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Facebook How to Edit Alternative Text for Photos
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	Tips and best practices for Facebook Live
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	Facebook Live Producer Tutorial
	Get Started with Facebook Creator Studio
	Enabling Closed Captions on Facebook Live Broadcasts
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	Using BlueJeans for Facebook Live
	Using Zoom for Facebook Live
	Flickr – How to Upload Photos and Videos
	Twitter – How to post photos, create live videos, and make images accessible
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	Zoom Meetings and Webinars
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	Zoom Streaming a meeting or webinar on YouTube**Accessibility Resources**

How To Create Accessible Video, Audio and Social MediaAudio description doesn't necessarily require a separate audio description track. As explained in the How to Create Audio Descriptions section on this article from DigitalGov.gov, it is possible to make audio description part of the presentation. "Be sure to have your subjects identify themselves and their surroundings (rather than only showing their name on screen). This way, anyone—whether or not they are visually impaired—will know who is speaking."

Federal Relay (FedRelay)
	Federal Social Media Accessibility Toolkit
	508 Accessible Videos—Why (and How) to Make Them & A Few Exceptions to Section 508
	Accessible Content Shared Through Social Media
	Accessibility of Short URLs
	Getting Social: Best Practices for Social Media Accessibility (free online webinar recording and slides)
	Virtual Operations Support Teams (VOST)
	Building a Digital Volunteer Program section located in the FEMA Social Media Emergency Management Guidance Tool
	VOST Workbook Template
	Virtual Operations Support Group
**Agency Resources**

DOI Digital Media Guide
	USFS Digital Strategy
	Go.USA.Gov URL shortener
**Content Resources**

Official Fire Information Logo
	If You Fly, We Can’t Flyers, Posters, and Social Media Graphics
	Ready.Gov Preparedness Calendar
	Ready.Gov Wildfire Safety Social Media Toolkit
	NFPA Wildfire Preparedness Social Media Toolkit
	FEMA Outdoor Fire Safety Social Media Toolkit
	Fire Prevention Education Prevention Team Digital Library**Additional Resources**

FEMA Social Media Emergency Management Guidance Tool

	This Tool is designed to support public information officers, emergency managers, and other individuals supporting crisis communications in developing planning materials for the use of social media in emergency management operations.
	Countering False Information on Social Media in Disasters and Emergencies
	Pew Research Center Social Media
                              **Best Practices**

Great Basin Team 5 Social Media & Photo/Video Use**Training for PIOs**

Social Media (For Incident Response; Geared for PIOs and PAOs) sometimes offered at the March AZ Wildfire and Incident Management**PER-304, Social Media for Natural Disaster Response and Recovery**

Free, 8hr classroom FEMA course
	Schedule of national events**PER-343 Social Media Engagement Strategies**

Free, 8 hour classroom FEMA course
	Schedule of national events**PER-344, Social Media Tools and Techniques**

Free, 8 hour classroom FEMA course
	Schedule of national events**Online Training**

IS-42 Social Media in Emergency Management
	Free, online FEMA course
	Managing Facebook During Emergencies
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