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How Queensland Police used Facebook to deliver news in a crisis

April 21, 2011 by Peter Fletcher

Caravan floating in Queensland flood water

On The Australian the Queensland Police Service outlines how they used Facebook to proactively deliver news during the recent Queensland floods.

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What stands out is the way the usually conservative QPS embedded social media into their daily processes. Social media was no longer an afterthought to keep Gen-Y’s entertained but a part of their core news delivery strategy. From these processes came faster delivery of news in a rapidly evolving crisis.

Managing Facebook and Twitter didn’t cause a spike in the media unit’s workload, but changed its responsibilities to include monitoring user-generated comments. “We’ve integrated social media into our ordinary (daily) 24-hour processes,” Charlton says.

And that’s something I’m yet to see agents achieve. All too often Facebook and Twitter is left to the whims of sales people or the receptionist when it could be used as a way to create efficiencies and improve customer service.

Have you seen an agency using social media for more than just pimping out listings? If so please share the story in the comments below.

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Filed Under: Facebook, Social media, Twitter Tagged With: Facebook, floods, QPS

Comments

  1. Jane Power says

    April 21, 2011 at 3:20 am

    Pete someone from QUT did a research paper on this, can’t get on to Uni library anymore so can’t check. I’d like to read it it if you happen know of it. I’m putting together a seminar on the use of social media during a crisis, if you know of any good papers on this could you let me know, cheers
    Jane

  2. Peter Fletcher says

    April 21, 2011 at 6:05 am

    Will do Jane. My access to academic papers is limited these days but will let you know if I come across anything.

  3. Register web domain says

    April 25, 2011 at 9:24 am

    That’s really a great idea.

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