Going Viral
- Presenter(s): Alexander Cohen
- Session Length: 60 minutes
- Date: Jul 30, 2025
With the rise of social media culture, the ability for a call to have local, regional, and even national attention is easier than ever. This session will cover two real world examples of what "going viral" looks like, the consequences on your communications center and dispatchers, and an examination of lessons learned along the way.
Learning Objectives:
- At the conclusion of this presentation, participants will be able to define multiple concepts including going viral, sovereign citizens, and keyboard warriors
- At the conclusion of this presentation, participants will have learned about specific catalysts across two cases that contributed to a viral response
- At the conclusion of this presentation, participants will be able to bring consequences of going viral back to their agencies to implement to prepare for future critical incidents.
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With the rise of social media culture, the ability for a call to have local, regional, and even national attention is easier than ever. This session will cover two real world examples of what "going viral" looks like, the consequences on your communications center and dispatchers, and an examination of lessons learned along the way.Learning Objectives:
- At the conclusion of this presentation, participants will be able to define multiple concepts including going viral, sovereign citizens, and keyboard warriors
- At the conclusion of this presentation, participants will have learned about specific catalysts across two cases that contributed to a viral response
- At the conclusion of this presentation, participants will be able to bring consequences of going viral back to their agencies to implement to prepare for future critical incidents.
