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A New Chapter for CrisisCommons

I was in town the other day chatting with Noel and we regaled about all the great things that we have seen happen since that first tweetup in March of 2009 where we wondered if anyone would be interested in creating the very first CrisisCamp. Indeed, not only was there one that was created but [...]

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Happy Holidays!

From everyone at CrisisCommons we hope that you and your family have a safe and happy holiday season! ** See you in 2012 ** (Image: Wikipedia)

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#SMEM Camp Report Released

On Wednesday November 10, 2011 a community of emergency management practitioners in collaboration with a volunteer research team at CNA, released a report of the findings of the March 2011 Social Media in Emergency Management Camp. During this event emergency managers and practitioners gathered to discuss the opportunities and challenges of using social media and [...]

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CrisisCommons Interim Management Team…

CrisisCommons has a new Interim Management Team. We are entering a new era of consolidation and outreach to volunteers across the globe. We will focus our attention in the next few months on strengthening our relationships with all of you involved in crisis camps and VTC activities. Our aim is to build on the successes [...]

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CrisisCommons Interim Governance Introduction

We’ve been getting some questions over at the governance committee about our current activities. People have stepped up to help us with our tasks and offer their input and experience from other ventures to assist us. Our committee consists of David Black, Pascal Schuback, Aaron Huslage, Jeannie Stamberger, and Willow Brugh.We are pleased that people are showing interest [...]

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7.2 magnitude earthquake in Turkey – CrisisCommons monitoring situation

A few hours ago a 7.2 earthquake hit eastern Turkey 16km from the city of Van according to the USGS. According to both CNN (video below) and the AP, there appears to be significant damage. Here is a live stream from Turkish television on the quake. CrisisCommons is currently monitoring the situation and is open to requests [...]

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Movin’ Right Along: CrisisCamper Tour Kicks Off

Yes! That is right, the dream is real! Pascal and his team did it! At this very moment, Pascal (@schuback) driving the CrisisCamper to San Francisco to kick off the 2011 CrisisCamper Tour! Be sure to join Pascal and his merry band of Electric Mayhem as they travel from San Francisco to New Orleans sharing [...]

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SMEM Camp Whitepaper Released for Comment

Clarence Wardell and his merry band of researchers at CNA are proud to share the second draft of the Social Media in Emergency Management (#SMEM) Camp Paper for final public review. As you might recall earlier this summer Clarence released the initial findings which is a great executive summary of the opportunities and challenges identified [...]

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Hurricane Irene After Action Underway

Hurricane Irene Recovery Map Over the last few days volunteers from across the technology volunteer helped combine efforts to support the Irene Recovery Map as created by Aaron Huslage. As of Tuesday evening updating and reporting of the map have discontinued and after action reporting has begun. CrisisCommons is happy to see that Patrice Cloutier, [...]

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Come join us on the CrisisCamper!

Did you see all the great use of social media and web tools being used for Hurricane Irene and the east coast earthquake this last week?  It was great to see the forward movement with so much good being done.  The amount of collaboration in the past year in moving forward with technology in preparedness, [...]

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