John Scardena Week 11 Disaster Comms

Reference:

Crutchfield, N. (2010). "Risk & Crisis Communication. Professional Safety. Reviewed December 10, 2013

 

Theme:

The effectiveness of safety protocols can be determined by how well we analyze social networking and other communicational needs.

 

Summary:

·      An in-depth look into how the communication world… communicates and understanding it's specific language can help keep us up to date.

·      Looking into how we communicate allows for real time changes.

·      Social networking is a great source as it has a comprehensive view of all communication networks.

·      Once we fully understand and are up to date on these changes we need to create a plan that allows us to move forward.

 

Application to lesson:

Week 11 was all about communication during a crisis. The language we use and how we use it is extremely important to saving lives. Knowing acronyms for example helps clear confusion.

 

Application to career:

Throughout the humanitarian aid world there are so many different lingos that are used by different agencies. For example the Red Cross uses DAT teams and GAP teams for different types of disaster, thus it is logical to assume that in order to work well with them we must learn their language.