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10 Instagram Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Known for having higher engagement than other social media, Instagram is evolving and it is becoming increasingly more difficult for nonprofits to get exposure in the Instagram Feed. In most cases, your avatar should not include text as it would be too small to read in the Instagram feed on a smartphone. Emojis can be hashtags).

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Research Friday: Why Give to International Charities?

ASU Lodestar Center

In some countries, $100 can send a child to school for a whole year or feed an entire family for one month. Catholic Relief Services uses microfinancing to create alternatives to migration, and Solace International , headquartered in Tucson, invests in social entrepreneurship.

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Get to Know the Lodestar Center: Elsbeth Pollack

ASU Lodestar Center

I worked at a nonprofit in Tucson called BorderLinks for about four years. I spent a lot of time in Tucson, Ambos Nogales, Douglas, Agua Prieta, the Copper Canyon, and Chiapas, connecting people, translating, putting together programming, and developing curriculum. I cook to de-stress and love feeding people!

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Google Is Helping Government Build an AI-Powered Border Surveillance System

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The project is primarily focused on saddling cameras in and around Tucson with AI capabilities, though more experimental rollouts are likely as a bipartisan border tech bill flies through the House on its way to the Senate.