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Alerting for Schools

Public schools, private schools and higher education institutions across the country depend on Send Word Now for on-demand alerting and response services to reach students, parents and faculty, anytime, anywhere. Send Word Now expedites two-way communication to promote student safety and school security.

Educational institutions such as Rockefeller University, University of California San Francisco, the University of Central Florida, and Boston University all use Send Word Now for reliable emergency mass communication.

Supports Compliance With Higher Education Act (HR-4137)

The new Higher Education Act (HR-4137) requires that higher education institutions immediately notify the campus community upon the confirmation of an emergency or dangerous situation involving an immediate threat on campus. Send Word Now supports HR-4137 compliance by instantly delivering critical messages via voice and text to wired and wireless phones, e-mail, pagers, SMS, MMS, VoIP, BlackBerry® smart phones and Palm® and Treo™ devices.

Send Word Now Enables:

• Rapid notification of school administrators
  
• Instant sending of departmental or geographically targeted alerts
  
• Easy communication with on-staff first responders and local emergency officials
  
• Real-time notification and response from students, faculty, and staff
  
• Reliable message sending to thousands of students, and outreach to people with disabilities
  
• Outreach to people living with disabilities
  
• Effective communication with parents
  

Key Benefits of the SWN Alert Service include:

Easy to Use: The Send Word Now Alert Service uses an intuitive Web-based interface designed for non-technical users. This ensures that personnel using the system can act quickly, confidently and accurately in high-stress situations.

Reduces Administrative Burden: User friendly self registration enables students and faculty to sign up easily, reducing administrative burden. Users can also change or update their own profile without any intervention required by the school.

Targeted, Two-Way Messaging: Send Word Now can be used to target populations both on and off campus or to send messages to specific groups. The Send Word Now system has two-way messaging capabilities; once a message is sent, recipients can respond to a voice or text message and provide vital information about their status.

Interactive Responses: Send Word Now’s Alert Service enables interactive response to all alerts, including the ability to initiate a conference bridge and “push” conference calls out to critical personnel.

Audit Trail: Send Word Now’s Alert Tracer provides the capability to track and document rcipients’ responses to alert messages. This feature supports deployment of resources for those in need of immediate assistance, as well as a record for auditing, compliance and debriefing purposes.

For more about Send Word Now's services for the education community, please visit our campus security information page.

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