Providing your members the services they need to conduct business with you online is convenient for them and easy for you. As you consider adding online donations and event registration to your church’s or organization’s website, you’ll want a solution that is convenient your patrons to use AND easy for your staff members to use. Here’s a look at how TransactU does both!

What is TransactU?
TransactU gives your members and participants 24-7 access to register and pay for events and give online. Patrons simply visit your website when it’s convenient for them, whether your office doors are open or closed.

TransactU: Convenient for your patrons
With the increasing popularity of on-line bill pay, online giving is a convenient option for many of your church members.

Here’s a look at how your members can benefit from online giving from TransactU:

• Online giving – Most people appreciate the ability to make a financial contribution even when they’re not able to give in person. TransactU lets you provide your members and guests with the convenience of online donations, contributions or gifts to benefit your organization, anytime. With TransactU, your supporters can:
o Set recurring gifts and select amount
o Make payment with debit or credit cards, or e-checks
o Select which fund their gift goes to

• Online event registration and payment – Make it easy for your participants to register and pay for your events. Instead of filling out hand-written forms, members simply go to your website to register for events and pay using their debit or credit card or an e-check. TransactU offers your members and guests:
o Paperless event registrations
o A safe, secure method to make online payments

• Secure, personalized transactions–The event registration and online donation pages can look and feel just like your website. When the transaction is complete, the user receives a receipt on the screen and via e-mail. Transactions appear on financial statements using your name (not ours), giving your patrons more confidence in making transactions online.

TransactU: Convenient for your staff

We understand how valuable your financial resources are.  We help make those resources go furhter by giving you easy-to-use and affordable software tools that help your staff members function more efficiently.

Here’s a look at how TransactU will help your staff members work more efficiently:

• Do away with maintenance – Because TransactU is hosted, you don’t need any special software, servers or programming; there is no software to install, maintain and upgrade. All you do is log-in and you’re on your way.

• Powerful reporting capabilities– Generate customized reports to find just the information you need and make accounting easier. A simple click exports report data into Microsoft Excel as well as other program formants.

• Better financial accounting–By setting their giving recurrences, donors are more likely to give consistently. This helps your administration understand “the cash inflow/receipts” and allows for better planning.�

• Receive funds directly – We assist you with the set up of your own merchant account so that funds deposit directly into your bank account. You receive funds quickly and easily, with no middle man.

• Make event preparation easy–TransactU offers you many tools to help your staff prepare for an event:
o Limit the number of registrations that will be accepted.

o Specify the beginning and ending dates and times for registration.

o Select which information is required.

o Calculate fees based on their answers.

o Embed a graphic in a form or upload corresponding documents, such as a liability release form with a sports registration form.

o Let users store their information for convenient access, and to provide a complete online history of transactions.

• Avoid risks and liabilities – Because TransactU is completely hosted and meets rigorous PCI compliance standards, you’re not responsible for collecting and storing credit card or bank account information on your own server. We’ll handle all of that for you in our secure environment.

Try It Out!
See for yourself how TransactU can dramatically improve how you manage your events registrations and online giving.  Visit our TransactU webpage, or give us a call at 866.709.7120, and we’ll walk you through the software and answer all your questions.

Sudan is a land of mud huts with little access to clean water and electricity, and her people are in the need of hope and help. Aid Sudan is making a difference in growing strong southern Sudanese communities committed to serving Jesus Christ. Founded in 2000, Aid Sudan is an inter-denominational, non-profit organization serving the southern Sudanese in several targeted locations in Sudan and through U.S.

Throughout their work, Aid Sudan engages southern Sudanese people in evangelism and discipleship. They enhance Sudanese lives through ministering to human need and empowering southern Sudanese communities to develop and flourish. Aid Sudan also encourages southern Sudanese Christians to serve as missionaries to their own people and embraces southern Sudanese and its international partners in striving toward a common goal.

Online giving is easier for donors to support Aid Sudan

Like most pure non-profit organizations, Aid Sudan relies on the ongoing donations from supporters to continue its works.  As the Internet has become more widely used and accepted over the past two decades, online giving has grown to play an essential and vital role for national and international non-profit organizations such as Aid Sudan.

“Online giving is extremely important to Aid Sudan as it allows people to be able to give in a safe and controlled environment,” notes Sarah Thompson, Director of Administration for Aid Sudan. “Online giving is a necessary facet of any non-profit organization as it makes it easier and less time-consuming for most donors.”

