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Use of Social Media by FEMA
November 02, 2009
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One of the areas in which the "new FEMA" excels is in adapting social media tools for getting the message out via this fairly new technology.

There is a nice summary of what they are doing with links at Use of Social Media Tools at FEMA

I think they are poised to take it to the next level and really engage in two way communications with the general public. Craig Fugate as the Administrator is very supportive of using social media and he has staff like John Shea ready to commit to even more to the concepts that open up the agency to an outside audience.

There are still foot-draggers in the agency like any other bureaucracy who "don't get it" but with the top boss pushing the agenda I recommend they get on board or get off the train. Retire, or find another job somewhere to finish your career sending out news releases that don't get used or even read.

Claire Rubin shared the link above.
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