Emergency 2.0 Wiki

Who are we ?

Professionals from all industry sectors, committed to helping create Emergency 2.0 Ready Communities

Vision

To help build resilient communities, empowered with the knowledge to use

social media in emergency communications.

Emergency agenciesGovernment agencies and schools

Community agencies and nonprofitsBusiness, Media

The Public

Goals

To provide a free global resource for using social media and new technologies in emergencies

To provide guidelines on how to utilise social media in all phases of emergency management:

Emergency Prevention/MitigationEmergency PreparationEmergency ResponseEmergency Recovery

Stakeholders

• Emergency agencies and first responders (eg police, fire, ambulance)

• Business (eg global corporates to small business)

• Education (eg schools, universities)

• NGOs, Charities and Service Clubs (eg UN, Red Cross, Lions)

• Volunteer Technical Community (eg Crisis Commons, Humanity Road)

• Media

Where are we ?

How can you help ?

• Checkout the Wiki: http://emergency20wiki.org

• Follow us on Twitter: @emergency20wiki

• Join LinkedIn Group: Emergency 2.0 Wiki

Check out: http://emergency20wiki.org/how-to-help

How can you help ?• Tweet your tips! Seen a great link, tip on using social media

for emergencies? Share it with @emergency20wiki

• Contribute to the LinkedIn discussions – share links, news, resources, blog posts, info on new apps

• Promote the Wiki to your networks, tweet and blog about the Wiki!

• Help us establish alliances !

• Join a reference group and help lead key areas of the wiki (content)

• Join a Communications Working Group

How can you help ?

We’re looking to establish a global group, with professionals from each continent to help with PR,

media, marketing etc for the Wiki.Let us know !

Thank you !Keep safe and get in touch.

philippe.borremans@gmail.com