Thursday June 27, 2013

The social web is challenging emergency managers, government agencies and aid organizations to adapt time-honored expertise with real-time information from the public. In short, the convergence of social networks and mobile has thrown the old response playbook out the window. — <strong><a href="http://docs.house.gov/meetings/HM/HM12/20130604/100924/HHRG-113-HM12-Wstate-BeckermanM-20130604.pdf" target="_blank">Testimony of Michael Beckerman to the Congress Committee on Homeland Security</a></strong>. <em>Emergency Management 2.0: How #SocialMedia are Transforming Disaster </em><em>Preparedness, Response, and Recovery</em>. (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://climateadaptation.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">climateadaptation</a>)