This is a presentation I prepared for a program at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. I pulled together social media best practices and tried to map them to the phases of the emergency management cycle. The presentation ends with a "To do" list for government agencies and recommendations on how to design a social media strategy that fits into each of the phases to create community and interaction when it is needed
Includes an overview to the social and participatory aspects of the Web, an overview of social media tools, and commonly used metrics for evaluating specific social media tools. Additionally, case examples will be provided on the use of social media in health communication and public health.
A presentation on Government 2.0, President Obama's Open Government Initiative, Open Data and key examples of social media. As presented by Walter Schwabe, Chief Evolution Officer of fusedlogic inc at the ALI Social Media for Government Conference in Edmonton, Alberta
This is a presentation I prepared for a program at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. I pulled together social media best practices and tried to map them to the phases of the emergency management cycle. The presentation ends with a "To do" list for government agencies and recommendations on how to design a social media strategy that fits into each of the phases to create community and interaction when it is needed
Includes an overview to the social and participatory aspects of the Web, an overview of social media tools, and commonly used metrics for evaluating specific social media tools. Additionally, case examples will be provided on the use of social media in health communication and public health.
A presentation on Government 2.0, President Obama's Open Government Initiative, Open Data and key examples of social media. As presented by Walter Schwabe, Chief Evolution Officer of fusedlogic inc at the ALI Social Media for Government Conference in Edmonton, Alberta
Disasters 2.0: Real Time Collaboration: Documentation and MappingConnie White
Objective 1: Cover the available technologies that are free that help EM create real-time documents, spreadsheets, presentations and forms that are available online (Google Suite) for many to use collaboratively and simultaneously and offline in a traditional singleton sense (OpenWord)
Objective 2: Demonstrate the free available mapping tools that are user friendly and very powerful for response efforts -- these are web based collaborative mapping tools that can be used in advance or in an ad hoc fashion - including the GeoLocation devices that can be leveraged. (WikiMapia, Open Street Maps, etc.)
A Framework to Identify Best Practices: Social Media and Web 2.0 Technologies...Connie White
Social media is used in a variety of domains, including emergency management. However, the question of which technologies are most appropriate for a given emergency remains open. We present a framework of dimensions of emergencies that can assist in selecting appropriate social media for an emergency situation. Social media is not a panacea but can be used effectively given the proper functions available from the particular services provided by each of the Web 2.0 technologies available. The main objective of this paper is to identify the best practices for social media to leverage its ability given the complexities that coincide with events. This is a conceptual paper based on the results of preliminary studies involving group interactions with emergency professionals with various backgrounds. In addition, emergency management students who are professionals in the field followed by another interview soliciting information from information systems scientist were surveyed. We found that each situation called forth various dimensions where only sub phases of the stated dimension may be used given the task type derived from the event characteristics. This lays a foundation upon which a more formal approach can be taken to help tame the social media mania into a manageable set of ‘best practices’ from which emergencies can be managed more effectively given Web 2.0 technologies and social collaborative online tools.
Social Media and Emergency Management: Integrating SMDavid Merrick II
Guest lecture on social media, crisis communication, and disaster management given at De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines in November 2011. Presented by David Merrick, Center for Disaster Risk Policy, Florida State University.
Media diet: A week of my browser history visualizedMiguel Paz
A brief project for the "Future of News and Participatory Media" class of 2015 Spring at MIT Medialab. The goal: to see and analyze one`s media consumption and what do we understand of "media" as a concept.
User experience at the dawn of Gov 2.0. The U.S. government is embarking on what could potentially be a major change in how it does business and this presentation is intended to help Web professionals understand the Open Government movement.
These are the slides to support my talk for the Emergency Management Association of Georgia May 26, 2011 Savannah Situational Awareness workshop. The message is that people, technology, social media and emergency management can all build a better awareness together using a mobile platform.
#EMAG2011 Use Social Media Now for Emergency ManagementConnie White
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.
