Bare Feet StudiosCase Study: US Navy in Hawaii Uses Social Media During #hitsunami
Posted on March 16, 2011 by Roxanne Darling
As a direct result of the U.S. Navy’s outreach to bloggers here in Hawaii, I have been fortunate to both participate in some outstanding programs (like an overnight embark on the USS Nimitz) and also developed enormous respect for their adoption of social media (video interview) and their orderly and standardized approach. They are among the best examples of what I often…
Category: News, Social Media, Strategy Tags: #SBOSM, communication, earthquake, emergency, facebook, hawaii, hitsunami, Japan, pacific fleet, pearl harbor, response, smcjournal, smcobserver, Social Media, twitter, usnavy
Hawaii Tsunami Proves Social Media Power Again: Information is a Tonic
Posted on February 27, 2010 by Roxanne Darling
How do you explain the calm and cooperation that was everywhere in evidence during the wind up to the Hawaii tsunami alert? Social media has earned a spot alongside our government planners and traditional news media. The user-generated messages supported both of those organizations on a second by second basis. If you think about the mechanics of panic, it largely stems from…
Category: News, Social Media Tags: #SBOSM, breaking news, communities, hawaii, hitsunami, information, Social Media, tsunami, twitter