Digital Lover Organizations

New technologies, including the internet, are transforming social and economic relationships, and reshaping the structures and processes of the past. Our social relationships, work, education, consumption and production habits are becoming digitalized. From organizational and advocacy tools to lobbying and campaign processes, every area of civil society is affected by digitalization.

In every area from social policies to education, government practices to migration management, innovative technologies such as internet applications, social media, artificial intelligence, data analytics, and robotics are heavily used, and our daily experiences are constantly improving and changing, whether we realize it or not. The digital transformation process, which has also transformed the working area of civil society, and brought new opportunities and questions, especially with the Covid-19 pandemic, certainly requires new skills.

Digital Lover Organizations  is composed of 4 parts that are designed to support and complement each other:

• 301 - Digital Literacy and Digital Transformation
• 302 - Digital Communication and Governance
• 303 - Digital Content and Social Media
• 304 - Data Visualization and Advocacy

Digital Lover Organizations  is a comprehensive and structured capacity-building program that lasts for 4 months and combines participants' practical experiences with professional knowledge. Based on the "learning by doing" and adult education approach, it provides opportunities for experiencing and reflecting upon topics and concepts that are central to organizational capacity.

• To gain skills needed by civil society organizations in their digital transformation processes, including digital security and proper internet searching, digital strategy and planning, and remote work;
• To learn digital tools used for establishing concepts such as digital communication planning, managing digital assets, running digital advertising campaigns, and digital governance and network management;
• To develop effective social media usage skills, including content creation, understanding the features of popular social media platforms, and ways to be effective on these platforms;
• To discover practical online tools for basic data analysis, data visualization, and using data in their work, as well as tools for data visualization.

Anyone who follows the digital transformation process of a civil society organization and/or manages digital communication activities as a volunteer or professional, is aware of the importance of digital transformation for today and the future, and aims to acquire the digital skills required by the era can benefit from these contents.