Voice Broadcast and IVR | News & Information

2010 ended with a blast for residents of Sunset Hills, MO - a blast of wind, hail and rain. An F3 tornado ripped through the suburban St. Louis city where GroupCast is headquartered. The need for geographic redundancy in a mass notification provider was clearly evidenced by this natural disaster.

Between January 31st and February 3rd, 2011, a massive ice, sleet and snow storm rolled across much of the United States. The storm covered 39 states, with snowfall accumulations reaching over 20 inches in some areas, triggering a wave of school cancellations, early dismissals and late starts.

In the aftermath of high-visibility foodborne illness outbreaks during the past year, some restaurant chains are leveraging broadcast communication tools for enhanced food safety or improved crisis communications technology that might not immediately come to mind for those purposes...

Had food establishments and retail food outlets included Voice Broadcasting in their crisis management and emergency response plans, the E. Coli rumors that has plague the United States since last September (2006) could have been avoided.

GroupCast donates their Voice Broadcasting services to the St. Louis chapter of Rebuilding Together, to help Laura Hurt, Development Director, to send directives, updates and reminders to the volunteer network leading up to and following the one-day event, whose goal is to repair 100 or more homes on April 21, 2007.

SchoolReach launches 300,000 phone calls in 48 hours, notifying parents that their student's classes are canceled or dismissing early due to snow.