If there’s one thing churches want to eliminate when it comes to receiving donations, it’s the Summer Slump. It’s that time of year when folks are taking vacations, attending graduations and weddings or spending weekends at the lake. The change in routine all too often causes a disconnect in regular giving, even though the light… ⪼ Continue Reading…
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The IconCMO Support Forum gets you the needed answers!
Our support forum is a great way to get the information that you are looking for. Everyday questions are being answered that remain public for all to see. Just type in some keywords like donations, households, payroll, adding household, etc. and you can see what questions have been asked or suggestions that have been made.… ⪼ Continue Reading…
Did you know that IconCMO has published 2 eBooks
Icon systems has published three eBooks for churches that are available to download from our resource page. This e-book was designed to help staff and volunteers understand the importance of recording donations of various different types (eg. non-cash vs. cash). Understanding the various methods of giving can help a church generate income when financial times… ⪼ Continue Reading…
Selecting a Church Donation Software Conclusion
Read the Intro before proceeding. Concentrating on the basics throughout the entire selection process removes the mistake of choosing an overly complicated system. A typical weakness, of a feature rich system, is it’s complicated and difficult to use. This is what I call “fluff”. Typically, the complicated systems should only be in one place –… ⪼ Continue Reading…
Selecting a Church Donation Software Mistakes Intro
There are a lot of systems that accomplish donation tracking in some fashion. There are some that do the fundamentals and others that add fluff to their product offering. Each product will have its strengths and weaknesses, and most would probably accomplish what you need. So if majority of them will accomplish your task –… ⪼ Continue Reading…
Using Birthday Reports to Select an Age Group
One of our customers recently contacted us with an interesting scenario. She needed to be able to identify youngsters in their church who would be 5 years old by 9/1/2014. She asked us how she could generate such a list in IconCMO. IconCMO has several birthday reports which can provide such information. We started by… ⪼ Continue Reading…