Mass Notification
Overview
Mass Notification Application is designed to send multi-modal messages to thousands of people during emergency and non-emergency situations.
- Select communications medium to be used for message delivery (Voice only, Email only, Voice and SMS, etc.)
- Use built-in ‘Find-you’ capability to increase the probability of delivering a message.
- Send caller-ID of your choice that can be used by cell phones to display associated ‘caller name’ (e.g., Security Alert’) – leading to higher percentage of people picking up a message.
- Control the speed of dialing out.
- Display real time call activity and a progress bar on a Web Portal.
- Abandon an Group Alert in progress via web portal or through DTMF.
- Provide summary and detailed reports on call completions (Busy, No Answer, Answering machine etc.)
Features
| Feature | How it works | Benefits |
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Pre-recorded message delivery. |
Pro-actively build call out groups. Pre-record messages and tie groups and messages into Group Alert sessions. Trigger dial out from Web Portal or with incoming phone call. |
Make messaging a planned activity. No need to search for address books at the time of actual need. |
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On-the-fly Message Delivery. |
Dial into the server, enter a PIN, record/re-record a message and send. |
Quick dissemination of emergency oriented messages. |
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Built-in ‘Find–You’ capability. |
System captures up to four phone numbers per individual and dials them successively until making a positive contact. |
Increases probability of delivering a message. |
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Announcement Box capability. |
Moderator periodically dials in and records a message in an announcement box. People can call in and hear the updated message. |
Great way to inform people during changing emergency situations such as hurricanes, blackouts etc. |
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Re-iteratively contact the un-contacted. |
Set up Group Alert with ‘un-contacted’ option. Trigger same Group Alert multiple times until message is received by desired percentage of recipients. |
No wasted calls. Iteratively build up the percentage of people who received calls. |
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Send message to ‘contacted’ people. |
Use ‘swap’ to convert contacted into un-contacted and send a new message. |
Only people who received a previous message will get the new message. Great way to send ‘all clear’ message. |
Resources
The XOP Networks Mass Notification Service allows a Moderator to send multi-modal (voice, SMS, email and pages) alerts to his/her group members. These alerts can be used for emergency communications (e.g. weather alerts, crime watch alerts etc.) or for sending routine informational messages (e.g., board meeting invitation, ladies luncheon etc.).
