TalkBeam for Churches, nonprofits & volunteers
TalkBeam is a push-to-talk walkie-talkie app that connects greeters, parking, kids’ ministry, safety teams and production on channels using volunteers’ own phones, so Sunday mornings, food drives and events run without a box of radios.
CH 01The problem
A box of radios, half of them dead, and volunteers who’ve never used one.
Radios, earpieces and replacements come out of a tight budget.
With TalkBeam
Volunteers use the phones they already carry.
Channel knobs and radio etiquette take training nobody has time for.
With TalkBeam
It’s an app on their phone: hold to talk, or tap an earbud in Hybrid mode.
Parking, greeters, kids’ check-in and production all talk over each other.
With TalkBeam
A channel per team, leaders on all of them and an all-call for everyone.
Your safety team shouldn’t share a channel with the coffee bar.
With TalkBeam
A private channel for the safety team, direct talk and SOS with location.
Food drives, service days and youth camps happen far beyond radio range.
With TalkBeam
TalkBeam runs over cellular data, and the map shows volunteers who are sharing their location.
Handing out radios to new people each week is a hassle.
With TalkBeam
Share one company code. Remove people from the console when they step away.
CH 02A day on TalkBeam
A church with two Sunday services runs parking, greeters, kids’ check-in, safety and production channels on TalkBeam Teams.
Nobody ran across the building to find a volunteer, and the radio box stayed in the closet.
Illustrative scenario. People, places and times are made up; the features are real.
Main lot is full. Sending cars to the overflow lot by the school.
Copy. We’ll point people to the side entrance.
We need one more volunteer in the toddler room.
Sending Jess from the welcome desk.
Pastor’s mic pack is swapped. We’re good to start.
Mark, thanks for checking the doors on the kids’ wing.
CH 03What you get
Everything a two-way radio does, on the phone, headset or vehicle your people already have, plus the things a radio never could.
A channel per crew, site, shift or job, and the people who need each one. Supervisors can sit on all of them.
Talk through AirPods, a Bluetooth or wired headset, Ray-Ban or Oakley Meta glasses, Apple Watch, CarPlay or the phone itself.
Tap once to open your mic, tap again to close it. Built for people whose hands are busy.
Supervisors cut through the chatter mid-sentence, or reach every channel at once with one hold.
Private one-to-one talk for the conversation that shouldn’t go to the whole channel, still kept in company transcripts.
Hold SOS and the channels you choose get an alert with your location. Teammates tap On my way.
See everyone who’s sharing their location on one map, and who’s talking right now.
Add people, set roles and build channels from a browser. Share one company code and your crew is in.
Features marked Enterprise are part of the Enterprise plan. TalkBeam isn’t an emergency service and doesn’t contact 911.
CH 04Plans
Both start with a 14-day free trial for up to 50 people. No credit card.
Recommended
$8per person / month
or $6 billed yearly · 5–50 people
Most churches and nonprofits start on Teams: team channels for 5 to 50 volunteers and staff, all-call, direct talk, SOS, the map and transcripts.
$15per person / month
billed yearly · 25+ people · $13 from 100 · custom from 500
For large churches, multi-site ministries and nonprofits with 25 or more people: single sign-on, retention, an audit log and priority support.
Weighing it against your radios? Compare three years of costs, or read the 30-day radio replacement playbook.
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CH 05See it in action
In our 2½-minute demo, a fictional ambulance company dispatches with an all-call, reroutes a crew over private direct talk, hears a flood warning read aloud in every unit and reviews it all in the transcripts. Every feature in it is real.
Or try the demo company yourself. In the TalkBeam app, open Me → Company and enter this code:
HCEMS247
TalkBeam for iPhone is in early access. Get early access.
CH 06FAQ
Yes. Volunteers install TalkBeam on their iPhone (Android is coming soon on Google Play) and join with your company code.
Not much. Hold the button to talk and let go to listen, or tap an earbud in Hybrid mode. Most people pick it up in a minute.
Yes. Create a private channel for the safety team, use direct talk for one-to-one conversations, and use SOS to alert the team with a location.
We don’t publish a separate nonprofit price. Teams is $8 per person per month, or $6 billed yearly, and small groups that only need a few channels can use TalkBeam’s free plan (up to 3 channels, without the company console).
Yes, wherever phones have cellular data or Wi-Fi.
No. SOS alerts the channels you choose with the person’s location. In an emergency, call 911 first.
Try TalkBeam free for 14 days with up to 50 people. No credit card, and no radios to buy.