I just got an email from Michael Dame, Director of Web Communications at Virginia Tech [I interviewed Mike last year for my UB column about website redesign], asking if I could pass the following message to all of you: We are aware that countless IHEs have posted statements about the Virginia Tech tragedy on their […]
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Could Twitter be used as another communication channel in case of campus emergencies?
In the wake of the Virginia Tech Tragedy, many questions about crisis communication have been raised in campuses across the country and the world. Today, on u-webd listserv, a few Web professionals discussed possible text-messaging solutions. One of them (I didn’t get a chance to ask him if I could share his name) announced to […]
Virginia Tech Tragedy: Crisis unfolding on the website homepage
Yesterday I posted a screenshot of the homepage of the university website when I heard the news — only early in the afternoon as I was working on deadlines far away from any news sources. This morning I was able to retrieve an early version time stamped at 9:58 AM from Google’s cache. I’ll try […]
Virginia Tech Tragedy: Crisis communication on the university website homepage
I’ve just read about the news… on a listserv. I worked on deadlines all morning and ate lunch in front of my computer far away from any news. In the listserv message, there was just a mention of a crazy event with 22 dead including students (33 according to the latest reports) at Virginia Tech, […]
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