Emergency Managers new to social media can look to these resources for help.
Post by: Kim Stephens I was the guest on the Emergency Management Forum this week and one of the questions posed to the participants was whether there is a need for more training on social media for...
View ArticleTips and Tools of the Social Media Trade, by Hal Grieb
Image via CrunchBase Guest Blogger: Hal Grieb, Social Media Expert (and emergency manager) from Plano, Texas Some call me an expert on social media and emergency management, I just call myself a heavy...
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Guest Post: Cheryl Bledsoe Cheryl has 15 years of experience in state and county government. Currently serving as the Emergency Management Division Manager at the Clark Regional Emergency Services...
View ArticleUsing Corporate Social Media Lessons for Emergency Management “Marketing”
Post by: Kim Stephens What lessons can we borrow from corporate use of social media? Following information about social media often gets you 10 articles about corporate use to every 1 about the public...
View ArticleSMEM chat: Discussing our “Cloud based Collective”
Post by Kim Stephens This week the Social Media and Emergency Management chat focused internally, asking and answering the question that most groups get to at some point in their existence: what are...
View ArticleEmergency Management Agencies Don’t Use Facebook Effectively
Image via CrunchBase Post by: Kim Stephens An article entitled “Hospitals not Leveraging Facebook” discussed a study by Verasoni Worldwide which analyzed whether or not the platform was used...
View Article10 Ways for Emergency Managers to Boost Facebook Content
Image via CrunchBase Post by: Kim Stephens Oneforty.com recently posted 25 ideas to liven up the content you share on your Facebook page. This inspired me to write a list specifically for the...
View ArticleWhat’s in Your Tweet?
Post by: Kim Stephens Photo credit: Wikipedia The Social Media and Emergency Management chat devolved a little bit today into a debate about what to include in a tweet, specifically hyperlinks, and...
View ArticleI Don’t Have Time! Facebook “How-to” Resource
Post by: Kim Stephens Every time I talk with public employees about social media the one complaint I hear is how limited they are in terms of resources. The first problem with limited resources is that...
View ArticleThe Work of Disaster Reporting in the Age of Digital Distortion
Post by: Kim Stephens Academics from IBM Research Labs in India; Indraprastha Institute for Information Technology, Delhi, India; and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County collaborated on an...
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