Episode 6: The Power Tools Of Emergency Notification

Posted by Dave Konig at 7 April, 2010, 4:00 am

We have a new episode of our award deserving podcast ready to download and enjoy! This episode Dave and Greg are joined by Emergency Communication Network‘s Customer Relationship Manager Mike Ellis (@EmergCommNetwrk) and Vice President David DiGiacomo to discuss:

Mass notification systems – what they are and how they are used before, during, and after an event
The importance of having a toolbox as opposed to relying on one form of communication
Mass notification systems and how they integrate with Social Media as opposed to using Social Media as a mass notification system

Just to clarify, it was Dave Konig who was shouting down the use of Twitter as the sole component of an emergency notification system due to its unreliability

Using Social Media to increase awareness of an emergency notification system
The value of “push” mass notification systems

Getting past the notification “blindness”
Missing children
Tornado alerts
Rumor control

Targeting notification to a geographic area or risk group
Tips on geo-locating fellow Social Media users

For more information on the CodeRED™ emergency notification system or any of Emergency Communication Network‘s offerings you can visit them on the web, read their blog, or call them at 866-939-0911

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About the author

Dave Konig wrote 204 articles on this blog.

Dave has been involved in Social Media since 2005 through the current major services and some defunct ones as well. During this time he has been able to hone the craft by testing out the theories of others, creating his own philosophies, and gathering a better understanding of the mediums involved through networking and most importantly actual practice.