Comms Ready App app for iPhone and iPad

Download this dual purpose Communications Ready App. (1) use it as an instructional template for ideas and inspiration to design your own, or (2) as a communications knowledge sharing app with helpful and updated information, documents, templates, and audio related to the wide ranging field of external and internal communications in the digital age.

Communication teams face the pressure of being activation-ready, 24-7. Building an app designed for your on call team will help improve your coordination and response when dealing with a crisis, issue, risk, reputational concern or any number of public relations based needs. Help your communications team become activation ready by preparing and organizing your key information and including it in your app for quick access and response!

FEATURES

As a Knowledge Sharing App (updated regularly):
- On Call (PDFs) – Includes modified app building instructions to get you thinking and free communications templates for ideas and individual use
- Comms Posts – Provides a range of communications insights and links for sharing. Email [email protected] for your ideas to be considered and posted
- Intv|Msg Tips – Includes helpful tips for communications professionals
- Comms Shop – Find useful communications based templates, including some free versions to help you create original material
- Feedback/News – We’d like to hear your feedback and will also provide you with any relevant notices regarding the Comms Ready App
- Summary Sheet – A functional sample form with analytic options designed to help you provide a quick assessment of a situation to share with your team and or to initialize activation (use this sample for ideas to design your own)
- Monitor Alerts – These shareable alerts are programmed to highlight information related to public relations, crisis communications, media relations, issues management, social media, relevant research, etc.
- What Now Tabs? – Provides a quick reminder for on call comms staff on what steps to take when a situation arises
- Comms Events – A regularly updated list of helpful communications related conferences, events, instructional sessions, etc. that you can save and share
- Audio PR Tips – Helpful and free shareable sound bites of media relations and PR tips
- You Create Vids – Get insights on how the Comms Ready App works and ideas to build your own
- Push Notifications – Receive notifications when new or interesting info. is updated
*Other options include messaging (via SMS or email)

*If You Build on Your Own or Through a Provider:
On Call (PDFs) – Prepare and add your most relevant documents here (i.e. crisis communications plan, contact information, worksheets, internal/external comms strategies, key templates, etc.)
- Intv|Msg Tips – Include key tips for your communications team (update them on a regular basis)
- Comms Posts – Share relevant information with your team in this microblog (provide regular updates)
- Summary Sheet – Create a specialized form with analytic options to track calls received or initiated and share information with your team and or to initialize activation (you can also set up alerts for forms)
- You Create Vids – Produce and include your own helpful videos
- Monitor Alerts – Set your own alerts related to your organization for monitoring purposes
- What Now Tabs? – Add your team’s key steps based on your organizational procedures
- Comms Events – Update and add your own relevant events on a regular basis
- Audio PR Tips – Create and add your own helpful sound bites
- Push Notifications – Activate to send messages to your team
- Invite – Send SMS or email messages to your team

*Add your own features (i.e. contacts, website, social media, chat room, etc.).

Have questions about the app?
email [email protected] or visit https://www.facebook.com/commsreadyapp/ or https://commsreadyapp.com/