To effectively use social media during a crisis, you must have used it in a sustainable fashion well before the emergency. Social media builds electronic relationships, which over time builds trust and credibility between the users of your site and your organization. The time to start a social media site IS NOT WHEN THE CRISIS IS UNDERWAY! Join me and others for a social media webinar entitled: Campus Crisis and Social Media, February 28 from 2 pm – 3:30 pm. more information at http://www.ldarrylarmstrong.com
We would suggest that with the continuing use and popularity of social media that all universities must consider developing and implementing notification systems that at a minimum use Facebook, Twitter, dark and existing web pages. You can learn more about how to evaluate and use such systems in a Paper-Clip webinar : Campus Crisis & Social Media: Preparation, Planning & Policies - February 28, 2013 Webinar
The increasing amount of personal information that can be gleaned by computer programs that track how people use Facebook has been revealed by an extensive academic study. Such programs can discern undisclosed private information such as Facebook users’ sexuality, drug-use habits and...
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FEI invites you to attend the Social Media for Natural Disaster Response and Recovery Training on September 5th, 2013 from 8am-5pm at the Grand Hyatt Buckhead in Atlanta, GA (3300 Peachtree Road Northeast)
Simply stated, social media is here to stay much to the chagrin sometimes of emergency management personnel used to the command and control systems under the National Incident Command System. Therefore, it is incumbent on all crisis and emergency management personnel (CM/EM) to learn how to best use social media to benefit communications before, during and after a crisis. Despite all its challenges, and there are several, CM/EM personnel can depend on social media to: Provide direct communication quickly between informants and those who need information, which enables responders to react faster, minimizing the length of the emergency
Law enforcement officers, campus administrators and those involved in the handling of crisis must accept the facts that social media can and will shape messages that the public and media will see. Everyone these days is a "Citizen Journalist" and the sooner that we all accept that fact and deal with social media as a viable tool of information/communications/messaging the sooner we all will be in a better position to communicate effectively and efficiently
Social media can and is being used as a gathering source of data to determine situational awareness and planning emergency response
Ten “New Rules” of Crisis Management in this World of Social Media “Toto, I don’t think we are in Kansas anymore,” Dorothy from the Wi zard of Oz Just as Dorothy found herself in a strange and forbidding land following a tornado event, those organizations who have not stayed up with the impact and influence of social media on crisis communications will find themselves in the land of severe vulnerability. The rules of crisis communications have changed in the past decade due to the proliferation of social media. Let’s review the current status of the rules as it relates to using social media based on the work of Melissa Agnes at www.AgnesDay.com
Nusura Brings Social Media Into the World of Crisis and Emergency Planning All colleges and universities, irrespective of size, these days are subject to crisis and emergency management disasters