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The first release of Elevation^TM will allow college athletic departments to efficiently manage their internal budget process and to perform dynamic sports industry specfic forecasting. Elevation is a web-based application, which allows for anytime, anyplace access, frequent behind-the-scenes upgrades and maintenance, and live customer support.

Features

Current features of Elevation offer advanced budget management capabilities, unique forecasting functionality for business planning, and a user-friendly graphical interface. Please visit the upcoming enhancements section for information on features that will be added in the near future, such as steamlined EADA and internal reporting, dashboard indicators, and industry benchmarking.

Manage Your Internal Budget Process - eliminate the countless versions of Excel spreadsheets that are sent back and forth among business managers, associate athletic directors, coaches, and assistant coaches. Elevation tracks all budget modifications in a summary table and maintains a comment log. This eliminates the need for users to search for information in their written notes and email histories.

• Create, submit, respond, and approve annual budgets based on your access level
• Track modifications to the budget through version management
• Monitor budget progress in a summary log that displays total revenues, total expenses, and user comments during each step of the process
• Compare to prior budgets and prior transaction histories through trend analysis statistics integrated into each table

Perform Sports Industry Specific Forecasting - project revenues and expenses under multiple scenarios using dynamic forecasting methods that will improve the quality of information available when making critical business decisions.

• Forecast and view revenues and expenses by sport, department, financial category, or across the entire athletic department
• Manipulate each line item by forecasting using growth factors applied to all athletics, a particular sport, a particular budget category, or by specifying an exact amount or growth amount
• Maintain multiple sets of forecasting assumptions for decision-making comparisons

Breakdown Details Of Key Financial Categories - analyze certain financial categories using custom components built specifically for college athletics. Users may elect to breakdown a specific budget amount when budget planning becomes more complicated than picking a budget number or growing last year's budget amount by a certain percentage.

• Project ticket sales by manipulating variable pricing, tickets sold, season ticket rights fees, all-sports passes, seating section layouts, listed home venue, or ticket price elements that can be broken down for items such as facilities fees and fundraising
• Budget for and record team travel expenses such as transportation, lodging, team meals, multiple per diem rates, equipment travel, away ticket expenses, and much more on a per trip basis
• Add, delete, or edit events in custom team schedules that automatically feed into the tickets sales and team travel expense sections of Elevation and allow users to compare financial implications of scheduling alternatives
• Create student-athlete roster tables to monitor and plan for expense and Title IX implications

Take advantage of state-of-the-art user features - explore Elevation in order to discover the expansive collection of features that make Elevation a user-friendly environment for all users.

• Utilize multiple layers of security including industry standard Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology
• Add access levels to each individual user profile in order to limit the ability to edit and view selected sections of Elevation
• Print and export to Excel features available for all tables
• Use keystrokes that mimic traditional software applications
• Add comments to cells, similar to general spreadsheet applications
• Enjoy the benefits of a personal ISS account manager
• Access intergrated user guide features and the FAQ section