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WRHSAC Workshop Summary and Feedback Form
The Massachusetts Western Region Homeland Security Advisory Council, or WRHSAC, sponsored a social media training event Friday, September 21, 2012 in Northampton, MA. Below is a summary of the event,...
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Social Media Teleconferences: Learn how to Enhance Your Organization’s Presence
Jeff Phillips and Kim Stephens (contract support to WRHSAC) are available during the month of December to help your organization with social media. This support is intented to build on what was learned...
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Understanding VOSTs (Virtual Operations Support Teams) Hint: It’s All About...
Post by: Kim Stephens Virtual Operations Support Team(s) or VOSTs is a concept created by Jeff Phillips and it was explained in detail in “Module 20: Who Can Help your organization with social media?”...
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Western Mass First Twitter Chat
Post by: Kim Stephens On Monday Jeff Phillips and I facilitated a Twitter chat and simultaneous phone discussion with WRHSAC stakeholders (the tweet below includes the hyperlink to the archive)....
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Using Storify to Monitor Social Media
Post by: Kim Stephens In this post I will discuss what information can be found on social networks during a crisis or emergency event, and one tool that can help make sense of it all. Image via...
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Simple Strategies and How-To’s for Monitoring Social Media
Post by: Kim Stephens Monitoring social media seems like a daunting task. In fact, during large-scale emergency events millions of new posts, pictures and videos are added to YouTube, Twitter,...
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Content Strategies: What do I Post?
Post by: Kim Stephens It is easy for emergency managers to learn social media in terms of the purely technical aspects–these platforms are pretty straightforward to use. However, one of the...
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Fighting Influenza: Web 2.0 Tools for Public Health Professionals and the Public
Post by: Kim Stephens The Boston Mayor has declared a public health emergency due to the deadly flu outbreak that has killed 18 people to date. Public Health organizations are pulling out the stops to...
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Social Media and #NEMO in Massachusetts
Post by: Kim Stephens The blizzard of 2013 is still causing problems from New Jersey to Maine at the time of writing. Although recovery form the storm is far from over, I like to look at Massachusetts...
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