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Vote for Your CNN Hero: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Impact

Have Fun - Do Good

She and volunteer camera crews have taped roughly 3,000 inmate messages." Today, she offers hundreds of children who work in Phnom Penh's trash dump a way out through free schooling and job training." Anne Mahlum "Used to run by homeless men each morning.

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What I Learned From @nancylublin About #dataonpurpose

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In August 2013, they sent an opt-in text message to area codes in El Paso and Chicago. The first hire was a Data Scientist and CTO. It was designed and built on the notion of data collection and analysis. Within a few months, the list expanded to all area codes in the US. It is used 6 times more often than other words.