Objective 1: Cover the available technologies that are free that help EM create real-time documents, spreadsheets, presentations and forms that are available online (Google Suite) for many to use collaboratively and simultaneously and offline in a traditional singleton sense (OpenWord) Objective 2: Demonstrate the free available mapping tools that are user friendly and very powerful for response efforts -- these are web based collaborative mapping tools that can be used in advance or in an ad hoc fashion - including the GeoLocation devices that can be leveraged. (WikiMapia, Open Street Maps, etc.)

1. Midwest Disasters 2.0 Real Time Collaboration: Documentation and Mapping By Dr. Connie White, Institute for Emergency Preparedness, JSU 1

2. What’s it all about? Right Information Right People Right Time Make the Best Decisions Possible 2 Georgia (Gwinnett and Douglas Counties) Floods 2009

3. Characteristics of Disasters Time critical High Uncertainty Unexpected events Decisions aremade. 3 Mena, AR (Polk County) EF3, 2009

4. Challenges in Information Ambiguity & Uncertainty Lack of Situational awareness Need for Reliable Information 4 Mena, AR (Polk County) EF3, 2009

5. Managing the Expected and Unexpected Accessibility Information Aggregation Mobility Free Disseminate quickly and to masses or few Tweet/post with link Flexible - easily modified Group membership dynamic Share 5 Destin, FL (Okaloosa County) BP Oil Spill 2010

6. Google Suite Real Time Documents To Support Time Critical Decision Making 6 Georgia (Gwinnett and Douglas Counties) Floods 2009

7. 7 Google Chrome Browser

8. 8 Google Suite of Tools

9. 9 Must have Gmail Account

10. 10 Gmail to Suite

11. 11 Google Documents

12. 12 Editor

13. 13 Share With People

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15. 15 Share with Other Social Media

16. Hands On Demo - Documentation Install Google Chrome Create Gmail Account Go To Documents Look at Twitter Feed for Link to Open Document Play www.gmail.com 16

17. Case Study: Snow in The Deep South 17 Why Forms and Spreadsheets? Windham, New Hampshire Feb. 2011 Blizzard

18. Official Closures for County How to collect data from officials? How to disseminate to employees and public? Keeping it accurate. 18

19. Create New Form 19

20. Type in Question, Select Question Type 20 *Question 1 will be Column 1 on Corresponding Spreadsheet

21. Type in Next Question til Done 21

22. Official Themes and Locos can be used 22

23. Created in Minutes and Disseminated Quickly for Fast Accurate Response! 23

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25. 25 Embedded in Email makes submissions quick and easy! Or People can go to Form on Site through link.

26. 26 Dynamic Link to Form

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28. Self Learning EnvironmentVideo Tutorials 28

30. CrowdSourcing

31. Flexible, Dynamic

32. Update realtime

33. Free and Easy29 New Orleans, LA. Hurricane Katrina, 2005

34. 30 OpenStreetMaps WikiMapia Google Earth Google Maps ESRI OnDemand

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36. Crisis Mapping Case: Haiti 32 http://mommylife.net/archives/2010/01/real_hope_for_h.html

37. The Initial Map After the Earthquake 33 (source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikel_maron/4274264767/)

38. 34 OpenStreetMap is a Creative Commons project, sort of geographic Wiki. This map is updated in real time. Rescue teams and NGOs on the ground are using Garmin GPS . It only took a few hours to members of the free mapping community to respond. http://www.3d-today.org/2010_01_01_archive.html

39. Yellow crosses indicate the streets blocked by obstacles.Yellow crosses on red background are the collapsed buildings.White tents on a red background are the camps of survivors. 35 http://www.3d-today.org/2010_01_01_archive.html

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41. 37 Information on People is listed here along with pinpoints (hidden from view)

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46. Real Time Collaborative ToolsBetter Decision Making 42

47. Word of Caution - this is ever changing so expect to learn something new all the time! 43

48. THE END 44 THE END For More Information Useful Tools for Emergency Managers, visit my homepage: http://sites.google.com/site/conniemwhite/ Book Coming Soon! http://www.amazon.com/Social-Crisis-Communication-Emergency-Management/dp/1439853495/ref=sr_1_1?s=gateway&ie=UTF8&qid=1285338755&sr=8-1