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Social Media Taking Over
June 21, 2009
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If you are trying to figure out social media and how it is changing everything, including emergency management preparedness, response and recovery (I still need to figure out the mitigation link). Check out the video on how Twitter and other devices will change history.

Think situational awareness, rumor control, shelter locations, damage estimates, building trust with a far flung group of people, reduced communications capabilities yet your message getting through...the list goes on!

I picked this up from Homeland Security Watch when Bill Cumming referred me to the site and the link.
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