Disasters 2.0: Real Time Collaboration: Documentation and MappingConnie White
Objective 1: Cover the available technologies that are free that help EM create real-time documents, spreadsheets, presentations and forms that are available online (Google Suite) for many to use collaboratively and simultaneously and offline in a traditional singleton sense (OpenWord)
Objective 2: Demonstrate the free available mapping tools that are user friendly and very powerful for response efforts -- these are web based collaborative mapping tools that can be used in advance or in an ad hoc fashion - including the GeoLocation devices that can be leveraged. (WikiMapia, Open Street Maps, etc.)
A Framework to Identify Best Practices: Social Media and Web 2.0 Technologies...Connie White
Social media is used in a variety of domains, including emergency management. However, the question of which technologies are most appropriate for a given emergency remains open. We present a framework of dimensions of emergencies that can assist in selecting appropriate social media for an emergency situation. Social media is not a panacea but can be used effectively given the proper functions available from the particular services provided by each of the Web 2.0 technologies available. The main objective of this paper is to identify the best practices for social media to leverage its ability given the complexities that coincide with events. This is a conceptual paper based on the results of preliminary studies involving group interactions with emergency professionals with various backgrounds. In addition, emergency management students who are professionals in the field followed by another interview soliciting information from information systems scientist were surveyed. We found that each situation called forth various dimensions where only sub phases of the stated dimension may be used given the task type derived from the event characteristics. This lays a foundation upon which a more formal approach can be taken to help tame the social media mania into a manageable set of ‘best practices’ from which emergencies can be managed more effectively given Web 2.0 technologies and social collaborative online tools.
Social Media and Emergency Management: Integrating SMDavid Merrick II
Guest lecture on social media, crisis communication, and disaster management given at De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines in November 2011. Presented by David Merrick, Center for Disaster Risk Policy, Florida State University.
Media diet: A week of my browser history visualizedMiguel Paz
A brief project for the "Future of News and Participatory Media" class of 2015 Spring at MIT Medialab. The goal: to see and analyze one`s media consumption and what do we understand of "media" as a concept.
User experience at the dawn of Gov 2.0. The U.S. government is embarking on what could potentially be a major change in how it does business and this presentation is intended to help Web professionals understand the Open Government movement.
These are the slides to support my talk for the Emergency Management Association of Georgia May 26, 2011 Savannah Situational Awareness workshop. The message is that people, technology, social media and emergency management can all build a better awareness together using a mobile platform.
#EMAG2011 Use Social Media Now for Emergency ManagementConnie White
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.
Social media are forms of information and commu-nication technology disseminated through social interaction. Social media rely on peer-to-peer (P2P) networks that are collaborative, decentralized, and community driven. They transform people from content consumers into content producers. Popular networking sites such as MySpace™, Facebook™, Twitter™, and Google™are versions of social media that are most commonly used for connecting with friends, relatives, and employees. The role of social media in disaster management became galvanized during the world response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake. During the immediate aftermath, much of what people around the world were learning about the earthquake originated from social media sources. Social media became the new forum for collective intelligence, social convergence, and community activism. During the first 2 days following the earthquake, “texting” mobile phone users donated more than $5 million to the American Red Cross. Both public and private response agencies used Google Maps™. Millions joined MySpace™ and Facebook™ discussion groups to share information, donate money, and offer comfort and support. Social media has also been described as “remarkably well organized, self correcting, accurate, and concentrated,” calling into question the ingrained view of unidirectional, official-to-public information broadcasts. Social media may also offer potential psychological benefit for vulnerable populations gained through participation as stakeholders in the response. Disaster victims report a psychological need to contribute, and by doing so, they are better able to cope with their situation. Affected populations may gain resilience by replacing their helplessness with dignity, control, as well as personal and collective responsibility. However, widespread use of social media also involves several important challenges for disaster management. Although social media is growing rapidly, it remains less widespread and accessible than traditional media. Also, public officials often view P2P communications as “backchannels” with potential to spread misinformation and rumor. In addition, in absence of the normal checks and balances that regulate traditional media, privacy rights violations can occur as people use social media to describe personal events and circumstances. Key words: social media, resilience, vulnerability,
Social Media & Crisis Communications: the story of #memstormMemphisWeather.net
Social Media & Crisis Communication:
The story of #memstorm
Presented at TechCamp Memphis (#tcmem)
5/12/2012
MemphisWeather.net meteorologist Erik Proseus
NY VOST Response to the Second Avenue Building Collapse, East Village, NYCJoanna Lane
New York Virtual Operations Support Team
SECOND AVENUE BUILDING COLLAPSE, EAST VILLAGE, NYC
Response/Exercise: March 26, 2015 – March 30,2015
Situation Summary
On March 26, 2015 at 1517 hrs, FDNY units were dispatched to 123 2nd Ave between 7th Street and St. Mark’s Place for a fire and possible explosion. At 1522 hrs a structural fire and building collapse were reported by arriving units. By 1554 the incident had reached a 7th alarm. Two 5-story buildings were fully involved with fire, as well as 3 floors of a neighboring 7-story building. Surrounding occupancies were evacuated and a perimeter was established. Outside operations commenced due to the large volume of fire. All three buildings eventually collapsed.
