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1. Add your organisation's logo and select your brand colours
Add your organisation's logo and select your brand colours.
PURPOSE: This allows your whole app and/or website to look and feel like your organisation.
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4. Enable Push Notifications + Make your first Topic
PURPOSE: Push Notifications allow you to send a message to everyone who has your app installed, for example to remind them of an event.
Ensure you have Push Notifications enabled in your subscription.
Head over to Subscriptions, located under your Account Menu (Click your name in the top right of your screen),
See if Push Notifications is listed under 'Active Services'. If so, move onto No.2,
If not, look for the 'Engage Bundle' under Available Services,
Click 'Add' to this module, and the feature will be added to your account.
Browse to Notifications, under the Manage Menu (in the top right of your screen)
Ensure you have at least one Notification Topic, under Notification Topics. (Learn how at Push Notifications).
Click Notification to Send or Schedule your first Notification.
If you're still in the Notification Managment Page (Manage > Notifications), simply click Notification.
In the future, this is easily selected on the homepage of your dashboard and Push Notifications has detailed instructions on how to do this.
Idea: For a first test message, you could send a 'Welcome to our app' type message. This will show in Notification History for 7 days.
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PURPOSE: Make Giving to your Church easier than ever with a Give button right in your app. You can also embed a Giving form into your website.
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Head over to Subscriptions, located under your Account Menu (Click your name in the top right of your screen),
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Click 'Add' to this module, and the feature will be added to your account.
Click ‘Config’ on EzyStream Giving' and select ‘Activate EzyStream Giving’
Head over to your Manage Menu (top right of your screen), and select Giving.
Set Up Your Giving Account by filling in the form to create your Giving Account and click Submit.
You'll need to wait a short time while the EzyStream team reviews your account. Once done, you'll get an email from us to continue the process.
Once you receive an email from us, browse back to Manage > Giving, or refresh your browser if its still open,
You'll be prompted to Verify your account with our payment processor. This is a requirement to ensure safe handling of your transactions.
To do this, you’ll need:Your organisations legal entity name,
Your NZBN or ACN/ABN (If you don’t have one, you’ll need to contact us),
A document showing your Charitable Status. (You can normally download one at the NZ Charities Register, or the Australian Charities Register)
Information about your board members including their full names and Date of Birth)
Once done, add at least one Bank Account, by clicking Accounts in top left of your Giving Dashboard.
The final step is to create at least one Appeal - the thing(s) you want members to give towards. (You'll learn lots more at Understanding Appeals)
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PURPOSE: Reduce printing and cut through email clutter by delivering your newsletter directly to your congregation's phone, complete with a Push Notification so they know it is there.
Decide if you want to place your newsletter into your app as a PDF or as a link (from a system like MailChimp).
For PDFs:
HeadFind out what method you currently distribute your newsletter.
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PURPOSE: Distribute your media to everyone in your church with one single upload. You can have it publish into your app, your website and your podcast feed with one upload action!
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