Monday, January 31, 2011

Protests in Egypt: drinking ( or not ) the social media Kool-Aid

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By now, all of you know I'm a firm believer in the usefulness of social media in emergencies, both for emergency information purposes an...
Saturday, January 22, 2011

Social media and emergency management: have we reached critical mass?

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Recent events and newly published studies have shown beyond any doubt that social media should now be part of all aspects of emergency manag...
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Saturday, January 15, 2011

Social media and a revolution ... why it matters

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Hello folks ... I tried a new tool to tell the story of the Tunisia revolution (the Jasmine Revolution) through social media. This new too...
Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Social media and the Australian floods

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I'm really fascinated by the role social media has played in recent days in informing audiences of the consequences of the flood in Quee...
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Today's entry in our project: components of the crisis comms planning process

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Hello everyone! Our project on PTSC-Online http://www.ptsc-online.ca/  is progressing nicely.  Barry and I are now moving in the "meaty...
Saturday, January 8, 2011

Another example why social media as an emergency info tool is critical

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This is taken from the same document I mentioned in my previous post. Again, this brings up something I've discussed here in many occa...

A fantastic read on public alerting and crisis communications

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Hello everyone ! I've downloaded a fantastic document that pretty much sums up the continuum between public alerting and crisis commun...
Tuesday, January 4, 2011

What to expect on this blog in 2011

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Happy New Year !  We're truly living in a wonderful age of great changes and challenges. This blog will try to reflect the ever chang...
Monday, December 27, 2010

New entry in our online project to advance crisis and emergency comms

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Amazingly, i'm still finding time to work on my online project with my colleague Barry Radford. It's for an online community called...
Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Having lots of fun sharing!

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My colleague Barry Radford and I have embarked on an ambitious project "to advance crisis and emergency communications practices" ...