Finding the right solution for changing needs

In the summer of 2008, Aid Sudan was urgently seeking a user-friendly solution for online giving, local event registration, and their mission trip application process. Finding a “no hassle” software solution was of utmost importance to the organization.

“At the time, we were using a system that offered solutions for our needs, but we constantly received questions from our donors, event registrants, and mission trip applicants,” says Thompson. “It was time to invest in a system that was both user-friendly and cost effective. In researching solutions used by several large organizations and churches, we learned about ServiceU and it has been a great working relationship ever since.”

A user-friendly tool for staff members and donors

One of the most important aspects that Aid Sudan was searching for in a provider was a way to offer service for all of their users — both on the user end, as well as on the back end.

“ServiceU offers solutions for all of our needs,” says Thompson. “On the user-end, the process was streamlined to eliminate any confusion in online giving or event registration. For our mission trip applications, we were able to produce one template to be used for all of our mission trips — greatly simplifying the process for our staff in these types of inquiries. Since purchasing TransactU, we have received virtually no complaints or negative feedback regarding online processes for giving and event sign-up. The benefits have been two-fold — our staff can spend more time on our mission to aid the southern Sudanese and our supporters engage in a no-hassle online process. Additionally, the option to schedule recurring gifts gives donors the necessary tools to support Aid Sudan on a consistent basis without being taken away from their busy daily lives.”

Find out more about how TransactU is beneficial to both your staff and your patrons!

To learn more about Aid Sudan, visit their website at www.aidsudan.org.

Dear Friends,
This month, we introduce you to Aid Sudan, an inter-denominational, non-profit organization serving the southern Sudanese in several targeted locations in Sudan and through the United States. Aid Sudan uses TransactU to accept online donations as well as event registrations.  Aid Sudan is like many of you in that they needed a software solution that would meet the needs of two distinct groups of people: staff members AND patrons (church members, visitors, benefactors, etc.).

As you look at online giving and event registration software, it needs to be easy-to-use so that the least computer savvy member of your congregation or organization can register or donate from home. In addition, it needs to be powerful enough to deliver the demands of your busy staff. Because this is such an important factor when choosing an online tool, we’ve outlined how TransactU will provide convenience for your patrons and help your staff members work more efficiently. Be sure to check out how Aid Sudan uses TransactU to raise funds to support its mission and register participants for mission trips.

Are you headed to NACBA? If so, stop by our booth and visit. We’re in booths 313 and 412, strategically located near the dessert station. While you’re here, we can show you how your church or organization can reduce energy costs by an estimated 10-20% or more with EventU Green, the ad-on to EventU that allows you to coordinate heating and air based on your event schedule. You can also learn more by visiting us online at www.EventUGreen.com.

If you can’t make it to NACBA to see the demo of EventU Green,  read more about it through the awesome media coverage we’ve received on the product:

“HVAC Control helps generate 25% energy savings”
Worship Facilities News Byte, June 2009

“A ChMS Match Made in Heaven: The internet takes church software capabilities to a whole new level”
Church Solutions, June, 2009

“EventU Green Revolutionizes Church Energy Savings
Christian Computing Magazine, May,2009

As always, we truly appreciate the opportunity to do business with each of you!

Sincerely,
Tim

Media Contact:
Lauren Hunter Public Relations
(916) 838-2184
lauren@laurenhunter.net
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EVENTU GREEN™ REVOLUTIONIZES CHURCH ENERGY SAVINGS

MEMPHIS, TN., June 23, 2009—At a time when all churches are looking for ways to reduce costs and many are looking for ways to become more environmentally sound, ServiceU Corporation introduces EventU Green™ , an add-on component to its EventU™ online event management software for churches that integrates a church’s HVAC heating and cooling system together with its online events calendar bookings.

“EventU Green is radical because it interfaces directly with a church’s HVAC heating and cooling systems to modify the thermostat settings,” explains Tim Whitehorn, CEO of ServiceU. “This means that the HVAC controls will be adjusted automatically as the event schedule changes, thereby saving churches thousands of dollars per year.”

One church that has seen this significant savings already is Vineyard Christian Fellowship in Anaheim, California, home to a 2,500-member congregation and Christian school. Vineyard members and students are blessed to meet at their 250,000 square foot facility on 25 acres—not  your typical church; however, their concerns about energy costs and ways to become more “green” were typical to almost every church in America.

