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		<title>Help Save Hamburg, Iowa!</title>
		<link>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2012/10/04/help-save-hamburg-iowa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2012/10/04/help-save-hamburg-iowa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 20:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Greenberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Resilience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State and Local]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[levee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[preparedness]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A Story of Community Resilience, the Potential of Social Media, and the Power of Good Choreography
You probably wouldn’t think twice about helping a community in need after they’ve been struck by disaster. Why not spend just as much effort to help prevent one? Please click here and take a few minutes to watch the video, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Engaging Citizens the Right Way: Government Uses Twitter During Hurricane Irene</title>
		<link>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2011/09/23/engaging-citizens-the-right-way-government-uses-twitter-during-hurricane-irene/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2011/09/23/engaging-citizens-the-right-way-government-uses-twitter-during-hurricane-irene/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 20:59:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Greenberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Homeland Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Response]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[#twitter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hurricane Irene]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SMEM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VSMWG]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/?p=687</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This blog is a repost from Social CRM: The Conversation and was written by Bob Greenberg, President of GH International, a noted expert on emergency response management and particularly the way that we can use contemporary means to get citizens engaged and organized in intelligence and rescue efforts. 
For the last several years there has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making Sense of Twitter – the Uber Hashtag</title>
		<link>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2011/02/17/making-sense-of-twitter-%e2%80%93-the-uber-hashtag/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2011/02/17/making-sense-of-twitter-%e2%80%93-the-uber-hashtag/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 21:31:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Estes Cohen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[#crisisdata]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[#hashtag]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[#hsem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[#informationsharing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[#twitter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SMEM]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/?p=682</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was recently inspired after reading a tweet posted by Hal Grieb, who shared a link to an article on how to communicate a snow event.  To ensure the tweet was seen by all potentially interested parties, he included 12 distinct hashtags (#smem, #sm4r, #sm4em, #hsem, #gov20, #egov, #gov2, #crisis, #disaster, #pio, #nws, and then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Media as a Sensor – Leveraging Crowd-Sourced Data for Early Warning and Response</title>
		<link>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2011/01/24/social-media-as-a-sensor-%e2%80%93-leveraging-crowd-sourced-data-for-early-warning-and-response/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2011/01/24/social-media-as-a-sensor-%e2%80%93-leveraging-crowd-sourced-data-for-early-warning-and-response/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Estes Cohen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citizens as sensors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crisis Data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[geospatial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Open Data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[open government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Open Government Initiative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SMEM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virtual USA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visualization]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/?p=669</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Co-authored with Bill Hyjek
A recent story published on Wired.com discussed the findings of group of researchers at the Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing who developed a method for predicting changes in the Dow Jones Industrial Average through the analysis of Twitter updates. The research team leveraged open-source mood-tracking tools like OpenFinder to sort [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Christian Appalachian Project: Disaster Relief in Appalachia</title>
		<link>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2011/01/03/the-christian-appalachian-project-disaster-relief-in-appalachia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2011/01/03/the-christian-appalachian-project-disaster-relief-in-appalachia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 14:18:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Reed</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Response]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State and Local]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christian Appalachian Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disaster Relief]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Disaster recovery requires speed and a great many hands working cooperatively.  The sooner the first people arrive to help, and the more effective those people are, the better.  In recognition of this, a regional charitable organization in Kentucky has developed its own rapid disaster response.  The Christian Appalachian Project expanded its mission [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Privacy and Security Implications of Geo-Location Social Media Tools</title>
		<link>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2010/11/12/privacy-and-security-implications-of-geo-location-social-media-tools/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2010/11/12/privacy-and-security-implications-of-geo-location-social-media-tools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 19:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Estes Cohen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fbplaces]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foursquare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[geolocation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[geotagging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet privacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[privacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[security]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/?p=645</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Geo-location applications and technologies are quickly becoming the latest phenomenon in social media and information-sharing, due to the ease and speed with which individuals can locate friends and key resources (e.g., closest ATM, nearby restaurants, etc.) and exchange information with people in their networks. By simply typing a few comments about what you are doing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financial Support for Homeland Security Training</title>
		<link>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2010/10/28/financial-support-for-homeland-security-training/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2010/10/28/financial-support-for-homeland-security-training/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 18:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Van Dyne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Homeland Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DHS training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FEMA training]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/?p=631</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, our staff at Findlay All Hazards has discovered a potential disconnect in the flow of information from some states to their local emergency responder organizations. This may be preventing many from receiving important training from the DHS, FEMA, and others.
A common obstacle to training is a lack of funding and manpower.  Even if emergency management training [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Promise and Challenge of Crisis Tech Response Volunteers: Part II</title>
		<link>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2010/10/22/the-promise-and-challenge-of-crisis-tech-response-volunteers-part-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2010/10/22/the-promise-and-challenge-of-crisis-tech-response-volunteers-part-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 20:58:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Greenberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Emergency Planning and Response]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crisis Response]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disaster recovery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[information sharing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[volunteers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/?p=627</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In Part I of this blog, I talked about the incredibly valuable role that technology volunteers have played in responding to crises such as the Haiti Earthquake, the San Bruno Fires, and others. Along with the major contributions that these volunteers are making to help increase the capacity of the official response organizations, their active [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Promises and Challenges of Crisis Response Tech Volunteers</title>
		<link>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2010/10/06/the-promises-and-challenges-of-crisis-response-tech-volunteers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2010/10/06/the-promises-and-challenges-of-crisis-response-tech-volunteers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15:09:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Greenberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Emergency Planning and Response]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crisis Response]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disaster recovery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[information sharing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/?p=615</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ve just returned from a three day conference sponsored by the International Network of Crisis Mappers “Haiti and Beyond.” If you don’t know them, the INCM is a network of technology volunteers who provide technology support, primarily in the form of using crowdsourcing techniques to help provide accurate maps and other situational awareness tools – [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons on the Use of Social Media</title>
		<link>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2010/10/04/lessons-on-the-use-of-social-media/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2010/10/04/lessons-on-the-use-of-social-media/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 18:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Moore</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disasters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emergency Management]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/?p=611</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Emergency managers and public safety practitioners across the globe are beginning to recognize the benefits of using social media to connect with citizens (and each other) to better prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters. The American Red Cross hosted the Emergency Social Data Summit in August 2010 to bring together government agencies, emergency [...]]]></description>
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