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March 31, 2026 Posted by Jordan Hand in Internal Communications, Business Continuity, Crisis Communications, Mass Notification

How can workplaces reduce confusion and misinformation during emergencies through standardized response communication? Responding is Daniel Wagstaff, founder, RedFlagAlerts.com, Dallas. The worst time to develop an emergency action plan is during an actual emergency. There’s simply no replacement for pre-planning. Most employers know this but often don’t know where to start. The truth is that an EAP can be as simple …

February 10, 2026 Posted by Jordan Hand in Business Continuity, Crisis Communications, Mass Notification, Internal Communications

  In late January 2026, tens of thousands of organizations across North America and around the world found themselves in an uncomfortable but now-familiar scenario: their primary communication and collaboration tools just stopped working. On January 22, 2026, Microsoft 365, the backbone of email, messaging, and productivity for countless businesses, experienced a massive outage that persisted for over nine hours, …

February 4, 2026 Posted by Jordan Hand in Crisis Communications, Internal Communications

  10 Critical Communication Templates Every Manufacturing Plant Needs Manufacturing plants operate in one of the most complex and high-risk environments in modern business. Heavy machinery, hazardous materials, large workforces, and tightly scheduled production lines mean that when something goes wrong, seconds matter. That is why emergency communication is not a “nice to have” in manufacturing, it is a critical …

January 27, 2026 Posted by Jordan Hand in Crisis Communications, Mass Notification, Internal Communications

How Modern Employee Alert Systems Reduce Risk, Downtime, and Confusion Industrial workplaces are inherently complex and high-risk environments. Factory floors, construction sites, distribution yards, utility plants, oil and gas operations, and multi-building campuses all share one defining challenge: when something goes wrong, communication must be immediate, precise, and reliable. Yet in many organizations, the biggest risk isn’t the machinery, the …

October 25, 2025 Posted by Amber Malinovsky in Location-Based Alerts, Business Continuity, Crisis Communications, Mass Notification, Internal Communications, Resident, Tenant & Vendor Communications tagged emergency management, emergency alerts, natural disasters

The day the water rose On September 27, 2024, Hurricane Helene brought flash flooding to Erwin, Tennessee. At 10:39 a.m., Impact Plastics lost power as water began pooling outside. By 10:51 a.m., supervisors told workers they could leave if they felt unsafe, but it wasn’t issued as a clear evacuation order. Within the next hour, conditions changed fast. By around …

November 6, 2025 Posted by Dan Banning in Business Continuity, Crisis Communications, Mass Notification, Internal Communications tagged employee communications, hr information system, HRIS

Accurate employee data forms the foundation of every successful communication plan. In an emergency or critical event, knowing who to contact and how to reach them can determine whether people get the help and information they need in time. A modern mass notification system that integrates with an HR platform keeps your employee information up-to-date and ready to be used …

December 17, 2025 Posted by Amber Malinovsky in Location-Based Alerts, Business Continuity, Crisis Communications, Mass Notification, Internal Communications, Resident, Tenant & Vendor Communications tagged tenant communications systems, tenant safety, emergency management plan

Why the Communication Tools Built into Your Tenant Management System Don’t Cut It Oftentimes, property managers default to the built-in communications features of their tenant management software since they figure they’re already paying for it. But then an emergency will happen, such as a natural disaster or an active shooter, and the shortcomings of these built-in features become evident. Since …

January 5, 2023 Posted by Pocketstop in Location-Based Alerts, Mass Notification, Internal Communications

Learn about the importance of having location-based notifications in your emergency communication system and how they can impact emergency situations. Location-based notifications are push alerts based on the location of your users. These communications can be targeted to a specific group based on where they are at that moment. In short, these messages are relevant to where the person is …

June 7, 2024 Posted by Pocketstop in Mass Notification, Internal Communications

Many businesses are working on preparing for the California Workplace Violence Prevention Law deadline this summer. Having a plan in place is critical – and so is communicating about it.  An incident that disrupts normal day-to-day business can strike an organization at any time. In fact, crisis management and business continuity threats impacting businesses are growing. In particular, California’s violent …

February 20, 2024 Posted by Pocketstop in Mass Notification, Internal Communications

You may have felt that emergencies and disasters seem to be on the rise – especially emergencies and crises that affect businesses. Recent data confirms this. According to the Institute for Crises Management Annual Report, “For 2022, 56.74% of crises tracked were smoldering, and 43.26% were sudden crises. Prior to 2020, ICM had typically found that smoldering crises accounted for …