Vineyard Anaheim’s facilities manager Dave Paolozzi notes, “We were using far too much energy, and we needed to get a hold of what to do about it. In addition, our energy costs were on the rise and we needed a way to cut back and conserve more. With EventU Green, we’re able to automatically control our building, reduce energy output, and cut costs significantly.” Now, Vineyard Christian is able to schedule events and control their HVAC system online, 24/7.

ServiceU estimates that churches can easily save 10 percent to 20 percent of their current heating and cooling bill per year using EventU Green automation for their facilities. Vineyard Anaheim has already experienced a 25% reduction in energy costs this year alone.

If your HVAC system is compatible, your facility can be up and running in two weeks or less. ServiceU provides a series of questionnaires to churches in order to determine the layout of their HVAC system and inputs this information in EventU Green to set everything up correctly.

Benefits include:
• Reduction in energy consumption for heating and cooling of up to an estimated 10-20 percent or more
• More money to spend on ministry due to savings on utility costs
• Free up valuable labor time currently spent manually managing HVAC controls
• Higher “user satisfaction” since room temperature will be automatically controlled

Capabilities include:
• A single calendar system for managing events, rooms, resources, and HVAC
• Real-time control of all air conditioning and heating zones for an entire campus
• Changes to events automatically result in corresponding changes to HVAC controls
• High-availability architecture continues HVAC control even if Internet is down

Pricing is based on the size of the facility and number of HVAC zones. The cost of EventU Green is a fraction of the anticipated savings on utility bills, not to mention the savings of staff time and resources. In addition, organizations that are increasingly concerned with energy usage and becoming more “green” can know that creating a more efficient HVAC management system will put them on the right path. Churches must also be using EventU software to implement EventU Green.

For more information, churches can call (866) 709-7421 or go online http://www.EventUGreen.com to get started.

About ServiceU Corporation
ServiceU Corporation provides online event management software designed for organizations such as churches, nonprofits, schools, universities, festivals, and theaters. ServiceU offers three core products that get people involved. EventU: event, resource, and facility management that utilizes calendar scheduling software. TransactU: secure donations, payments and event registrations. TicketU: ticket sales, box office management and theater software. Founded in 1997, ServiceU is a trusted provider of online event management software to the nonprofit market. For more information, visit the ServiceU website at http://www.ServiceU.com or the company’s blog.

Many of you have experienced the convenience of online event, facility and resource scheduling with EventU. Now, with EventU Green™ you will be able to coordinate your heating and air conditioning online based on your EventU event schedule.

EventU Green™  interfaces with your HVAC system to get your room cooled or heated to the perfect temperature for every event. It turns the system on in time to reach the right temperature before the event starts––and it turns the system off automatically when the event is over.

With EventU Green™ you can:

• Reduce labor and utility costs
• Ensure that events are always temperature-perfect
• Help the environment by saving energy

Manage events and HVAC with a single calendar
EventU Green™  integrates directly with EventU™ , so you can manage your event schedule and room temperatures from within the same calendar system. When you schedule an event, you can set up temperature controls at the same time, ensuring that everything will be taken care of automatically.

No more calls to the facility manager
Because EventU Green™  is integrated with your event calendar, the heating and air-conditioning automatically come on in time for the room to reach the right temperature before the event begins. No more thermostats to adjust, and no more calls to the facility manager asking him to “turn on” and “turn off” the HVAC for events.

Reduce energy costs by 10-20% or more
By controlling the thermostat automatically, you minimize unnecessary expense for heating or cooling rooms that are not being used. Intelligent start-up and shutdown buffers keep zones running efficiently and economically throughout the day - if you have two events in the same HVAC zone that are two hours apart, EventU Green™  will automatically adjust and manage the HVAC to avoid costly temperature swings.

Event changes? HVAC updates automatically
When an event changes or is cancelled, you simply make the schedule change in EventU™  and the system automatically adjusts the HVAC controls. You won’t waste money heating or cooling an empty room.

Ensure comfort
With EventU Green™ you can gain real-time control of all HVAC zones for an entire campus, church or facility. You have confidence that every room is the proper temperature for each event – with substantially less effort and labor.

Call us at 866.709.7426, and we’ll help you learn more about how EventU™ and EventU Green™ work together to automatically control room temperature for your events.