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
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Disaster relief 2.0Disaster relief 2.0
How the social web lent a helping hand during the hurricane season
of 2008
http://deannazandt.com
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A quiet Saturday night
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Tools we usedTools we used
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NING
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NING Quickly collect people and information via:
Forums
– Task assignment
– Discussion
– Breaking news (internally)
Blogs
– Breaking news (externally)
RSS aggregators
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WIKI
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WIKI
Static information @ www.hurricanewiki.org
– Shelters
– Donations / volunteering
– Where to get more info
Two others started and abandoned
Ported info over fromKatrinaWiki.info
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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
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ADD’L TOOLS
SMS to RSS
Aggregated maps
Radio scanning
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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
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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