On today's episode, we're talking with Diana Doukas, manager for economic impact for U.S. policy programs at Facebook. Find out how her work helps empower small businesses in Nebraska and beyond.

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About our guest:

Diana is a public affairs and corporate social responsibility executive with almost 15 years of White House, government, corporate, political and non-profit experience managing budgets of more than $10 million.

What we discuss on this episode:

Listen to the full podcast to hear Diana talk about:

• How her career path led her to Facebook
• Her experience working with the small business community
• Why she couldn't have plotted her career path if she tried
• How she learned to trust her gut
• How she built a community around her
• What exactly she does at Facebook
• What Facebook is doing to help small businesses
• What tools Facebook has to help businesses
• How businesses can do community outreach
• How she has personally helped small businesses

1:50 – Meet Diana

2:08 – Career path

3:01 – Losing out on jobs and promotions

3:55 – What she learned from failure

6:21 – Her role at Facebook

7:21 – How Facebook helps businesses

10:55 – Re-entering the workforce

13:56 – Business resource hub

16:38 – Most value Facebook tool

18:22 – Outreach in the community

19:45 – How she helps small businesses

22:37 – Digital shift

25:59 – Anything else?