This is the presentation given at the Emergency Management Association of Georgia Training Summit in Savannah, May 25, 2011. It covers the various types of social media communication structures, what the public thinks, expects from the Red Cross Study and then offers major reasons to implement social media now.
4. Due to the death of six children within this community, including their own son, three year old Benjamin, Dolphus E. Hughes and wife Ollie felt the community needed telephone service. They purchased the system, which remained Hughes Telephone Company until 1989 . Hughes Telephone Company 1911-1989
6. Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, LA. 4 Days Post Katrina http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zXZ-R0mcN0&playnext=1&list=PL6DD285E01968E44D
7. Crisis Mapping Case: Haiti haitiaftermath.jpg http://mommylife.net/archives/2010/01/real_hope_for_h.html
8. The Initial Map After the Earthquake haiti.jpg (source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikel_maron/4274264767/)
9. OpenStreetMapHaitiCreativeCommons.jpg OpenStreetMap is a Creative Commons project, sort of geographic Wiki. This map is updated in real time. Rescue teams and NGOs on the ground are using Garmin GPS . It only took a few hours to members of the free mapping community to respond. http://www.3d-today.org/2010_01_01_archive.html
10. OpenStreetMapHaitiCreativeCommons2.jpg Yellow crosses indicate the streets blocked by obstacles. Yellow crosses on red background are the collapsed buildings. White tents on a red background are the camps of survivors . http://www.3d-today.org/2010_01_01_archive.html
11. Are you using the same modes of communication To manage emergencies that you were using in 2005?
16. Make the Best Decisions Possible Georgia (Gwinnett and Douglas Counties) Floods 2009
17. “ We characterize a social network as links from people to other people, groups or information objects. Such objects may be messages, photos, videos, wall postings, notifications, current activities, events, widgets, etc. ” http://www.iscram.org/ISCRAM2009/papers/Contributions/163_An Online Social Network For Emergency_White2009.pdf 2009 - Connie White, Linda Plotnick, Jane Kushma, Starr Roxanne Hiltz, and Murray Turoff. An Online Social Network for Emergency Management. International Journal of Emergency Management 2009 - Vol. 6, No.3/4 pp. 369 - 382
46. Skype In: Special Lecturer: Tim Brice National Weather Service developed its Internet presence and incorporating the latest technologies into operational uses. He currently serves as the office GIS and Social Media focal points. Video Presentation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNaTdwGklVg Slide Presentation NWS and Twitter http://ow.ly/51rmp