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Maturing social technologies becoming increasingly important
Evacuating Rosalie during the 2011 Brisbane floods Julian O’Shea is a humanitarian engineer who coordinates research programs for Engineers Without Borders. He writes that “The increasing frequency and...
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Brisbane City Council’s social media use during the floods of January 2011
Flood affected house in Brisbane - Brisbane City Council The flood events in Queensland in January 2011 continue to haunt many individuals throughout the state. With record-breaking flood levels in...
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Social media and famine in the Horn of Africa
Collecting water at Ifo camp, Dadaab (image from Oxfam - Flickr) The United Nations has declared the Horn of Africa a disaster area with “as many as 38 million Africans living under the threat of...
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Emergency 2.0 Wiki launched for global collaborative input
Launching the Wiki from the Local Disaster Coordination Centre, the Wiki Working Group Members (L to R: Desley Gilbey, Tracy Whitelaw, Klynt Oberto, Cat Williams, Matt Kassay, Denver Gibson, Eileen...
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Wiki launches Accessibility Toolkit to empower people with disabilities to...
Accessibility Reference Group Leader,Richard Corby On behalf of the Emergency 2.0 Wiki Accessibility Reference Group, I’m really excited to announce the launch of the Emergency 2.0 Wiki Accessibility...
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VOSG & Emergency 2.0 Wiki Partnership #smemau #vost #smem #osint...
We are excited to announce a partnership between the Virtual Operations Support Group (VOSG) and the Emergency 2.0 Wiki for resource and knowledge sharing. Our first two joint projects are the...
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