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Find out how to turn text messages from meeting distractions into meeting opportunities.

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The popularity of text messaging is growing every year, and many firms and their clients now expect to use it as a tool to conduct business. Prohibiting the use of text messages is not only unsustainable for an increasingly mobile workplace, it limits how and where advisors communicate with clients.

Prohibition also does not protect your firm from risk—it simply pushes conversations where you can’t see and manage them.

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A new project is tapping into mobile technology to increase community college completion for students in STEM fields. Nudging to STEM Success — a joint initiative from Persistence Plus, maker of a mobile app for student success, and nonprofit Jobs for the Future — will use text messages to help students navigate the complexities of college, succeed in STEM studies and move toward college graduation, according to a news announcement. The project is funded by the Helmsley Charitable Trust.

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We seem to have a love-hate relationship with predictive text. When it works, the convenience of cell phone software that types most of our words for us is a blessing. When it fails, predictive text flubs are at best comical and at worst frustrating and time-consuming. However, it is possible that predictive text software might have more serious consequences, especially for our youth.

Is Predictive Text Hurting Our Kids?

Text messaging is used a variety of ways in the heating, ventilation and air conditioning industry. Some of the industry specific uses for PageGate include:

Dispatch notifications and alerts
Notifications of material deliveries to sites
Confirm appointment times for estimates and quotes
Communicate with & coordinate contractors and sub-contractors
Reminders of payment due dates
Notification of received payments
Notification of discounts, deals and promotions
Routine employee communications

Text Messaging Software for HVAC Companies

It is hardly news that teenagers aren't getting enough sleep--90% of teens get fewer than the eight to ten hours of sleep per night recommended for healthy development and function. A growing public health concern, sleep deprivation is particularly dangerous for youths, who rely on sleep for healthy mental and physical development. With teen sleep loss growing in public attention, and technology in a sense dominating the lives of young people, we must wonder if and how our devices play into this phenomenon.

Is Texting Keeping Teens Up at Night?

Tyler Technologies CAD uses PageGates GetAscii module to pass messages to PageGate for delivery.

Steps to Integrate with Tyler Technologies

Text messaging is used a variety of ways in the security industry. Some of the industry specific uses for PageGate include:

Security Alerts
Emergency Notifications
Alarm Notification Automation
Dispatch Notifications
Communicate Critical Information Related to a Scene
On-call and Re-call Notifications
Allows for Better Decision Making
Reminders of Payment Due Date
Notification of Received Payments
Notification of Discounts, Deals and Promotions
Routine Employee Communications

Test Messaging Software or Security Companies

PageGate has been designed to integrate as easily as possible with existing software and hardware. Rarely are any coding changes required or necessary. The most common integration involves a Command Line / ASCII interface.

PageGate allows for the scanning of a predetermined file for text messages or for command line messaging from existing software applications. Here are some ways to use PageGate's modules to integrate with other applications:

Add Text or SMS Messaging

PageGate can be easily tied to Zolls RescueNet CommCAD in a variety of ways. As both programs can handle SNPP, SMTP and TAP, you can use any of these three methods to have RescueNet notify PageGate when an alert needs to be delivered to a cell phone, pager or other device/method of delivery.

Steps to Integrate RescueNet CommCAD

Text messaging is used a variety of ways in the municipalities and government agencies. Some of the industry specific uses for PageGate include:

Security Notifications and Emergency Alerts
Notification of Elections/ Town Meetings
Notifications of Shelter or Refuge Locations
Voting Record Notifications
Breaking News Alerts
Property Tax Bill Reminders
Notification of Town Events
Severe Weather Alerts

Text Messaging Software for Municipalities and Government Agencies

Learn step by step how to integrate these specific applications with PageGate.

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