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Making public true partners in N1N1 response

Creative two-way use of social media

W. David StephensonStephenson StrategiesOctober 29, 2009

Social Media stimulate emergent behavior vital in crises• networked making them more robust than

traditional, centralized and broadcast one-to-many notification services.

• two-way, so that they can gather information from the public, not just distribute it from authorities

• packet- and IP-based

• Facilitate emergent behavior by capitalizing on an existing social network – even if it is only virtual

not enough to use the social media as alternative broadcast technology. Real value comes from two way-communication and using them to make the public true partners in preparation and response, providing reliable, actionable information, lending their personal credibility to the effort, and so on.

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Contact:

W. David Stephenson

Stephenson Strategies

508 740-8918

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