[itdiscuss] Replacement for PhoneTree

[Jay Betancourt]

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We have a PhoneTree system as well, but the equipment is outdated.  We only have two phone lines connected to the device and it takes several days to make a mass "mailing" to our members.

Instead, we have been using a service called Call-Em-All.  It's a little on the pricey side, but what used to take us days, now takes minutes.  They have an unlimited church calling plan which can be beneficial if your organization uses the system a lot.  You can learn more about their service by visiting http://www.call-em-all.com/.  They have some neat call reporting and status tools.  I simply export the Shelby data into a CSV file with the phone numbers and upload the data to Call-Em-All.

Feel free to call them with any questions, they are very helpful.  I think they also started doing mass text notifications.

Thanks!
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Jay Betancourt
Network Administrator, First Lubbock
Direct Line: (806) 853-7039
Email: jay at firstlubbock.org
Web: http://www.firstlubbock.org<http://www.firstlubbock.org/>




From: discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org] On Behalf Of Sean Kelley
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 12:17 PM
To: IT Discussion Forum
Subject: Re: [itdiscuss] Replacement for PhoneTree

I have always been hesitant to use mass notification because I don't like receiving those phone calls myself, but I would be interested to hear the general consensus on if they are well received or not.

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From: discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org] On Behalf Of Ray Tyner
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 11:43 AM
To: IT Discussion Forum
Subject: [itdiscuss] Replacement for PhoneTree
I have been using PhoneTree for quite a few years and was wondering what you folks use for mass notifications.  My future replacement will need to use Shelby as a data source.

Ray Tyner
Peachtree City UMC
678.642.3362

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