Social Media for Disaster Response and Recovery

This course focuses on the use of social media in disaster preparedness, response and recovery. Participants are provided with the knowledge and skills to integrate social media into their current communication plans. The course defines social media and its uses and identifies the tools, methods, and models to properly make use of social media.
Social media, when used effectively, can help people communicate and collaborate about events as they unfold. Social media can provide rapid and real-time information about events that helps to provide greater situational awareness leading to better decision making.
This course provides the information and hands-on experience necessary to help participants begin developing social media disaster plans and strategies.
Course Requirements:
Participants must bring a wi-fi enabled laptop.
Participants must create a Twitter and a Facebook account.
Participants must be about post test messages on these accounts.