New Orleans
Live Stream of Hurricane Panel & Giveaway
Here's the video form the SMCNO Crisis/Hurricane Preparedness Panel.
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SMCNO Streams Live on LaunchPadTV, and Our Giveaways are Revealed
In the spirit of being truly social, and thanks to the generosity of the whole crew over at LaunchPad, we will stream this month's meeting live, LIVE on LaunchPad's internet channel: http://www.livestream.com/launchpadlive this Thursday evening. We will meet at 6pm, and our panel discussion will start at about 7pm. If you can't make the meeting this month, you still have a great opportunity to participate in our panel discussion, joining the chat room is as simple as choosing your username, and we will be taking your questions as well.
We have a great panel lined up to discuss their implementaion of Social Media and Web 2.0 tools into their disaster and crisis practices.
We've also got two $25 gift certificates to Borders to give away at this meeting!
We are all very excited about this month's meeting and we hope to see you in person or in the chatroom on livestream.com!
RSVP now on Facebook, Linked In or Twitvite!
Thursday, June 18th, 6pm at Launchpad
643 Magazine St.
Suite 102, New Orleans, LA 70130
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Hurricane and Crisis Discussion: How Web 2.0 Tools Can be Used in Crisis Situations
June marks the official start of hurricane season here in New Orleans and in the Gulf Coast Region. Has your business updated their Crisis Situation Guide and Procedures this year? What makes this year so different? There are now many Web 2.0 tools to incorporate into your Hurricane and Disaster Protocols.
Social Media can be a powerful tool to help keep in touch with people during a crisis situation, and we at Social Media Club NO would like to take this opportunity to share and discuss how you and your workplace can integrate Web 2.0 tools into your Crisis/Disaster Protocol.
We will be featuring 3 panelists that have embraced Web 2.0 tools as it relates to hurricane preparedness:
Stanford Rosenthal of www.levees.org will discuss how they realized that there was a conversation going on outside of their site and how they integrated tools to embrace and engage in the community dialogue and comment. Not to mention, the "reputation management" that comes into play if and when you have to go up against a Goliath like the Corps of Engineers.
Robert X. Fogarty of www.evacuteer.org, a volunteer recruitment and management organization will discuss how they are utilizing new tools to manage volunteers and to help organize the evacuation process.
Kayla Castille, of www.WDSU.com will discuss how the media is changing and embracing new web tools to track real time events and developments, particularly in crisis situations.
RSVP now on Facebook, Linked In or Twitvite!
Thursday, June 18th, 6pm at Launchpad
643 Magazine St.
Suite 102, New Orleans, LA 70130
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Are you ready for a crisis?
Next week we will be chatting with some local people who are using Web 2.0 tools in creative ways to address the hurricane season. I'd like to hear what your business or organizations are doing to prepare for a storm? What tools have you found helpful- from Twitter to blogs to Instant Message? Share some of your best practices and ideas!
Join us Thursday June 18th from 6-9, as we discuss best practices with three panelists. For more details on the event and to RSVP, click here: http://budurl.com/sksd
Upcoming Topics
We have come up with a handful of topics we would like to discuss over the next few months. But, we want your input. Tell us which you'd like to see, or make a recommendation on something completely different! Our goal is to provide relevant, informative and entertaining content that reflects the changing Web 2.0 landscape each month. So please review the below options and add your comments.
1. Hospitality & Tourism Panel
New Orleans is the ultimate tourism destination, and we are finally getting the Post-K message out that we are OPEN for business! We will invite several representative from the hospitality and tourism fields to discuss how they are interacting with and attracting tourists using social media. We will ask how hotels, restaurants and travel entities are leveraging Web 2.0 tools during the recession to boost sales and visits.
2. Shifting Media and PR Landscape
As traditional news outlets continue to suffer, blogs and micro-blogs are gaining more credibility as reliable news sources. We will assemble local media that have moved online and discuss how this effects their industry and how it changes the PR pitch. We will discuss the resources and tools available to better assess and focus PR efforts.
3. Crisis Management
Hurricane season is around the corner. All New Orleans marketers understand the need for a strong message during evacuation or impending storms. We will discuss how social media can help facilitate crisis management and what protocols and strategies local business entities currently have in place.
Please offer your thoughts and first choice for June's topic. Thanks!
