1. The Legacy of Emergency Notification and Communication Systems Stephen Treisman Regional Manager

2. Background of Presentation
How the World Was just a few years ago.
The Different Types of Notification Systems
How they came to be
Functionality
Pro’s and Con’s of the various types of Emergency Notification solutions
In-house vs. Hosted
Key factors to consider (Cost, features, flexibility)
A View from the Inside looking Out
Product Demonstration

3. Early Domestic Emergency Notification Systems:
One if by Land, Two if By Sea.
Smoke Signals
Carrier Pigeons
Phone and then personal action.
Just Think Before 1980:
No Answering Machine, No Voice Mail, No Pagers, No , No PDA, No Internet, No Blackberry, No Cell Phone, No Fax, etc.
Only One Long Distance Phone Company
And it was a much easier world!

4. The World Has Changed Since 1980 Imagine what it will be like in 2015?
Obsolete Terms and Equipment:
Horse and Buggy
Milk Trucks and Delivery
Doctors who make house calls
10 letter word using only top row of keys on the typewriter.
Telemarketing calls. (Well maybe not)
And Most Important: “Gee I tried to call you”
Can anyone attempt to guess what will be available within the next 10 years?

5. What Happened! Events of September 11, 2001 Passage of Sarbanes-Oxley
Fortune 500 companies are now required to have a Business Continuity Plan.
Notifying employees and other key personnel in the event of an emergency must be part of that plan.
Since 2001 over two dozen Emergency Notification systems have arrived.
I’ve counted 64 different systems.
It’s the Application, Stupid! (Specialty)
Appointments, Follow ups, Marketing Surveys

6. Evolvement of Notification Systems
Dialogic – Leader for 22 Years
Systems Came from the Call Center World
Predictive Dialing Capabilities
Hardware Based, Ports to Maintain,
On Site, Maintain, Manage, Upgrade
Combining Predictive Dialing - Text to Speech
Software Based. Web Hosed, Easy to Use
Capabilities and Cost Vary
As low as $3000 per year. Exceed 6 figures.
Most Solutions today are software based.

7. Three Types Of Systems Binder – (Call Tree, etc). In – House System
Advantages: (Inexpensive, No Technology Required)
Disadvantages: (Hard to maintain, Limited Capability, Least Reliable, Single Access Point )
In – House System
Advantages: (Own Equipment, Compliance, Security)
Disadvantages : (Most Expensive, Uses Most Resources, One Location and the problem is at your location.)
Hosted System
Advantages: (No equipment costs, Uses Least Resources, Multiple Locations, Greatest Functionality)
Disadvantages: (Possible subject to system availability, cost can be high)

8. Aside from Common Sense, why choose an Emergency Notification System?
What is the system going to be used for?
To protect your people, your assets, your company and community
Managing an emergency gets more difficult the longer you wait to organize and take action” - Deputy Chief Turner, Minneapolis Emergency Response Director
“Two out of five enterprises that experience a disaster go out of business within five years.” Gartner Group
“The problem started about an hour before it hit us. We could have reacted if we would have received an alert when the first system went down.” – MI Utility spokesperson on the worst blackout in US history
“There was a 22% difference in stock price for companies that responded well to a crisis versus those that did not. – Oxford University & Sedgewick Group

9. CRISIS
When written in Chinese, the word “Crisis” is composed of two characters – one represents danger and one represents opportunity.

10. First Things First - Check List
My Organization – It’s Size, Type
Locations, national or International? Public/Private?
How many employees.
Do We have a Crisis Management Team?
Key people and how will they communicate?
Who needs to know under which circumstance?
How are we getting the word out now?
Call trees? – Try the game of telephone.
A Chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
? – What if its down or I’m not there?
Conference Bridges? – If the phones are working.
Other? – Fax, Paging, Good Luck

11. Check List Items to Consider
Capacity of my present system
How many people do we need to reach.
When where and by what means.
Can you know who received and acknowledges a call?
Date, Time, User, Method, Complete Acknowledgement?
How often is it really used and for what?
Reliability – can the vendor back that with a Service Level Agreement ( SLA)
Maintenance: Who maintains the system and persons on the lists?
Flexibility of system – your business and people constantly change, the system needs too.

