Sunday, March 4, 2012

Follow up: the empowering nature of social media in emergencies

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Okay ...I've just come across two fantastic articles on the use of social media during, and after, the outbreak of tornadoes that devast...
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Friday, March 2, 2012

A whirlwind of thoughts on the usefulness of SMEM

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March 2, 2012 ... a day that featured a thunderous outbreak of severe weather and tornadoes in many US states. Trying to follow the path of ...
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Social media and public alerting

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Events of the past few days (the school shooting in Chardon, OH and the tornadoes of Feb. 28 and 29) have once revealed an emerging trend: p...
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Sunday, February 26, 2012

Monitoring real-life events: a challenge

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There was a tragic train derailment not too far from where I live today. In fact, the accident happened a block from where my in-laws live...
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Saturday, February 25, 2012

Expanding the reach of SMEM and bridging gaps

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I had the great pleasure of having a skype chat with Francesco Ciriaci @ fciriaci on Twitte r)    co-founder of CrisisCamp Italia and org...
Thursday, February 23, 2012

Hearing from a true innovator ... is inspiring

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I had the opportunity this morning (thanks to @lance_valcour) to attend a meeting organized by the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police....
Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Why crisis communications should be based on TRUST

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We're in a brand new era in terms of crisis communications planning. The need for speed, rapid positioning and response has changed the ...