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Using Social Media to Engage Volunteers in Disaster Tanya Ferraro @tjlasagna

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A 30-minute overview on connecting with your volunteers using social media during all phases of the emergency management cycle.

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Page 1: PERRC Using Social Media to Engage Volunteers in Disaster

Using Social Media to Engage Volunteers in Disaster

Tanya Ferraro@tjlasagna

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Some things, you can’t stop…

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The two can come together!

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Social media is scary…

OMG IDK WTH this says b/c IMHO all of these acronyms are confusing. FWIW I still say it’s NSFW. LOL j/k.

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More Resources

• Visuals– YouTube – Vine– Instagram

• Google +• Interactive– Skype– Voxer

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They’re already there!

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What difference does it make in emergency management?

• Reach people = more resilient community members

• Educate = people affiliate and STOP spontaneously volunteering

• Involve = relationship and trust building

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What can SM do in planning?

• Stay connected• Provide training • Control future response efforts • Involve key players in plans

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What can SM do in response?

• Alert! – Twitter alerts– Facebook posts

• Communicate!– Voxer (data based radio)– Google Hangouts – Skype

• Inform!– Wordpress, other web

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Unfortunately…

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Used by you, for you…Virtual Operations Support Teams!

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Basic elements of a VOST

• Information gathering• Crowd sourcing• Situational awareness• Rumor/information control

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Resources for Social Media!

• http://sm4em.org – Info on using social media in emergency management

• http://socialmediagovernance.com/ - social media policies

• http://vosg.us – Virtual Operations Support Group

• #smemchat every Friday, 12:30 EST

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Resources for Finding Volunteers!

• Citizen Corps– CERT– Medical Reserve Corps – Fire and Law

• National Volunteer Organizations in Disaster (VOAD)

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Questions?

Tanya Ferraroabout.me/tjlasagna

@tjlasagna [email protected]

540-494-4750