Tony Schmitz of Send Word Now Finalist in Business Continuity Paper of the Year Competition
(firmenpresse) - NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 08/13/12 -- Send Word Now, the leading global provider of emergency notification and on-demand alerting and response services, is proud to announce that a paper written by its President and CEO, Tony Schmitz, has been shortlisted in the "Business Continuity Paper of the Year" competition hosted by Continuity Central and the Business Continuity and Resiliency Journal.
The paper, titled "What is Social Media's Role in Business Continuity?," examines both the upside and downside of social media use in the crisis management arena. In his analysis, Tony Schmitz also presents concrete examples of how social media may be used to enhance conventional emergency notification tools in the future.
The Business Continuity Paper of the Year competition, which first took place in 2010, employs a vigorous process to discover the best new business continuity articles and papers from around the globe. This year, papers were judged by David Honour, editor of both Continuity Central and the Business Continuity and Resiliency Journal, and by judges drawn from the Business Continuity and Resiliency Journal's editorial review panel.
The winning paper and the five short-listed papers are now available to read in the latest issue of the Business Continuity and Resiliency Journal. To read the papers, you can . There is also a synopsis of the contest and each of the papers available on the Continuity Central website.
Tony Schmitz has been an entrepreneur and business executive since 1983, creating and building value for technology companies across the New York region. He has been a founder and principal of three technology companies that have been acquired by publicly traded companies. In 2004, Schmitz became an adviser to Send Word Now, bringing over twenty-five years of experience as a successful entrepreneur, investor and technologist to the company. After joining the Board of Directors in early 2007, he was appointed to the position of CEO later that year. In his time as President and CEO of Send Word Now, he has overseen a strong period of growth while adding both value and vision to the company's performance.
Send Word Now is the leading provider of on-demand alerting and incident management services for both routine and emergency communication. The easy-to-use, web-based emergency notification service is used by government agencies, municipalities, universities, non-profit organizations and businesses, including many Fortune 500 companies, to ensure fast, effective, two-way communication in real-time. Send Word Now's Alert Tracer® provides a full audit trail of messages sent and received for after-action reporting and follow-up. Designed to reach anyone, anywhere, anytime, with any device over any type of connection, Send Word Now's mass notification system is capable of transmitting hundreds of thousands of voice and text messages in minutes. The company is headquartered in New York City. Visit Send Word Now on the web at or email us at . Follow Send Word Now on Twitter at and check out our new blog for industry news and insights at .
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