This is the social media hub for British APCO 2012, where we’ll be rounding up some of the action from the Exhibition and the Development Sessions, in pictures, films and tweets.
To contact Ben and Steph, who are running the social media zone and surgeries, drop us a line or tweet us at @bapcolive.
Key tweets from in and around #bapco12
We saw delegates, exhibitors and the wider world tweeting about the British APCO 2012 show. Here’s a selection of them:
Live blog from the British APCO session on social media and major incidents
Peter Fahy, Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police is up first talking about his experience in the disorder in Manchester. He feels that SMS, Blackberry and 24hr television had a greater influence on drawing people in to the city than twitter and facebook. Social media is now a crucial tool …
How have we been covering the event?
So how have we been running this site? With so many interesting gadgets and bits of kit around the show, I thought I’d share my own ‘social reporting’ kitbag and some of the things I’ve been learning these last couple of days: A: A decent laptop is really important. A …
Simulating social media in an emergency
As well as dealing with the emergency situation itself, the challenge for emergency responders now includes monitoring and managing enquiries and rumours circulating in social media. To help train for this, I’ve developed the Social Simulator as a software platform to integrate into emergency planning and crisis management exercises. In …
Why are we here?
Steph Gray from Helpful Technology and Ben Proctor from the likeaword consultancy are running a social media hub during the BAPCO Exhibition and Development Sessions. We’re based at stand D28 but we’re also out and about interviewing people, taking pictures, blogging and tweeting. Our aim is to capture some of …
Two key videos from the British APCO exhibition
Yesterday was an absolutely packed day for the social media team at the British APCO exhibition. We spoke to search and rescue specialists who had been deployed to Haiti, a lord mayor, several presidents and a team of illustrators. Day two looks set to be even busier. To help you …
Three things I learned at British APCO (Day 1)
As with all new innovations at established events, we weren’t quite sure how the social media zone at British APCO 2012 would work, but it’s been interesting so far. While we haven’t seen quite the levels of ‘patients’ for the social media surgeries that we might see at events populated …
Our favourite pics of the day
So day one is nearly over and we thought you’d like to see our favourite snaps from around the exhibition halls. 1: Included, at least in part, because it took Ben so long to get the shot. The display cycled between Welcome, To and BAPCO. He kept misjudging the delay …
Video highlights so far
So the British APCO Exhibition and Development Sessions have kicked off. We’re bringing you some of the buzz from around around the show. Our favourites so far include: The Lord Mayor waxing lyrical about his city. Bob Schimmelman from Mircrobus showing an in-car data system. Gregory Riddle discussing the issue …
Rory Geoghegan, Policy Exchange on social media and criminal justice
Rory Geoghegan Crime and Justice Research Fellow at think tank Policy Exchange blogs his reflections on how social and digital media might help improve criminal justice: We discussed how it might be possible to create a dialogue off the back of “Stop and Search” encounters (i.e. those that yield no result, …
