Purpose
1. Automate urgent SMS alerts to notify Jain temple community members of weather closures, emergencies, or last-minute event changes.
2. Ensures immediate outreach and communication to prevent confusion and enhance safety via automated workflows.
3. Allows temple admins to automate message dissemination, reducing manual intervention and risk of omission.
4. Integrate with event systems to trigger alerts automatically, automating the entire notification process.
5. Automatedly updates congregation during adverse conditions to maintain engagement and trust.
Trigger Conditions
1. Severe weather forecast detected (API or manual entry).
2. Emergency events (fire, safety breaches, natural disasters) flagged by staff or automated sensors.
3. Admin scheduling a closure or postponement via dashboard.
4. Third-party alerts (e.g., government warnings) received via webhook, automating downstream SMS.
5. Content management update marked as “urgent” triggers automated message dispatch.
Platform Variants
1. Twilio SMS
• Feature/Setting: Messaging Service > Send SMS API — configure `POST /Messages` to automate sending alerts to predefined temple contact lists.
2. SendGrid
• Feature/Setting: Twilio SendGrid Email-to-SMS — configure the Inbound Parse Webhook to automate converting urgent temple outreach emails to SMS.
3. Plivo
• Feature/Setting: Message API > Send SMS — automate message delivery with `POST /Message`, mapping outreach content to phone numbers.
4. Nexmo (Vonage API)
• Feature/Setting: SMS API — use automated `POST /sms/json` to broadcast alerts from temple systems to community.
5. ClickSend
• Feature/Setting: SMS API — automate message dispatch using `POST /v3/sms/send`, enabling batch announcements for weather or emergencies.
6. Bandwidth
• Feature/Setting: Messaging API — configure automated `POST /api/v2/messages` for urgent outreach and instant SMS delivery.
7. Telesign
• Feature/Setting: SMS API — utilize `/v1/messaging` to automate urgent notifications triggered by temple admins or external events.
8. Sinch
• Feature/Setting: SMS API — automate `POST /sms/v1` requests to schedule and send SMS whenever a closure is announced.
9. MessageBird
• Feature/Setting: Send SMS — automate the Message API for instant and bulk urgent temple alerts.
10. Infobip
• Feature/Setting: SMS API — automate alerts via `POST /sms/1/text/single`, integrating with temple outreach modules.
11. SMSGlobal
• Feature/Setting: MXT SMS API — set up automated bulk alerts using `POST /v2/sms`, mapped to urgent communication triggers.
12. Textbelt
• Feature/Setting: REST API — automate POST requests for outreach messages with a simple automated integration.
13. Esendex
• Feature/Setting: REST API > Send Message — automate urgent SMS with `/v1.0/messagedispatcher`.
14. Kaleyra
• Feature/Setting: SMS API — automate message push using `POST /v1/sms`, ideal for urgent communication flows.
15. Mobitec
• Feature/Setting: Bulk SMS API — automate SMS via REST API for mass outreach or closure announcements.
16. Routee
• Feature/Setting: SMS API — configure automated triggers for outreach using `/sms` endpoint.
17. TeleSign
• Feature/Setting: SMS API — automate `/v1/messaging` integration for immediate urgent temple communication.
18. OpenMarket
• Feature/Setting: SMS API — enable `/v1/engagements` for automated outreach when closure events occur.
19. Exotel
• Feature/Setting: SMS API — automate urgent outreach via `/v1/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Sms/send.json`.
20. Zipwhip
• Feature/Setting: SMS API — automate broadcasts of urgent announcements triggered by admin events.
21. Cloud Communications APIs (Generic)
• Feature/Setting: SMS send endpoints — automate SMS alerts from event-driven webhooks across most providers.
22. Freshdesk Messaging
• Feature/Setting: Automated bots > SMS channel — configure automation for urgent outreach tied to support or incident updates.
Benefits
1. Automates timely communication for safety and service reliability.
2. Automatedly reduces manual outreach, freeing staff for higher-priority tasks.
3. Automating outreach ensures complete, auditable records of urgent communications.
4. Supports multi-platform redundancy to automate failover or retries if one SMS provider lags.
5. Automation increases trust within the Jain temple community due to prompt, reliable alerts.
6. Automates compliance with local notification or emergency alert requirements.
7. Enhances outreach speed via batch automatable workflows, especially in large congregations.
8. Allows scaling of automated announcements as temple membership grows.
Outreach & Communication