Earthquake Demonstrates Twitter's Power

I wrote about Twitter a few months ago in my CJOnline Blog. Yesterday, we saw how effective Twitter can be when communicating information quickly. According to various reports, cell phone coverage went down during the Los Angeles earthquake, but Twitter did not.

You see, Twitter has fought for legitimacy since its inception. The concept of microblogging is still relatively new. Those of us who use it probably use it more than any other web 2.0 service and there is a great reason. The idea is quick information as it happens, which just happens to be suited perfectly for breaking news.

Immediate posts during the earthquake notified people across the world of the event, creating citizen journalists, minutes before the news media broke in and announced it on the traditional news outlets. In the breaking news world, especially if life might be at stake, minutes are huge. It was reported as it happened, by those who were there.

No longer are we a world that waits for the traditional media outlets to report to us. Technology gives us the chance to report information that needs to be told and told quickly. 

Twitter is an excellent tool for for putting the power of the media in our hands. Yesterday in Los Angeles, Twitter proved that.

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ASAE & The Center Engaging Associations in twopoint0 World

Greg Hill, Assistant Executive Director of the Kansas Dental Association, presented a session at the American Dental Association’s annual Management Conference on Association Communications Using Web twopoint0. The presentation, which highlighted many of the different Web 2.0 applications the KDA has incorporated into its website (blogging, social networking, video productions, etc.) was broadcast live over the internet and aired on the Kansas Dental Association website. That presentation was recorded through the UStream.tv service and is available to be viewed by other association staff members who were unable to be at the conference or those who may simply wish to watch it again.

More importantly, the presentation demonstrated many ways in which associations can reach out to their members in ways never before imagined. One of the true purposes of professional associations is to organize like-minded individuals around their profession. This new concept of social networking is built upon this premise and the ASAE and the Center is engaged in leading associations toward this exciting new medium of social networking.

The presentation highlighted many of the individual social media applications the Kansas Dental Association has been using, including an in-house video news feature titled the KDA Video Minute, our public blog, videos from annual not-for-profit charitable event at KMOM TV, our MySpace page, and our use of Google Maps to create innovate views of our membership data (visit http://www.twopoint0media.com/powerpoint/aP%20Lite%20Flash/index.swf, items 44-46).

The KDA is further exploring a self-contained social network of KDA members to replace its existing member’s only section, allowing members to create their own social identity and interact virtually within a controlled environment. Members would be able to post their blogs, photos, videos and create their own networks of KDA members. This concept is currently in the development phase, but is discussed in the presentation.

Thank You to the ADA Management Conference

I want to thank all of you who were in attendance yesterday, both at the American Dental Association and online, for my presentation on Web 2.0. I hope the presentation was informative and you were able to take some very interesting and future looking ideas not only from my presentation, but from all the presenters yesterday. If you wish to share some of your ideas either with me or the group, you can leave a comment here or post in the discussion room in the twopoint0media network or email me at greg@twopoint0media.com.

JJ Abrams Mystery Box Presentation

This is the full presentation by JJ Abrams at TED I referenced in my presentation to the American Dental Association.

ADA Presentation Replay

Looking to watch my presentation at the American Dental Association? You can view that here directly or visit this link.

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New York Times looks at Virtual Meetings

The New York Times published an article on Tuesday talking about how companies are going with virtual meetings and saving money over the cost of transportation.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/technology/22meet.html?_r=1&ref=technology&oref=slogin