South Carolina / Community Mobilization

People.
Places.
Possibilities.

GIS For Volunteer Engagement

Jeff Franzen · September 14, 2026
11:00 A.M.–Noon · Teams

Begin The Conversation

Red Cross volunteers gathered for a briefing — People At The Center Of The Work

A First Look / Three Examples

What Can A Map Show?

Fictional streets, buildings, parks and water. — **Where Are Our People And Partners?** · Fictional Teaching Example

Show before explaining / 2 minutes from the opening block

Click through the three examples slowly. Ask what the audience notices before naming any GIS terms. Volunteers: dots show people and squares show partner locations. Community needs: different shades compare areas; this fictional index has no measured values and establishes no actual need. Outreach: a map can communicate a meeting place and an area to visit. These are generated teaching illustrations, not screenshots of the team's apps. All four callouts start gray and their map content is off. Toggle 01 to reveal the colorful basemap, 02 for volunteer and community-center markers, 03 for the colored legend, and 04 for a selected volunteer and details. Each toggle controls its matching content independently. Click each callout again to turn it off. Then move into the agenda.

Our Hour Together

A Question.
A Map.
A Next Step.

11:00Welcome & Sample Maps

11:10Layers, Symbols & Filters

11:25Volunteer Map Walkthrough

11:40Community Mobilization Demo

11:50Questions & Next Steps

A Smaller, Clearer View

Only The Group
You Need To See

Choose A Group

6Disaster Services

6Volunteer Services

6Biomedical Services

Example Data

Filtering / 4 minutes

Introduce KPI as Key Performance Indicator: a number chosen to track progress toward a goal. These cards are simple counts, not a measure of volunteer readiness or performance. They show six illustrative records per group, 18 total. Choose a group: its count stays six while the other cards become zero because those records are filtered out, not because the volunteers disappeared. Reset to restore all three counts. This is a conceptual example, not a claim that these exact fields or options exist. In the live app, choose Filters and inspect its available controls. Explain that AND requires both conditions. OR includes either. Compare the before and after view. Empty results can reflect filters, missing attributes, permissions, scale, or stale data. Clear filters before declaring that an area has no volunteers.

KPI / The Visible Map

Move The Map. Watch The Totals.

Scroll To Zoom

18Volunteers In View

6Disaster Services

6Volunteer Services

6Biomedical Services

Fictional People And Areas · Counts Calculated From The Example Dots

KPI / Your Chosen Area

Choose An Area. Count What Is Inside.

A Circle Or Polygon Defines The Question

18Volunteers In View

Same People · Different Area

6Disaster Services

6Volunteer Services

6Biomedical Services

Fictional People And Areas · Counts Calculated From The Example Dots

KPI / Named Areas

Compare Areas. Add Their Totals.

Choose One Or More County-Style Areas

18Volunteers In View

Same People · Different Area

6Disaster Services

6Volunteer Services

6Biomedical Services

Fictional People And Areas · Counts Calculated From The Example Dots

Fictional Exercise / Putting The Layers Together

One Map. A Coordinated Response.

Resources + Hazards + Access

Fictional Exercise · No Live Incident Data

Which Shelter Can This Kitchen Reach?Click A Site · Toggle A Layer · Compare What Changes

Live Walkthrough · 11:25

Your Chapter View

Chapter View screenshot for Upstate South Carolina, showing the volunteer map, Feature Info and Legend on the left, and the Layers list on the right. — Your Chapter View · Supplied Screenshot

Open Chapter View

From Maps To Everyday Work

A Different App.
A Specific Question.

Chapter ReportsWhat Is Our Service Area Like?Community Risk & ContextWhat Should We Understand Before Outreach?Print MapsWhat Can We Bring To A Meeting?Home Fire & Emergency InformationWhat Could Inform Prevention Work?NERIS Emergency DataWhat Emergency Patterns Can We Explore?

App 1 / Understand Your Service Area

Chapter Reports

Choose South Carolina
Choose Your Chapter
Open One Report

Open Chapter Reports

Open The App · Demo · Return Here

Chapter Report Library · Upstate South Carolina · Captured September 14, 2026

App 2 / Learn About A Community

Community Risk & Context

Choose Your Chapter
Turn On One Layer
Click An Area

Open Community Risk & Context Explorer

Open The App · Demo · Return Here

Community Context Explorer · Upstate South Carolina · Captured September 14, 2026

App 3 / Bring A Map To A Meeting

Print Maps

Search For Your Area
Preview The Map
Download The PDF

Open Print Maps

Open The App · Demo · Return Here

Print Maps · Search And Map Previews · Captured September 14, 2026

App 4 / Explore Prevention Context

Home Fire & Emergency Information

Sign In With Red Cross
Choose Your Area
Explore Available Information

Open Emergency Information Dashboard

Open The App · Demo · Return Here

Supplied Dashboard Screenshot · Red Cross Access Required · Captured September 14, 2026

App 5 / Public Emergency Information

NERIS Emergency Data

National Emergency Response Information System

Choose South Carolina
Choose A Story View
Explore A County

Open NERIS

Public App · No Sign-In · Open And Demo

NERIS public emergency-data app showing a national 3D county map with story views, time range, and county details. — NERIS Public Map · Captured September 14, 2026

Getting Started

Access That Fits
The Work

Viewer

View And Explore Maps

Creator

Build And Save Maps

Read The Access Steps

Questions · 11:50

What Would You
Try First?

One Volunteer Group
One Local Area
One Question To Answer

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People.Places.Possibilities.

What Can A Map Show?

A Question.A Map.A Next Step.

Only The GroupYou Need To See

Move The Map. Watch The Totals.

Choose An Area. Count What Is Inside.

Compare Areas. Add Their Totals.

One Map. A Coordinated Response.

Your Chapter View

A Different App.A Specific Question.

Chapter Reports

Community Risk & Context

Print Maps

Home Fire & Emergency Information

NERIS Emergency Data

Access That FitsThe Work

Viewer

Creator

What Would YouTry First?

People.
Places.
Possibilities.

A Question.
A Map.
A Next Step.

Only The Group
You Need To See

A Different App.
A Specific Question.

Access That Fits
The Work

What Would You
Try First?