I recently completed a series of post on the top 10 technologies that enable social convergence. As a reminder, the concept of social convergence goes well beyond the use of social networks in emergencies. It brings into play the omnipresence of mobile devices. The social convergence equation thus looks like this: 

MOBILE DEVICES + SOCIAL NETWORKS = EMPOWERED CITIZENS/VOLUNTEERS + GREATER ABILITY TO MOBILIZE PEOPLE/DATA

So, what makes this possible? What's behind the convergence? I addressed this in a recent series of posts. Whether a crisis communicator, an emergency manager or a business continuity professional, this is what your future (and your present ! ) is made of:

#1: twitter ... the SMEM social network of choice
#2: the social media monitoring platform 
#3: the IPhone/IPad (and Android too ! ) 
#4: GPS (December 30)
#5: the crisis mapping platform 
#6: Skype and Google Hangout 
#7: Facebook 
#8: SMS 
#9: the mobile app 
#10: Youtube 

Have a read! It's not too late to catch up !