The Promise and Challenge of Crisis Tech Response Volunteers: Part II
Important issues were raised by the participants in the International Conference of Crisis Mappers Conference (ICCM) earlier this month.
Important issues were raised by the participants in the International Conference of Crisis Mappers Conference (ICCM) earlier this month.
The first in a series of blogs that will address issues related to establishing a more thought through disaster response management system.
The Emergency Social Data Summit was convened in August 2010 to address how to leverage social media during emergencies.
Imagine if emergency organizations could leverage the data collected via crowd sourcing from both citizens and public systems.
The two predominant concepts of social media and emergency management must be integrated somehow.
We need to discover how to better share information amongst stakeholders and identify ways to work together.
There is still a significant dissonance between lessons learned from past events and the implementation of these strategies.
The international community can’t afford to continue business as usual.
