disaster relief 2.0
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[See: http://www.deannazandt.com/disaster-relief-2/ ] A short presentation on the social web tools used for the hurricane season in 2008. Given at The Change You Want To See, Dec 17, 2008TRANSCRIPT
Disaster relief 2.0Disaster relief 2.0
How the social web lent a helping hand during the hurricane season
of 2008
http://deannazandt.com
A quiet Saturday night
Tools we usedTools we used
NING
NING Quickly collect people and information via:
Forums
– Task assignment
– Discussion
– Breaking news (internally)
Blogs
– Breaking news (externally)
RSS aggregators
WIKI
WIKI
Static information @ www.hurricanewiki.org
– Shelters
– Donations / volunteering
– Where to get more info
Two others started and abandoned
Ported info over fromKatrinaWiki.info
TWITTER Calls for volunteers
Engineered Twitterstorm alerts from government sources
Created an “I’m okay”alert system (whichwe later abandoned)
Engineered Twitter news alerts about the storm
ADD’L TOOLS
SMS to RSS
Aggregated maps
Radio scanning
So what happened?
Approx. 350 volunteers within the first 24 hours
Approx. 700 volunteers total
Expanded to cover entire hurricane season
Significant traffic to NING and wiki
Significant media coverage
Looking back−−and forward
We don’t have to reinvent the wheel each time
Leadership matters
Spheres of influence matter
Balance of structure within the group itself matters