About this app
Download this dual purpose Communications Ready App. (1) use it as a communications knowledge sharing app with helpful and updated information, audio tips, educational opportunities, documents, templates, and PPTs related to the wide ranging field of external and internal communications in the digital age, or (2) as an instructional template for ideas and inspiration to design your own.
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 commsreadyapp@gmail.com for your ideas to be considered and posted
Intv|Msg Tips – Includes helpful tips for communications professionals
Comms Shop – Find useful communications based templates (PDFs, word docs., PPTs), 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
Word Games – Several communications related word games to play for fun
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, worksheets, key templates, etc.)
Intv|Msg Tips – Include key tips for your communications team
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
Word Games – Create your own communications related word games
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 commsreadyapp@gmail.com or visit https://www.facebook.com/commsreadyapp/ or https://commsreadyapp.com/
App Permissions
Allows applications to set the system time zone.
Allows an application to read or write the system settings.
Allows an app to access precise location.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows an app to access approximate location.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
This constant was deprecated in API level 21. No longer enforced.
Allows access to the list of accounts in the Accounts Service.
Required to be able to access the camera device.
Allows an application to read the user's calendar data.
Allows an application to write the user's calendar data.
Allows an application to read the user's contacts data.
Allows an application to write the user's contacts data.
Allows access to the vibrator.
Allows an application to initiate a phone call without going through the Dialer user interface for the user to confirm the call.
Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.
Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
Allows an application to access extra location provider commands.
Allows an application to record audio.
Allows an application to modify global audio settings.
Allows an application to broadcast sticky intents.
Allows an app to create windows using the type TYPE_APPLICATION_OVERLAY, shown on top of all other apps.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
