Comments for Wingineering http://wingineering.com Public Safety Business Development Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:12:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on More Public Safety Grants Awarded by Elbert County School District | Georgia | County Schools http://wingineering.com/2010/public-safety-grants-awarded/#comment-118 Elbert County School District | Georgia | County Schools Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:12:12 +0000 http://wingineering.com/?p=281#comment-118 [...] Usda Arra Grants Awarded For Public Safety Projects In Rural ... More » [...] [...] Usda Arra Grants Awarded For Public Safety Projects In Rural … More » [...]

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]]> Comment on Twitter – If It’s Good Enough for FEMA… by Tweets that mention Twitter - If It's Good Enough for FEMA... -- Topsy.com http://wingineering.com/2010/twitter-good-fema/#comment-57 Tweets that mention Twitter - If It's Good Enough for FEMA... -- Topsy.com Fri, 24 Sep 2010 18:33:55 +0000 http://wingineering.com/?p=299#comment-57 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by CrisisCamp, Margarita Quihuis, Rich Tucker, Toronto Police , Kim Stephens and others. Kim Stephens said: RT @palen: Thanks! RT @garytx: garytx "Twitter: If it's good enough for @FEMA..." http://bit.ly/ak0wEh #manorgf #publicsafety #sm4r # ... [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by CrisisCamp, Margarita Quihuis, Rich Tucker, Toronto Police , Kim Stephens and others. Kim Stephens said: RT @palen: Thanks! RT @garytx: garytx "Twitter: If it's good enough for @FEMA…" http://bit.ly/ak0wEh #manorgf #publicsafety #sm4r # … [...]

]]> Comment on Social Media Use by Public Safety Agencies by Tweets that mention Social Media Use by Public Safety Agencies | Wingineering -- Topsy.com http://wingineering.com/2010/social-media-public-safety-agencies/#comment-53 Tweets that mention Social Media Use by Public Safety Agencies | Wingineering -- Topsy.com Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:36:07 +0000 http://wingineering.com/?p=221#comment-53 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Toronto Police , Toronto Police and Tony Vella, Gary Oldham. Gary Oldham said: .@torontopolice You might enjoy reading http://bit.ly/b9wuxU in which you're featured prominently re your use of #socialmedia [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Toronto Police , Toronto Police and Tony Vella, Gary Oldham. Gary Oldham said: .@torontopolice You might enjoy reading http://bit.ly/b9wuxU in which you're featured prominently re your use of #socialmedia [...]

]]> Comment on Twitter to the Rescue – Social Media’s Evolving Role in Disasters by Gary Oldham http://wingineering.com/2010/twitter-rescue-social-medias-evolving-role-disasters/#comment-39 Gary Oldham Fri, 17 Sep 2010 23:00:06 +0000 http://wingineering.com/?p=288#comment-39 I am tremendously excited to be attending the manor.govfresh conference in Manor, Texas, next week. Manor, a small town east of Austin, has been named the country's first Web 2.0 city, and is hosting this great event. The conference is described below, and full details are available at http://govfresh.com/manor/. I'll be Tweeting from the conference as @garytx. About manor.govfresh is a 2-day conference that brings together state and local public servants to better understand the costs and benefits of technology and open government. For •State and local CIOs, CTOs and IT decision makers •City Managers & Administrators •Elected Officials (Council members, Mayors, etc.) •Government and civic developers Themes •Open Government •Citizen Engagement •Citizen Service & 311 •Web & Mobile Technology •Emergency Management •Social Media •Open Data I am tremendously excited to be attending the manor.govfresh conference in Manor, Texas, next week. Manor, a small town east of Austin, has been named the country’s first Web 2.0 city, and is hosting this great event. The conference is described below, and full details are available at http://govfresh.com/manor/. I’ll be Tweeting from the conference as @garytx.

About
manor.govfresh is a 2-day conference that brings together state and local public servants to better understand the costs and benefits of technology and open government.

