Thursday, January 16, 2014

Four years after Haiti ... a look at the state of #smem

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. For many, the Haiti earthquake of early 2010 marked the first global expression of social convergence . The use of social networks, c...
Thursday, January 9, 2014

14 issues that could shape 2014 for #smem and crisis comms

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In the last couple of years, I've posted blogs early in January to set out what I believe will mark the coming 12 months for emergency ...
Sunday, January 5, 2014

The most socially convergent technology: Twitter ... the top #smem tool

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We have reached the conclusion of this series. The trend readers will have noticed is that most of the 9 technologies listed so far have...
Friday, January 3, 2014

Number 2 on my countdown of the top 10 #smem tech: the monitoring platform

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We're close to the number 1 tech ! In reality, the technology that sits in the #2 spot is as important as any other in #smem ... per...
Thursday, January 2, 2014

Top 10 #smem technologies .... at number 3: the IPhone/Ipad (and Android) powerhouse

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Nothing has had a more significant role in putting the power of social convergence into the hands of ordinary folks and emergency managers ...
Monday, December 30, 2013

Top 10 #smem technologies: at number 4 ...GPS

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I hear the cries now ... How can GPS be a social media technology ? Well, that's when I bring up the fact that "social convergence ...
Friday, December 27, 2013

top 10 smem technologies: at number 5: the crisis mapping platform

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After a bit of a hiatus (see #onstorm and #icestorm on Twitter), I'm coming back to my list of top 10 smem technologies as part of m...
Tuesday, December 17, 2013

At number 6 on the list of top 10 #smem technologies Skype (and Hangouts too !...)

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Nothing quite beats Skype (and to a certain measure Google+ hangouts) for the ability to coordinate virtual teams in emergencies. For t...