http://takemetoyourleader.com/2008/09/01/reporting-on-gustav-in-a-social-media-world/ "Take Me To Your Leader" focuses on trend watching in consumer behaviors, marketing, technology, and social media, but is often led astray by its eccentric authors and their love of music, traveling, random thoughts, and pirates. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:50:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=168 http://takemetoyourleader.com/2008/09/01/reporting-on-gustav-in-a-social-media-world/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Chuck Schaeffer Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:39:25 +0000 http://takemetoyourleader.com/?p=239#comment-40 My home was also heavily damaged from Andrew and I think from that experience I acquired a much deeper compassion for others in any natural disaster in any location (too bad I had to be personally affected before my compassion reached a new level, but I guess that's just me.) I've also monitored Gustav as well as the Gustav Information Center (a collection of Web 2.0 tools), the government's family notification portal (which is a lot like a family communication wiki), twitter and a few social media sites that seem to spring up just before the storm. Social media clearly has a significant opportunity to provide aid in disasters of all types. I expect the Gustav social media experience will be a learning exercise and stepping stone to new types of people who previously didn't understand the power of these tools. My home was also heavily damaged from Andrew and I think from that experience I acquired a much deeper compassion for others in any natural disaster in any location (too bad I had to be personally affected before my compassion reached a new level, but I guess that’s just me.) I’ve also monitored Gustav as well as the Gustav Information Center (a collection of Web 2.0 tools), the government’s family notification portal (which is a lot like a family communication wiki), twitter and a few social media sites that seem to spring up just before the storm. Social media clearly has a significant opportunity to provide aid in disasters of all types. I expect the Gustav social media experience will be a learning exercise and stepping stone to new types of people who previously didn’t understand the power of these tools.

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