How to Help

Help us to make the Emergency 2.0 Wiki a valuable resource, for the emergency management community, schools, business, government, media… and for the public. There are lots of ways that you can contribute:

Follow Us

• Please follow us on Twitter @emergency20wiki
• Join Emergency 2.0 Wiki LinkedIn Group
• Sign up for the RSS feed for this blog.

Promote the Wiki

• Promote the Wiki to your networks, tweet, retweet our tweets, and blog about the Wiki!
• Link to us

Share news, links, tips

• Tweet your tips to @emergency20wiki
• Share with Emergency 2.0 LinkedIn Group

Help us establish alliances

• We are currently establishing alliances with local, national and international organizations and networks. Please contact us for more information.

Pro bono partnerships

• We are seeking pro bono partnerships for Accounting Services, Marketing and Communications, Web and Graphic Design and other services. Please Contact Us

Join a Wiki Work Team

• We are seeking expressions of interest from people globally to join Wiki Work Teams to help drive key areas such as marketing and communications, social media community management, education and training, library and research. Please Contact Us

Join a Reference Group

• We are still looking for people to join Reference Groups to help lead the content development of the Wiki

Help develop the Wiki

You can help with providing content for:

• Tips for the public page - got a tip on how to save battery power on your mobile phone? add it here
• Global Directory - is your local emergency service/first responder, NGO, community agency on Twitter/Facebook? Add them to this directory
• Smartphone_Apps - add emergency apps that you know of
• Videos - seen a really good YouTube video on how to prepare for an emergency? Post the link here
• Guidelines for agencies, government, business, schools, etc – We are creating practical guidelines on how to use social media in emergencies. In the “Emergency Preparation” section, we need help with content for:
  • Policies and Procedures
  • Risk and Mitigation checklists
  • Integration with other agencies
  • Working with Volunteer Technical Communities (VTCs)
  • Information Systems and Management
  • Crisis Team training
  • Employee Emergency training
  • Resourcing
  • Recordkeeping guidelines

To write or edit content for the Wiki, you will need to:

• Register on the Emergency 2.0 LinkedIn Group
• Once your membership has been approved, please email admin@emergency20wiki.org from the email address you would like to use for the wiki to ask for a login.
• One of our working group administrators will set up a login for you.
• Read the Getting Started section of Wiki.
• Start contributing!

It takes a global community to create a global Emergency 2.0 Wiki. Together, we can do it!

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