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Enhance safety with our advanced emergency notification system. Discover the top obstacles faced and how we overcome them with whimsical projects and innovative infrastructure tools.
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BEYOND EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION Alan Livingston Weber State University Ogden, UT
Emergency notification The proportion of campuses reporting notification capacity utilizing … text messaging rose by three-fourths, from 43.3 percent in 2007 to 75.6 percent in fall 2008
Wsu Mobile (the Whimsical one) • Uncommon Courtesy • Give Me a Break • Festival of Dolls • Look! Up in the sky! • Waiting for Godot
Top ten obstacles 10. Limited imagination 9. Lack of incentive 8. No infrastructure or tools 7. Expense 6. Isolation 5. No aggregation 4. No accumulation of value 3. Limited visibility 2. Limited utilization 1. Disappointing results
Whimsy project whimsy also whimsey (hwmz)1. An odd or fanciful idea; a whim.2. A quaint or fanciful quality.[Probably from whim-wham, fanciful object.]
Whimsy project • Infrastructure • Tools • Aggregation
Discovery and aggregation • #menu • #subscribe • #options • #help Please choose: 1=Arts, 2=Athletics, 3=Students 4=Etc
Discovery and aggregation • Catalog • Training Ground
Whimsy project • Infrastructure • Tools • Aggregation
Wsu mobile (the real one) • Cultural Affairs • Fine Arts • Athletics • Planetarium • International Students • Students with Disabilities • Honors Program • Faculty • More…
Top Ten Opportunities • Limited imagination Collective creativity • Lack of incentive Recognition of value • No infrastructure or tools Whimsy Project • Expense Affordability • Isolation Collaboration • No aggregation Common catalog • No accumulation Growing collective value • Limited visibility Widespread awareness • Limited utilization Growing demand • Disappointing results Success story
THANK YOU! alivingston@weber.edu http://weber.edu/whimsy http://wsumobile.weber.edu