MDEMA Social Media in Disasters
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This document discusses best practices for using social media to distribute information during disasters like floods. It recommends setting up distribution channels on platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and websites. The core content areas to focus on include evacuation orders, donations, photos/videos, and safety/recovery actions. Maps should display evacuation areas, shelters, road closures, and supply locations. Lessons learned include dedicating staff to graphics/video, ensuring websites are updated regularly, practicing live videos, adding closed captions to videos, and making information accessible to all.
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MDEMA Social Media in Disasters
- 1. Social Media in Disasters SACRAMENTO FLOODS 2017 Mary Jo Flynn
- 2. Setting Up Distribution Channels
- 7. Website or Blog CORE CONTENT AREAS Updates/Releases Evacuation orders Donations Social media links Photo & video requests Safety actions Recovery actions MAP DISPLAYS Evacuation areas Shelter locations Local assistance centers Road closures Supply locations (e.g. Sandbags)
- 8. Click to Tweet http://twitter.com/home? status=Put your message here and include your username via @MaryJoFly
- 10. 30Atmospheric Rivers Normal Water Year (14-15) Atmospheric Rivers
- 11. Levee breach
- 12. Massive Wind-Storm Caused Power Outages
- 14. Train Derailment
- 16. Google Maps
- 19. Rumors
- 20. Managing Rumors
- 22. SoundCloud.com to distribute audio files
- 23. Lessons Learned Dedicate someone to photography, graphics and video Ensure that the website is updated regularly, and timestamped Your live videos will be directly quoted; practice and rehearse what you will share before you go live Download your live video and post to YouTube with closed captions immediately Don’t forget about the communities that may access information through different methods. Utilize a combination of audio, alt text, video, closed captions, and text reader friendly websites
Editor's Notes
- Second, I have on the schedule (Thursday, June 1st) a social media focused presentation, and I was hoping you might also be interested in covering a 1-hour breakout session (attendees will have 4 different session to choose from) to talk about again your recent events, specifically from the social media perspective.
- Significant on-street flooding closed many roads throughout the southern portion of Sacramento County
- Failures in the concrete spillway led to the closure of the spillway. Water accumulated inside the lake, eventually emptying over the emrgency spillway. The emergency spillway eroded significantly, causing an evacuation of 188,000 people from the area toward Sacramento County
- Recommend recording the date and time that the message was recorded or posted. People still listen to the uploads even though they are a few months old.