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The power of social media for Hurricane Sandy

ASU Lodestar Center

After deciding to use social media, we set up a campaign with a relatively small budget to test what kind of interaction we would receive from our ad. We first set up our campaign to geo-target our location which was specifically Tucson, based on the companies’ location. Facebook allowed us. Our ad showed up on over 15,000 profiles.

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How Can Member-Based Nonprofits Use Lean Innovation to Remain Relevant?

ASU Lodestar Center

According to The Chronicle of Philanthropy, “nonprofit leaders must focus more attention on innovation, measuring the impact of their efforts, and creating funding structures that encourage risk taking, according to a report from Independent Sector."

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Changing the World One Gift at a Time: An Interview with Deron Beal of the Freecycle Network

Have Fun - Do Good

Seeing how people interact, help each other, provide information. Because I'm sitting out here in Tucson, Arizona where there are more cows than computers. The EPA doesn't even have a model yet to measure carbon footprint reduction for reuse. That's the message I took with me, and it was just fantastic.