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A Social Media Storm

By Michael Coyle Posted on 24/10/2012 Posted in Blog Entry 1 Comment Tagged with communications, rescue, social media, technology
A Social Media Storm

A cautionary tale of adverse effects of Social Media during a SAR operation

The idiocy of using social media to call for help

By Michael Coyle Posted on 11/10/2012 Posted in Blog Entry No Comments Tagged with backcountry, communications, GPS, rant, smart phone, smartphone, social media, technology
The idiocy of using social media to call for help
Share designed by <a href="http://www.thenounproject.com/Mikhail1986">Michael Rowe</a> from the <a href="http://www.thenounproject.com">Noun Project</a>

Why posting to Social Media when you are lost is a very very stupid thing to do

Google Public Alerts

By Michael Coyle Posted on 30/01/2012 Posted in Blog Entry No Comments Tagged with safety, social media, technology

Some comments about the recently announced Google Public Alerts system.

A Social Media Policy for SAR

By Michael Coyle Posted on 14/12/2011 Posted in Blog Entry 6 Comments Tagged with management, policy, SAR, SMEM, SMSAR, social media
A Social Media Policy for SAR
Descending Mount Matier

The need for a Social Media Policy for Search and Rescue teams and members is explored

Social Media in SAR Management: Getting The Word Out

By Michael Coyle Posted on 08/12/2011 Posted in Blog Entry No Comments Tagged with management, SAR, social media, urban SAR
Social Media in SAR Management: Getting The Word Out
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A discussion of best practises for SAR teams in the use of Social Media in SAR Management, and disseminating information

Housekeeping: social media

By Michael Coyle Posted on 08/08/2011 Posted in Blog Entry No Comments Tagged with meta, social media

On a non-SAR, non blog note, I’ve been using Facebook and Twitter a bit, mostly for the same thing. Every once in a while I come across an article on another site that’s related to what I write about, or …

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