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Proposal for a Mesa Fire Department Blog. Presented by: Marrisa Ramírez-Ramos. Outline. 1. What is a blog?. 2. Examples. 3. Purpose of a Mesa Fire blog . 4. Blog details. 5. What next?. 1. What is a blog?. A blog is a type of website or a part of a website.
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Proposal for a Mesa Fire Department Blog Presented by: Marrisa Ramírez-Ramos
Outline 1. What is a blog? 2. Examples 3. Purpose of a Mesa Fire blog 4. Blog details 5. What next?
1. What is a blog? • A blog is a type of website or a part of a website. • Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, news on a particular subject, or other material such as graphics or video. • Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. • Most blogs are interactive, allowing visitors to leave comments. It is this interactivity that distinguishes them from other static websites. Txt Text Text Text Text
2. Examples • Arizona Emergency Information Network: http://azeinblog.blogspot.com/ • Home Safety Council Blog: http://www.homesafetycouncil.org/Blog/ • Long Beach Fire Department Blog: http://firechannel.org/blog/ • Red Cross: http://redcrosstalks.wordpress.com/ • http://redcrosschat.org/ • http://redcrosspdx.blogspot.com/ • National Fire Protection Association: • http://nfpa.typepad.com/fireservicetoday/ • http://nfpa.typepad.com/firesprinklerinitiative/ • http://nfpa.typepad.com/conference/
3. Purpose of a Mesa Fire blog • Use the blog to publish our own information • The blog could be the hub of our social media efforts incorporating the other social media platforms into it to enhance our current social media activities • A blog would provide us the flexibility that we are not allowed on the COM website • Design • Interaction (comments) • Other social media platforms don’t allow for long entries TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT
4. Blog details • How often will we post? • At least monthly, could be more frequently • When should article be submitted for review? • Beginning of the month that it’s due to be posted • When will the post publish to the blog? • Middle of the month • Should be rather consistent, so that people know when to expect new information • Who is reviewing and editing submitted posts? • A few eyes are better than one set: Deena, Carrie, myself, another expert on that topic
4. Blog details continued • What will we post? • Content not covered on Media Monday pitches/press releases • Seasonal info: • Jan: • Feb: Heart Month, Burn Awareness , Child Passenger Safety Wk • March: Brain Injury Awareness, Poison Prevention, Water Walk, EMS Wk • April: Volunteer Appreciation, April Pool’s, 9-1-1 Call Takers/Dispatchers • May: Bike Safety, EMS Week • June: Home Safety • July: Fireworks • Aug: Immunizations, Back to School Safety • Sept: Preparedness, Child Passenger Safety • Oct: Fire Prevention Wk/smoke alarms, Halloween (costumes, candles, pedestrian) • Nov: Turkey fryer, cooking safety • Dec: space heaters, decorating, electrical, x-mas tree, ladder/falls
5. What next? • Approval to create a blog • Begin building the blog • Set-up the schedule for the year of bloggers and topics