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Vote for Your CNN Hero: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Impact

Have Fun - Do Good

Maria Ruiz "Several times a week, Maria Ruiz of El Paso, Texas, crosses the border into Juarez, Mexico, bringing food, clothing and toys for hundreds of impoverished children and their families." David Puckett "Started PIPO Missions to bring ongoing prosthetic and orthotic care to those in need.

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If we’d had Twitter on 9/11

Connection Cafe

We were surprised when we reached a roadblock just West of El Paso. I was also surprised that El Paso, TX is only the half-way point between LA and Austin. And so I’m hoping that community leaders won’t dismiss social media as “just for fun” or optional.

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What I Learned From @nancylublin About #dataonpurpose

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The program was a lot of fun, but when they looked at the data, it was not scaling. In August 2013, they sent an opt-in text message to area codes in El Paso and Chicago. Nancy mentioned that listening and using data inspired them to kill a bunch of programs, even popular programs.