learning pace, at the time and place you specify, simply click the "Online" button and follow the steps to register. After completing your registration, you will be able to access the online content of "Digital-Lover Organizations". We recommend that you finish this online content before applying for the face-to-face training program. In this way, you will give your application a priority.

You will receive a digital "Badge" when you complete each training in the "Digital-Lover Organizations" program. At the end of the program, when you obtain 4 digital graduation badges, a digital “Certificate of Participation” issued in your name will be sent to the e-mail address you used while registering.