For
•State and local CIOs, CTOs and IT decision makers
•City Managers & Administrators
•Elected Officials (Council members, Mayors, etc.)
•Government and civic developers

Themes

•Open Government
•Citizen Engagement
•Citizen Service & 311
•Web & Mobile Technology
•Emergency Management
•Social Media
•Open Data

]]> Comment on Twitter to the Rescue – Social Media’s Evolving Role in Disasters by Gary Oldham http://wingineering.com/2010/twitter-rescue-social-medias-evolving-role-disasters/#comment-37 Gary Oldham Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:29:16 +0000 http://wingineering.com/?p=288#comment-37 Here's an in-depth look at the usage of Twitter during the Boulder Fire and some lessons government can learn from the experience: http://slidesha.re/dyWtmE Here’s an in-depth look at the usage of Twitter during the Boulder Fire and some lessons government can learn from the experience: http://slidesha.re/dyWtmE

]]> Comment on Twitter to the Rescue – Social Media’s Evolving Role in Disasters by David http://wingineering.com/2010/twitter-rescue-social-medias-evolving-role-disasters/#comment-34 David Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:19:22 +0000 http://wingineering.com/?p=288#comment-34 So I'm now thinking about whether the best information thrives on Twitter, and how and when to identify misinformation being disseminated: http://allhazards.blogspot.com/2010/09/twitter-in-disasters-survival-of.html . Being an informatics researcher this is quite interesting for me. So I’m now thinking about whether the best information thrives on Twitter, and how and when to identify misinformation being disseminated: http://allhazards.blogspot.com/2010/09/twitter-in-disasters-survival-of.html . Being an informatics researcher this is quite interesting for me.

]]> Comment on Twitter to the Rescue – Social Media’s Evolving Role in Disasters by David http://wingineering.com/2010/twitter-rescue-social-medias-evolving-role-disasters/#comment-31 David Tue, 14 Sep 2010 19:12:58 +0000 http://wingineering.com/?p=288#comment-31 Thanks Gary. I'm now interested in the amount of articles actually talking about social media and the boulder fire, so true to style I've started aggregating them on the blog! (http://allhazards.blogspot.com/2010/09/four-mile-canyon-wildfire-and-social.html). Thanks Gary. I’m now interested in the amount of articles actually talking about social media and the boulder fire, so true to style I’ve started aggregating them on the blog! (http://allhazards.blogspot.com/2010/09/four-mile-canyon-wildfire-and-social.html).

]]> Comment on Twitter to the Rescue – Social Media’s Evolving Role in Disasters by Gary Oldham http://wingineering.com/2010/twitter-rescue-social-medias-evolving-role-disasters/#comment-30 Gary Oldham Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:54:01 +0000 http://wingineering.com/?p=288#comment-30 Thank you, David. I'm glad you posted information about your blog. There were a lot of people and resources I would've liked to mention in my article, but it already grew into a much larger piece than I'd originally intended. Thank you, too, for your significant contribution on getting information aggregated and out on the Boulder fire! Thank you, David. I’m glad you posted information about your blog. There were a lot of people and resources I would’ve liked to mention in my article, but it already grew into a much larger piece than I’d originally intended. Thank you, too, for your significant contribution on getting information aggregated and out on the Boulder fire!

]]> Comment on Twitter to the Rescue – Social Media’s Evolving Role in Disasters by David http://wingineering.com/2010/twitter-rescue-social-medias-evolving-role-disasters/#comment-29 David Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:47:48 +0000 http://wingineering.com/?p=288#comment-29 Gary, thanks for this great article. For me, it was most striking in the Boulder fire how social media were rapidly employed, standards developed (e.g. using #bouldertag on twitter) and information disseminated well before any of the "official" sites had any useful information. My blog (http://allhazards.blogspot.com) played some part too by aggregating the social resources available into one place (along with other more official sources of information such as InciWeb). It was interesting that I got several thousand hits on the blog that day, and one government site (Goldhill) even linked to it as a primary information source. It seems there are two valuable roles: information generation (e.g. twitter) and information source aggregation (e.g. my blog, google map mashups, etc). Gary, thanks for this great article. For me, it was most striking in the Boulder fire how social media were rapidly employed, standards developed (e.g. using #bouldertag on twitter) and information disseminated well before any of the “official” sites had any useful information. My blog (http://allhazards.blogspot.com) played some part too by aggregating the social resources available into one place (along with other more official sources of information such as InciWeb). It was interesting that I got several thousand hits on the blog that day, and one government site (Goldhill) even linked to it as a primary information source. It seems there are two valuable roles: information generation (e.g. twitter) and information source aggregation (e.g. my blog, google map mashups, etc).

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