Notification News

  • One Call Now Launches New School Safety Service

    Apr 29, 2013
    Safe School Helpline® provides early intervention against school violence.
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  • My Call Now Mobile App Organizes, Calendarizes, and Shares One Call Now Messages

    Apr 22, 2013
    One Call Now, America’s largest notification provider, has launched a free mobile app, My Call Now, for the millions of people who receive messages from them every day. Available for most iOS and Android devices.
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  • So, what’s up for Earth Day? My Call Now!

    Apr 22, 2013
    The other day a friend emailed and asked, “So, what are you guys doing for Earth Day?” I didn’t know how to respond. I just don’t think about the concept in terms of a single day. But, the question piqued my curiosity, so I did a Google search on the subject. It yielded lots of Earth Day ideas and there were examples of green initiatives for companies large and small. That’s when it occurred to me… One Call Now is a green initiative.
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  • One Call Now Chosen as Charter Advantage Partner for Parent Notification Services

    Apr 16, 2013
    The California Charter Schools Association (CCSA) marks its 20th year helping charter schools succeed and as a Charter Advantage partner, One Call Now is excited to help them celebrate by providing CCSA members access to One Call Now’s robust parent notification services for just $1.50 per child, no minimum enrollment required.
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  • Green is Sprouting Up Everywhere

    Apr 09, 2013
    It seems that everyone is taking steps to go a little green. So what’s it mean for property managers? Is it worth your time and effort to promote a green agenda?
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  • You talkin' to me? No soup for you!

    Apr 07, 2013
    School newsletters are going out yet again reminding parents to pay their kids’ school fees for the year. They’re due in September… it’s now April and most schools are thousands of dollars short. That’s a lot of money and I’m sure many of the parents who owe fees don’t realize that they’re the ones who need to pay… so they don’t.
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  • Record Growth, Awards Cap Off Year for One Call Now

    Apr 02, 2013
    One Call Now, the Nation’s Largest and Fastest Growing Notification Service Provider, Serving 55 Million Americans, reports another record year of growth in 2012.
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  • Housing Inspections - The Brilliance of a No-Surprises Strategy

    Feb 22, 2013
    When it comes to student housing inspections, it’s likely that nothing would surprise your team. But your inspection team is probably not your major concern. It’s your student residents—and their parents— that should not be surprised.
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  • Speaking Up for Safer Schools

    Feb 19, 2013
    Every day, countless children attend school and are ruthlessly harassed. Untold others bring weapons to school, threatening to harm their peers. Still other innumerable youth attempt suicide. And sometimes, disregarded threats become terrifying reality.
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  • To Tow... or Not To Tow? Seven tips to keep that from being the Question

    Feb 11, 2013
    Towing may alienate a resident… but failure to act on a parking problem could alienate many residents. The best solution is a proactive approach that maximizes compliance and minimizes your need to have to make the tough decision. Here are seven tips to help ease parking woes on your property.
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  • Making the Call to Close School

    Jan 25, 2013
    Weather is finicky at best in the winter months—this year more than most. Pinpointing whether climate conditions merit a school delay or closing can be a daunting task without a parent notification system.
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  • How Do You Volunteer?

    Jan 09, 2013
    At One Call Now we have this great perk called the Community Service Days program. Each full-time employee receives three paid days per year to donate time in the communities where they live.
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  • Safe Driving Means Happier Holidays

    Dec 24, 2012
    You know the drill: it’s the holidays, the end of another year…and that means a lot of opportunity for hazardous road conditions and unsafe driving.
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  • Helping Children Cope with Trauma

    Dec 20, 2012
    Communication is necessary, even when the topic is something so awful you don’t even want to imagine it let alone discuss it. But, these discussions are necessary, so where do you begin? How do you talk to a child about something traumatic?
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  • Mega Disasters… What if the Unthinkable Happens?

    Dec 13, 2012
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  • Texting Turns 20

    Dec 05, 2012
    On Monday, December 3rd, 1992, the first text message was sent by software engineer Neil Papworth. Can you guess what it said? If you guessed “What’s up?” or “Come here I want 2 c u”, you are incorrect. The very first text message read, “Merry Christmas.”
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  • One Call Now is a Top 100 Product for Schools

    Dec 04, 2012
    Looking around the One Call Now office, you notice a lot of smiling faces. I’m not just talking smirks and half-hearted skyward lip curls — I’m talking full-on toothy grins, the likes of which you see when someone is really quite proud of an accomplishment.
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  • Social Media May Hit the Target, But It’s Not a Magic Bullet!

    Nov 30, 2012
    Social media is here to stay. Using web and mobile technologies, social media supports interactive dialog between individuals and groups. Although we instantly think of networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, social media is any place where people are conversing online. And yes, it is here to stay.
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  • Avoiding Charity and Home Repair Scams

    Nov 27, 2012
    When a disaster strikes, the physical aftermath is often one of the first things we think about. The property damage can be daunting, and someone offering to assist with the cleanup in any way can seem like a blessing.
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  • Issue 70 Has No Issues Passing with One Call Now

    Nov 27, 2012
    One Call Now donated 120,000 calls to this effort, which Barb Kuhns of Citizens for Good Libraries believes impacted the results. She said, “One Call Now made it very easy for us to reach voters and ask them to support the Dayton Metro Library’s bond issue. It was simple for someone not used to doing this to record, upload the list and schedule the calls. Tech support was very quick to respond to questions and were very customer-service oriented. We recommend One Call Now for when you need to get the message out. It helped with our bond issue’s success.”
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