June 19
Portals and Twitters
The lovely Nicki at The Birthplace of the Process of Illogical Logic gave a shout-out to the new Red Cross Twitter channel. She also highlights the ongoing Red Cross Disaster Portal we've been working on for about 6 months now.
Below is Nicki's post. Read it and check out the Twitter channel.
I’d like to introduce you guys to someone: Ike Pigott. He’s a local blogger that I ran across on Twitter some time ago. I’ve been following his blog, Occam’s RazR, for a while now. He works for Red Cross and has an extensive background in communications.
He’s recently set himself upon a personal quest to utilize the
online tools and social media for disaster relief and aid. He’s created
the Red Cross Online Disaster Portal and opened the Red Cross Twitter Channel.
The idea is that people in evacuation zones could
“follow” the Red Cross Twitter feed from their cell phones, and find
out about shelter locations and service delivery sites.
I think it’s a great idea, and I’m personally excited to be able to
see first-hand the mediums that we have available to us today being put
to use for such a great cause. This will be especially handy for us
locally with hurricane season coming up, as well as tornado season!
If you are interested in helping out or would like more information, please contact Ike. I’m sure that he’d love to hear from you and could use any and all help sent his way! 