HOW TO: Prepare for Natural Disasters Using Social Media. Mollie Vandor is the Product Manager for Ranker.com and Media Director for Girls in Tech LA. You can find her on Twitter and on her blog, where she writes about the web, the world and what it’s like to be a geek chic chick. Earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes — lately, it seems like there's a new natural disaster wreaking havoc on poor planet Earth every week. From our television sets to our Twitter streams, it's impossible to ignore the devastation these disasters leave behind. And, no matter where you're watching from, it's hard not to feel just a little bit helpless in the face of such colossal catastrophes. But when it comes to natural disasters, modern technology is making it easier than ever to take control by creating your own emergency response system — no high pitched beeping required.
There are tons of tools to help you create emergency preparedness plans, keep in touch during a disaster, and get your life back after one strikes. Create a Plan Keep In Touch Get Your Life Back. Social Media Blog » Crisis Management. Kristin and I had a great time presenting at the 2014 ICRC Conference in Orlando. Our presentation focused on exploratory research into applying the situational qsort methodology to determine what crisis communication experts think of when they consider what a crisis is. This was a fun research project to do and work on. Of course, there was a lot of social media conversations from the ICRC Conference, which can be viewed here.
This is one of the things I really like about the ICRC Conference – it’s a learning conference where professors, graduate students, and professionals come together in an interactive environment both online and offline. Kristin and I were very pleased to see so many people at our session and the questions that emerged from our presentation. We were able to brainstorm ideas, talk about other ways to apply the situational qsort in other crisis situations, and what best practices should be considered with these messages.
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