As they reopen, businesses and companies are incorporating SMS texting into their safety protocols. Read more here.

2020 was a crazy year. There is no one arguing that. In the midst of a global pandemic, we have also seen natural disasters and social unrest frequently impacting our lives. If you’re like us at Trumpia, you’re probably hoping that a year like this never happens again. 2020 did teach us a valuable lesson however. It taught us that now more than ever, communication is so important. Understanding what is happening in our world will ensure our safety and wellbeing, while also not creating any mass fear. SMS texting is one great way to communicate important information, and we highly recommend incorporating it into your safety protocols. 

Why SMS?

These days, you would struggle to find a single adult without a phone. While people may not be checking their emails or company’s alerts on a day to day business, people are checking their phones constantly. You can rest assured that if you send out a critical alert, people will see it. You also don’t even need to worry if people are going to read it or not. If you make the message clear enough, they will be more incentivized to read it.

Trumpia’s SMS texting software is also easy to use while being extremely fast and effective. In any scenario where people are in danger, where people are already not thinking clearly, you don’t want to create any extra steps in your safety procedure. Having the ease of texting someone can help people easily communicate their needs, especially with Trumpia’s features. Utilizing our Automation feature, companies can pre-create distribution groups and answer prompts that will do the work for you. No need to have anyone manually responding to each individual scenario. 

How to Get Started

• Make Leadership Clear: While setting up a communication tool is important, people need to know who is in command at all times. Create a clear understanding of who is in charge in any given moment. 

• Have Clear Guidelines: This should be clear and easy to understand. It should also be easily accessible. You can have people simply text a short code or a long code to a number in order to get automated results. For example: “Text this number in order to learn more about our Earthquake protocols”

• Have Code Words: It is important, especially if there is a shelter in place in effect, that people are speaking in words that will not give away information to any intruder. Create a language that only your company will understand. 

• Create Distribution Groups: This is helpful if you only need to send messages to certain people. Trumpia allows organizations to make distribution groups that will only send relevant messages through data capturing and smart filtering. For example, HR can choose to send messages that only pertain to people working in a certain sector if the problem only affects them. 

• Practice, Practice, Practice: After you set up all of these things, it is important to create rhythms of practice. People are creatures of habit, and will only learn when things are constantly set in motion. 

Here are some scenarios you can use our SMS texting software for safety purposes:

1. COVID screening
2. Notifying team of any danger 
3. Sending information about security risks
4. Updating family members
5. Real time alerts
6. Weather reports
7. Power outages
8. HR updates
9. Safety protocol measures
10. Clear instructions in the face of dire situations

That thirty seconds it takes to send a text message can be the difference between the time saved by sending out a quick text message can be the time needed to make a real difference. 

Start using SMS texting today, and simplify your company's safety protocol. Call or text us for more information about Trumpia’s SMS software.