This is a talk for the International Disaster Conference and Expo - first ever in New Orleans -

1. Social Media Empowering a Global Response International Disaster Conference and Expo New Orleans, LA Jan, 2012 Connie White, PhD ITSFEM, LLC #IDCExpo Follow me @conniemwhite

2. What is Social Media? What are Social Networks? Who is Sharing Information? What Kind of Information?

3. What makes SM so powerful?

4. The Past

6. Organize Raise Money Take Donations Supports Organizational Goals

7. Click -> Hearing on CSPAN

10. Viral SM to SM

13. Standby Volunteer Task Force for Live Mapping 400 Volunteers 50 Countries

14. State Level Emergency Management Agencies National Disaster Centers Hurricane, Earthquake, Weather Other Officials The White House, VP, DHS Army Corp of Engineers Use Social Media Strategically - Who does Fugate Follow? Following 88 but has ~20,000 Followers National Volunteer Organizations

15. Virgin Islands D.C. Is Fugate Following You? As of January 9, 2012 Yes

17. Pets and Disasters – The Past http://youtu.be/7KxFcmejy3s Independent Lens | MINE | Film Clip #1 http://youtu.be/7KxFcmejy3s

18. Social Media & Common Interests: Local Level

19. Joplin Animal Rescue Facebook Page

20. National Animal Rescue

21. Global

25. France http://Skyrock.com

26. Spain http://overblog.com

27. Spain http://Tuenti.com

28. Germany http:wer-kennt-wen.de

29. Italy http://Virgilio.com

30. China http://www.qq.com/

31. http://www.slideshare.net/web2asia/web2asia-online-social-networks-in-china-presentation

33. Social Media Sites in National Silos Global Response Requires Country to Country considerations? barriers?

34. The Great Eastern Japan Earthquake 東北地方太平洋沖地震

35. Prime Minister of Japan (twitter acct @kantei_saigai)

36. Japan http://FC2.com

37. Japan http://mixi.com

40. #tsunami and #prayforjapan,

41. Twitter users within the country were using

42. #Jishin (for general earthquake info), #J_j_helpme (for rescue or aid),

43. #Hinan (for evacuation information),

44. #Anpi (for confirmation of safety of individuals and places), and

45. #311care (for medical information).

46. Crisis Mappers

47. “ W hat If Hurricane Katrina happened in 2012?”

49. @bendroz = a person has been mentioned

50. # hashtags are directing/retrieving the information and creating a single place for information

51. Link to a YouTube Video

52. Keywords used to describe the content = Video I Capture

53. Hashtags are another way to link information ( paper.li )

54. Directly Before, During and After Event before communications go down before electricity is out a window of opportunity exists Social media supports information, communication and situational awareness

56. The Players President Barack Obama Governor Bobby Jindal Mayor Mitch Landrieu DHS Janet Napolitano FEMA Director Craig Fugate National Hurricane Center Local Radio Garland Robinette Times Picayune WDSU Local Television

58. ..Devastating damage expected... Hurricane Katrina...a most powerful hurricane with unprecedented strength...rivaling the intensity of Hurricane Camille of 1969. Most of the area will be uninhabitable for weeks...perhaps longer. At least one half of well constructed homes will have roof and wall failure. All gabled roofs will fail...leaving those homes severely damaged or destroyed. The majority of industrial buildings will become non functional. partial to complete wall and roof failure is expected. All wood framed low rising apartment buildings will be destroyed. Concrete block low rise apartments will sustain major damage...including some wall and roof failure... NWS WARNING

59. ~20,000 Followers ~250,000 Followers ~90,000 ~42,000 Followers – would increase greatly over the duration of the event. Just the tip of the iceberg of Tweets

60. “ People could have been warned to take evasive action – People went to bed thinking the city had dodged the bullet! ...they had no idea. ” Ivor Van Heerden, LSU Hurricane Center

61. Garland Robinette Live Radio Reports http://tunein.com/radio/WWL-870-s23790/

63. Many storm chasers had video early Monday

64. MS, AL and LA footage 39:50 – 45:00

65. Spike Lee: 'When the Levees Broke'

66. Sundance Documentary 'Trouble the Water'

67. Street Names for Rescue efforts?

69. Member Organizations/Affiliations = 1,670 (check it out!)

70. Members Current Working Locations = 152 countries

71. Countries where Members have actively worked = 194 countries

72. CrisisMappers website accessed from = 191 countries

73. Average age of Members = 38

74. Members of Crisis Mappers Google Group = 1,537

75. Email threads since 2009 = 4,933

76. Public Catalog of Crisis Mapping Deployments Worldwide (70+)

77. Leadership can Maintain presence with the people

79. But... What if instead... Know what the public is thinking?

83. ISCRAM Summer School Info

84. Click here for details of Workshop implementing Social Media into Disaster Systems

85. The End