In the wake of the disasters of the past year, we are all more aware than ever of the importance of having a plan in place in case of an emergency. National, state, and local officials work constantly to develop and maintain emergency outlines to protect individuals and businesses in case an emergency presents itself.

Businesses need to be prepared for any and all emergency situations that may arise. By using their resources, they can prioritize their individual needs to create a suitable emergency management plan to better protect their business, employees and investments. Teleconferencing can act as an excellent tool in this process, especially for businesses with multiple locations and employees spread across different regions of the country.

Through the use of teleconferencing, you can train multiple offices simultaneously in disaster recovery procedures. This system can also be used in the event of a disaster to quickly coordinate a recovery procedure to remote offices.

Simply log onto our teleconferencing system at http://www.bigriverconference.com to begin your call. Once the call has started, you can use the record feature to capture your discussion. By doing so, you will have a record of your entire conference to play back for reference at any time.

For more information on the capabilities of our teleconferencing platform, please contact us toll free at (800) 455-1608.

March Madness is right around the corner! Like many businesses around the country, yours probably takes part in many office competitions during the three weeks of the tournament.

Use Big River Teleconferencing to record all of your inter-office March Madness teleconferences! Utilize our easy-to-use web-based system to record draft picks, rule changes, or anything else you would like to have a record of during the course of the tournament. Participants can take advantage of the live conversation and interacting with their opponents.

The winner of the 10 FREE iTunes downloads for the month of February was Brent Benton with Food Giant in Sikeston, MO.

Congratulations!

If you would like Big River Telephone to spend a day at your location training individuals on how to use our Teleconference Platform just let us know.

We would be glad to spend the day showing users how easy the system is to manage. Call us at 1.800.455.1608 and ask for Ashley Robinson to get this arranged.

Let us know how you are using the system. We are always glad to hear how our customers have found unique and clever ways to use this great technology!

Call us toll free at (800) 455-1608.

This month's winner will receive a $25 gift certificate for amazon.com!

Each Month Big River Telephone Company will highlight applications and successes of our customers using our VoIP Based Teleconference Service.

We will also provide a unique gift to one of our customers.

The more you use the service the more times your name will be entered into the drawing. This is a just a small way for us to say "thank you" to our great customers for helping us be the fastest growing telephone service provider in the markets we have entered.