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CrisisCamp

  1. photos from last weekend's IMT meeting in Toronto (full recap coming soon) bit.ly/LKcVOz
  2. we're going to be starting up the Weekly Community Chats again soon, looking for input on which channels to use on.fb.me/HBkRCO
  3. huge thanks to @KPCC @kimbui for hosting last night's #facingcrisis, and to @BrianHumphrey & @TRLeVeque for sharing their tremendous wisdom
  4. interesting audience question about gamification for crisis response here at #facingcrisis #smem cc @urbanalicia
  5. @TRLeVeque & @brianhumphrey give a well earned shout out to @u62 here in the audience! #crisiscommons #facingcrisis #SMEM
  6. "You need to be nimble. You need to leave your egos at the door" says @brianhumphrey about how to run a campus EOC #facingcrisis #SMEM
  7. big advantage of 911 over social media says @brianhumphrey: "911 has a busy signal" so people know when someone has responded to them #smem
  8. @TRLeVeque just highlighted the #SMEM drive to bring geographically separate agencies together through social media #facingcrisis ^cc
  9. @brianhumphrey says that @LAFD account always tries to timestamp verified news so that reports don't go in a loop like in the Mumbai attack
  10. since the recent 'wind event', Arcadia PD now has a few dedicated laptops for social media says @TRLeVeque #facingcrisis #smem
  11. audience questions starting now at #facingcrisis - first question is how LA would use social media to respond to an earthquake #smem
  12. "I actively monitor keyword searches... such as 'Arcadia'" says @TRLeVeque of the Arcadia PD #FacingCrisis #SMEM
  13. sorting through social media for facts during the recent arson attacks in LA was a challenge says @brianhumphrey #FacingCrisis #SMEM ^cc
  14. over 50K page views a month on Arcadia PD Facebook Page #FacingCrisis #SMEM