Integrating social media into Situational Awareness supports the enhanced quality of decision making and risk management processes. During the operational period, the NYVOST employed a range of emerging technologies to support an integrated Situational Awareness toolset for the FDNY Incident Management Team by:
Monitoring social media for mission-critical information from the public
Amplifying public safety messaging from the FDNY and related NYC sources
Performing quality assurance and reputation management for the activating agency
Archiving and AAR reporting
Operational personnel can gain much from practicing the actual tasks that would be executed in the event of a major disaster, such as Superstorm Sandy. NYVOST members (VOSTies) gained ninety six (96) hours of activation experience in total over the operational period. Individual practitioners gained between (4) hours and forty four (44) hours each, depending on their voluntary availability.
NYVOST Incident Response March 26 -30, 2015
Summary
The New York Virtual Operations Support Team (NYVOST) activated at 21:27 on March 26, 2015 to provide social media emergency management (SMEM) support to the FDNY Type II All Hazard Incident Management Team at the scene. The FDNY-IMT’s Public Information Officer (PIO) liaised with the NYVOST’s Team Lead remotely, who coordinated the VOST response to perform the following missions:
* Monitoring for issues requiring a 911 response, smoke conditions, displaced people,
rumors and hoaxes.
* Amplifying @FDNY twitter and other official response agencies and verified sources.
* Identifying possible FDNY-IMT response gaps on social media or complaints as
reported by the public.
These primary missions remained throughout the operational period, with a special instruction added on the second day to source, verify and curate images for FDNY use. The team’s Pinterest board, entitled #NYC Explosion March 26th 2015, fulfilled this need.
This is a 22 page After Action Report about NYVOST’s support of the FDNY Incident Management Team in this incident.
ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN DISASTER MANAGEMENTRajesh Mandal
This is divided into five parts: (1) Social Media as a tool in disaster management; (2) How Social Media can be used in disasters; (3) Limitations and weaknesses of Social Media; (4) Case studies of Social Media use during disasters; and (5) Conclusion.
British Red Cross Adapts Social Strategy for Campaign SuccessBrandwatch
British Red Cross utilized Brandwatch Analytics to react quickly in a crisis. Download the case study to see how the organization adapted their social strategy and responded faster to improve campaign success.
Presented on October 6, 2015 to the Hawaiian Astronomical Society in Honolulu, Hawaii. Summarizes key steps how to become an astronaut with a focus on Mars missions.
Asynchronous geological exploration operations at the HI-SEAS planetary surfa...Brian Shiro
Presented on July 23, 2015 at the NASA Exploration Science Forum in Moffett Field, California. Summarizes the geological field tasks assigned to HI-SEAS crews during simulated long-duration Mars missions on Mauna Loa, Hawaii.
