Andrew Price from the Dover & Folkestone Hang Gliding Club describes how the club uses Swarms to provide real-time communications on weather conditions for flying and as a great way to let members on the move organise lifts etc.
Cr2 Records helps music fans swarm! 28 May 2009 Cr2 Records, a leading UK dance label, have been using SwarmTribes (www.swarmtribes.com) to connect their fans and artists via the web, email, SMS and mobile web and to develop an innovative Cr2 International Affiliate Network of fans who work on the labels behalf across the globe.
Swarms are being used in all sorts of user applications including some we never expected. Four group scenarios have emerged as clear leaders in the Swarming space: Business networks, Fan/Supporter Communities, Mobile/virtual teams and Events/Conferences/Festivals.
Hunter New England Health in New South Wales, Australia, have just completed a major Pandemic Influenza Simulation Exercise using Swarmteams to power the communications of the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC).
Mobile Healthcare Team uses Swarms 05 Oct 2008 Mobile teams, who spend much of their day on the road, face communication challenges that cannot be solved by web-connected laptops alone. This case study decribes how the Intermediate Care Team at DaisyHill Hospital used Swarmteams integrated mobile phone and web technology to address these challenges.
A landmark USNI investment conference took place on 7-9 May 2008 in Belfast when around 150 business leaders representing 90 companies from USA travelled to Northern Ireland for three days of events. The Presidents’ Club used Swarmteams to communicate latest information regarding the timing and location of events and to promote a real sense of occasion and participation.
Kharma45, an exciting young UK band from Derry, on the Warner Brothers Label, used Swarms to form a unique partnership with their top fans, to promote their new single “Where’s Your Spirit Man”.
Due to the kind sponsorship of NESTA and its Connect Programme selected UK bands and musicians will be able to use Swarmteams for up to 12 months at no cost, until end December 2008.
Swarmteams was used by the '108 Campaign' ( the creation of a Northern Ireland Youth Assembly) to gather the views of 108 young people in real time using their mobile phones before they met with MLAs and government ministers on November 20.
Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry (Northern Ireland) have been using Swarms successfully in two critical applications: In Community Support Teams (Intermediate Care) and Patient Appointment Reminders.
ESoCE-Net Industrial Forum 2006 19 Jan 2007 The ESoCE-Net Industrial Forum 2006 on “Competitiveness and Innovation in Collaborative Clusters” was held in Rome on 4 December. Swarm-pro! was used during the conference’s interactive session to solicit feedback and encourage audience participation. read more
Swarmteams Keeps Day-Traders Connected 22 Dec 2006
From his home office in San Antonio, Texas Donald Vaello of EminiTradingFloor.Com uses Swarmteams to maintain live communication throughout market hours with trading students all across the United States and many international clients as far away as Australia, Argentina and Romania. “In my business every second counts,” says Donald. “Without Swarmteams I would never be able to quickly broadcast the right information to the number and variety of clients I serve everyday.”
UK Leadership workshop picks Swarm-Pro! 12 Oct 2006
Leadership and Performance Future 2006 is a major London business conference on November 28-29 on Leadership, Performance and Learning topics impacting employers today. According to Conference Director Debbie Carlton of LPF: “We will be using Swarm-Pro! to support event broadcast communications & administration as well as real-time feedback during the event”
Swarmteams SPICEs up major conference 10 Oct 2006 Alec Dorling (InterSPICE, UK), the general chair of the Sixth International SPICE Conference (Software Process Improvement and Capability dEtermination) in Luxembourg reports on how Swarmteams was used to help support the successful organisation and execution of a major international conference. According to Alec “Swarmteams certainly lives up to its claim of keeping you completely connected”.
Dutch Students Swarm to the Surf 28 Sep 2006 Swarmteams is especially good for us as a group of students and windsurfers where late parties and strong winds can be communicated to our large network instantly with a single message.