Excerpt from Social Media for Emergency Management Training: How live broadcasting can assist emergency management across prevention, preparedness, response and recovery (PPRR). More Information About Social Media for Emergency Management Training: We offer a wide range of tailored training courses delivered by highly experienced public information & public safety professionals. Courses are delivered in Australasia and United Kingdom. Previous participants have included public information managers, emergency planners, sworn police officers, law enforcement analysts, public safety and health professionals such as; ● Emergency Management & Planners ● Law Enforcement ● Government Agencies ● Security and Public Safety ● Event Coordinators (such as large scale sporting events) ● Communications Professionals ● Health Sector ● Emergency Management and Planners Learning objectives aim to improve emergency communications and readiness in a dynamic operating environment. Following training participants will be able to: • Understand social media in the context of public safety • Assess both the opportunities and the challenges that emerge when working with social media to respond to crises • Create a strategy for social media use • Stay on top of what information comes in and what goes out using social media, enabling technologies and mutual aid • Understand and identify third party tools useful to emergency response • Evaluate popular social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Periscope, YikYak, YouTube, Instagram and utilise various free and specialist technologies such as specialist geolocation, analytics and mapping platforms for responding to and managing an emergency • Monitor and validate social media content using proven verification processes and tools • Gather, analyse, and record information as actionable intelligence for senior officers and decision makers in communication efforts • Understand the role of social media and digital volunteers in emergency management - supported by recent case study examples Via @CrestSMEM