Presentation highlighting tsunami lessons from key scenes in "The Impossible" to the Get Ready Ewa Beach Emergency Preparedness Fair on September 5, 2015
Geological field activities at the HI-SEAS planetary surface analog mission s...Brian Shiro
Presented on July 23, 2014 at the NASA Exploration Science Forum in Moffett Field, California. Summarizes the geological field tasks assigned to HI-SEAS crews during simulated long-duration Mars missions on Mauna Loa, Hawaii.
"Life on Mars in Hawaii" at 2013 Ignite STEM Week HawaiiBrian Shiro
Presentation given on March 2, 2013 at the Ignite STEM Week Hawaii event held at the Imaginarium. Fast-paced Ignite format requires 20 auto-advancing slides for 15 seconds each for a 5-minute presentation. Video recording here: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/29686064
In Situ Resource Utilization by Humans in Planetary Analog EnvironmentsBrian Shiro
Presented on November 13, 2012 at the 2012 PISCES Conference in Waikoloa, Hawaii. Summarizes the research projects I carried out on two analog Mars missions in 2009 and 2010 and looks forward to new analog research in Hawaii.
"Astronauts4Hire" at 2012 Ignite STEM Week HawaiiBrian Shiro
Presentation given on March 28, 2012 at the Ignite STEM Week Hawaii event held at the Greenhouse Innovation Hub. Fast-paced Ignite format requires 20 auto-advancing slides for 15 seconds each for a 5-minute presentation. Video recording here: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/21437055
In Situ Geophysical Exploration by Humans in Mars Analog EnvironmentsBrian Shiro
Presented on May 13, 2010 at the University of North Dakota's 997 symposium. Summarizes the research projects I carried out on two analog Mars missions in 2009 and 2010.
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
About Potato, The scientific name of the plant is Solanum tuberosum (L).Christina Parmionova
The potato is a starchy root vegetable native to the Americas that is consumed as a staple food in many parts of the world. Potatoes are tubers of the plant Solanum tuberosum, a perennial in the nightshade family Solanaceae. Wild potato species can be found from the southern United States to southern Chile
Synopsis (short abstract) In December 2023, the UN General Assembly proclaimed 30 May as the International Day of Potato.
Preliminary findings _OECD field visits to ten regions in the TSI EU mining r...OECDregions
Preliminary findings from OECD field visits for the project: Enhancing EU Mining Regional Ecosystems to Support the Green Transition and Secure Mineral Raw Materials Supply.
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
RFP for Reno's Community Assistance CenterThis Is Reno
Property appraisals completed in May for downtown Reno’s Community Assistance and Triage Centers (CAC) reveal that repairing the buildings to bring them back into service would cost an estimated $10.1 million—nearly four times the amount previously reported by city staff.
Working with data is a challenge for many organizations. Nonprofits in particular may need to collect and analyze sensitive, incomplete, and/or biased historical data about people. In this talk, Dr. Cori Faklaris of UNC Charlotte provides an overview of current AI capabilities and weaknesses to consider when integrating current AI technologies into the data workflow. The talk is organized around three takeaways: (1) For better or sometimes worse, AI provides you with “infinite interns.” (2) Give people permission & guardrails to learn what works with these “interns” and what doesn’t. (3) Create a roadmap for adding in more AI to assist nonprofit work, along with strategies for bias mitigation.
Donate to charity during this holiday seasonSERUDS INDIA
For people who have money and are philanthropic, there are infinite opportunities to gift a needy person or child a Merry Christmas. Even if you are living on a shoestring budget, you will be surprised at how much you can do.
Donate Us
https://serudsindia.org/how-to-donate-to-charity-during-this-holiday-season/
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Monitoring Health for the SDGs - Global Health Statistics 2024 - WHOChristina Parmionova
The 2024 World Health Statistics edition reviews more than 50 health-related indicators from the Sustainable Development Goals and WHO’s Thirteenth General Programme of Work. It also highlights the findings from the Global health estimates 2021, notably the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on life expectancy and healthy life expectancy.
Earthquakes and landslides deform the ocean bottom, which in turn deforms the ocean surface. Pyroclastic flows and meteorite impacts deform the surface directly.