[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, 2008
7. WIKI
Static information @ www.hurricanewiki.org
– Shelters
– Donations / volunteering
– Where to get more info
Two others started
and abandoned
Ported info over from
KatrinaWiki.info
9. TWITTER
Calls for volunteers
Engineered Twitter
storm alerts from
government sources
Created an “I’m okay”
alert system (which
we later abandoned)
Engineered Twitter
news alerts about the storm
11. 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
12. 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