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Media in Emergency Management</a></span></p>
<p class=""><span style="font-size:12pt">Friday, October
04, 2013 // 9:00am — 11:00am </span></p>
<p class=""></p><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><p>Quite
a bit is known about the public’s social media habits, including the
public’s expectations concerning emergency management agencies’ use of
social media. For example, 76 percent of adults responding to a 2012
American Red Cross survey expect help to arrive in less than three hours
if they post an emergency-related request on social media. However,
what has not been well document are the perspectives of emergency
managers toward social media. Do they feel emergency management agencies
should be monitoring social media? Do their agencies’ capabilities for
social media align with public expectations?</p>
<p>Please join us on October 4th, as we talk to the authors of two
recently released reports that explore the use of social media and
related technologies by emergency managers for disaster planning,
response, and recovery in the United States and beyond. Dr. Clarence
Wardell of CNA will moderate the panel, which will feature Dr. Yee San
Su, co-author of the report<a href="http://www.cna.org/research/2013/social-media-emergency-management-field"> <em>Social Media in the Emergency Management Field: 2012 Survey Results</em></a>, and Dr. Sabrina McCormick, author of <em>New Media Tools for Emergency Managers: An Exploratory Assessment of Adoption and Use.</em>
They will also be joined by Wendy Harman of the American Red Cross, who
will discuss the 2013 World Disasters Report that highlights these new
approaches.</p>
</div></div></div><div class=""><div class="">Location: </div><div class=""><div class="">6th Floor, Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, DC<br></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><a href="http://www.wilsoncenter.org/directions">Directions to the Wilson Center</a></div>
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<div class=""> <div class=""><a href="http://www.wilsoncenter.org/staff/clarence-wardell">Clarence Wardell</a><br></div> </div>
<div class=""> <div class="">Research Scientist, CNA Safety & Security</div></div></li></ul><p>Panelists:<br></p><ul><li class="">
<div class=""> <div class=""><a href="http://www.wilsoncenter.org/staff/yee-san-su-0">Yee San Su</a> // </div> </div>
<div class=""> <div class="">Research Scientist, CNA Safety & Security</div> </div> </li><li class="">
<div class=""> <div class=""><a href="http://www.wilsoncenter.org/staff/sabrina-mccormick">Sabrina McCormick</a> // </div> </div>
<div class=""> <div class="">Associate
Professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at
the George Washington University School of Public Health</div> </div> </li></ul> </div>
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<div class=""> <div class=""><a href="http://www.wilsoncenter.org/staff/wendy-harman-0">Wendy Harman</a> // </div> </div>
<div class=""> <div class="">Director, Information Management and Situational Awareness</div> </div> </li></ul> </div>
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<p class=""><span style="font-size:12pt"><b style>To
learn more and RSVP, please visit</b>: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a href="http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/social-media-emergency-management">http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/social-media-emergency-management</a>.
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<p class=""><span style="font-size:12pt">Follow the
event on Twitter via <b style>#SMEM2013</b>. </span></p>
<p class=""><span style="font-size:12pt"><u>Please note, a
video of this event will be posted afterwards, but the event will not be live
webcast due to the constraints of the government shutdown. </u><span class="sewjhcdbcqbc67u"></span></span></p>
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