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Crisis data, it’s not just for response organizations.
Post By: Kim Stephens Recently, Jeannette Sutton wrote a brief article about what they are finding in New Zealand regarding the use of social media and data in general in the ChristChurch earthquake...
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Crisis Mapping, Crisis Crowdsouring and Southern Storms
Post by: Kim Stephens Photo courtesy FEMA photo library: Heckleburg, AL A couple of weeks ago the #SMEMchat group discussed crowdsourcing and crisismapping and I’d like to revisit that topic again...
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Crowdsourcing Down Under
Post by: Kim Stephens The Brisbane, Australia City Council has deployed a Ushahidi map in response to flooding occuring in their community. What is Ushahidi? Watch the 2 minute video on their website,...
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What role does a volunteer “CrisisMapper” play?
JAROSLAV VALUCH / Standby Task Force (Photo credit: SHAREconference) Post by: Kim Stephens It seems there has been a lot of conversations on the #SMEM (or Social Media and Emergency Management) twitter...
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The Social Media Tag Challenge: Crowdscanner describes how they won
Post by: Kim Stephens On March 31st, the US State Department sponsored a game called ”Tag Challenge” that took social media monitoring to a new level. It was designed by graduate students from six...
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What is Crisis Mapping?
Post by: Kim Stephens I recently had a conversation with a colleague, who is very well versed in social media and emergency management, asking me to explain crisis mapping. I am not an expert in that...
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New Social Media Monitoring Tool: CrisisTracker
Post by: Kim Stephens The post on this site “Data Data Everywhere…Monitoring Social Media in a Crisis” is my most popular, it seems everyone is looking for tools to help with the enormous task of...
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Washington Smoke Blogspot: A Truly Collaborative Effort
Post by: Kim Stephens Smoke from the September 2012 fires in central Washington State continues to cause huge air quality concerns for local residents. Last week public health officials, according to...
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Hurricane Sandy: Fairfax County, VA’s Crowdmap
Post by: Kim Stephens We are used to seeing volunteers stand up maps that allow both reporting and viewing of citizen-generated situational information. But for Hurricane Sandy, Fairfax County,...
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One County’s Social Media Stats: Hurricane Sandy
Post by: Kim Stephens Fairfax County, VA’s Office of Public Affairs published their Social Media “Metrics Report“ which provides a quantitative assessment of how well their social media presence was...
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