12. Questions To Address
What are the different types of situations you encounter? (Critical vs. Non-Critical)
How many people do you typically need to involve during an incident (i.e. first responders, problem resolution team, and simple awareness)?
Is there a need to diversify this group into main groups and subgroups?
What are the key drivers pursuing this type of solution?
Do we need a record (audit trail) of every situation?
How often to we encounter a “situation”?
How often do we need to send an alert to employees?

13. Other Things to Consider:
Database and Lists
Compatible with present software
Software or Hardware based
Who needs to be notified
Layers and layers of mgt?
Grouping layers of admin.
Audit of notification response
Power Supply
Flexibility
Can we test the system?
How often are we going to use the system?
Ability to form response teams
Vendor Support
Support for all devices.
Privacy and Security
Price – Total Price
Is Price based on # of alerts?
Is Price based on method of contact.
Price based on number of tries?
Ease of Use
Reliability - Reporting
Training
Maintenance
Ability to private chat
Ways to trigger and alert.
Ability to automate Emergency Response function.

14. Going from Reactive To Proactive
Access the damage quickly and take specific actions to minimize.
“We learn by our failures not our successes”
Use the crisis management team to communicate with employees, shareholders and all affected parties.
Not knowing is sometimes worse than the tragedy
Persistent communication across all areas in a coordinated approach is optimal

15. What happens after you notify?
Biggest Problem of any Catastrophe?
Not everyone is on the same page.
Left hand has no idea what right hand is doing?
“Its great that we were able to notify everyone 14 different ways that the theater was on fire. Unfortunately all the doors were locked, there was no escape path and everyone died”
Combine notification with collaboration
Second biggest problem
Where is everybody
Who is doing what.
How are we going to solve “situation”
Access to critical documents.
Reduce the time knowing about a situation and doing something about it.
Combine Incident Notification with Incident Management

16. Combining Incident Notification with a Live Situation Center
Get the Word Out
Immediate delivery of Alert messages to the right people - no matter the communication device including phone, , pager, SMS, & fax
Interactive voice response
Acknowledge receipt of Alert message
Bring the Team Together
Online Situation Center
Real-time information sharing
Task assignment & progress updates
Alert message delivery status and online presence
Post messages, links, documents, sound, video & other file types
Archived incident record for future analysis

17. Quickly Send Alert & Create Situation Center
1. Select Situation Type to populate the resource library
2. Type in alert subject and message
3. Add teams or individuals to the recipient list
4. Hit Save to send the alert and create the Situation Center

18. Alert message delivered to all devices
The Alert is immediately sent to all , pagers, fax, & SMS devices. The message is also converted into speech and the system calls telephones in the preferred order.
Pager
Phone
Fax
Mobile
SMS
Click here to listen to the alert
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19. Civic Emergency Situation Center
Manage large scale group communications.
Coordinate multi-agency responses.
Ensure group awareness of all activities.
Situation Log contain messages, files, pictures, etc. that make it easy for the team to collaborate and share information.
The entire group can see how the situation has been developing and decide how best to respond.
Confirm who received the alert.
The recipient can acknowledge with a comment (example: ETA 15 minutes) using , 2 way pager or via the web.
Know who is online and logged into MissionMode with the presence icon.
Access contact details and notes by clicking on name.
Know who is responsible for specific tasks, progress, and time to completion.
Tasks can be easily assigned to individuals or groups. Quick management insight to activities related to resolving the problem.
Distribute detailed procedures and instructions.
Situation Type specific documents, links or other files ensures the team has most up to date plans.

20. What I would do If I were buying a system of this type
First do an audit and determine which type of system is right for my needs.
Get a demonstration of all applicable products.
Best way to determine if this is the right system is by seeing it.
Good products with good vendors love to show their products.
Don’t over analyze. (Effort vs. cost of project).
Where did the solution come from?
Who uses it? (Get references)
Test it. Some work, some don’t!
See if I can get a pilot, even if it costs.
Lease don’t buy. The world is changing.
Commit for a short time frame (One Year).

21. For Additional Information:
Stephen Treisman
Region Manager
MissionMode Solutions
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