Kristin and I had the opportunity to do a webinar on our research study and presentation from ICRC this past March on Social Media Command Centers in Crisis. We first met Karen and Jim at the ICRC Conference, and they expressed an interest in hosting a webinar with us for Read more…
We had another great guest speaker today come to my social media class here at the University of Louisville today. I first met Jason Falls back a few months ago at the Emerging Media Summit in Louisville, and I was very impressed. I have followed Jason’s work on Social Media Explorer Read more…
As a nation, as a society – we all experienced and witnessed the horrific events that happened yesterday during the Boston Marathon. Two bombs explored yesterday afternoon in Boston near the finish line where it injured many people and killed three. My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone in Read more…
I have spent the last couple of days down in Orlando for the International Crisis and Risk Communication (ICRC) Conference. The conference was held at the University of Central Florida (a beautiful campus – love the landscape and architecture of the buildings!). Discussions ranged from the impact not only of Read more…
Vine appears to have made its mark in the social media world. Vine, a video app which is now part of Twitter, which allows you to create a six second video (or GIF) to be shared via the microblog site. Many brands already are experimenting and figuring out how to use Read more…