Recent natural disasters have reminded us all how unpredictable and fragile life is, and how quickly our personal property can be destroyed. In this post, we will discuss how churches protect their data. With all the terrible personal loss people fear when it comes to hurricanes and other natural disasters, electronic records can be an […]
Email Address Format Validation – A New Feature
We recently made a change that affects how you send emails from IconCMO. Before your email gets sent, the system will verify that the email addresses are in a valid format. This feature is commonly called email address format validation. Below is what the error looks like at the bottom of the group screen. If […]
Press Release: Special update for Canadian churches
IconCMO now has CRA-compliant donation receipts MOORHEAD, MN–(Marketwired – April 25, 2017) – Icon Systems announced its IconCMO church management software is now compliant with Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA) requirements for charitable donation receipts. The update, which was released last week, features a special donation statement format that includes: Name and address of the charity […]
Introducing IconRubix
The Next Generation in Church Management Icon Systems just announced the release of IconRubix, its next generation church management software platform. IconRubix is built on the latest technology and boasts features such as mobile responsiveness, real time collaboration, and a child check-in system. “We met with several organizational leaders in the church community. Armed with […]
Things to know to effectively use IconCMO
Membership Must Know #1: (Household or Member) Understanding the difference between a Household and a Member is important and is defined as follows: Definition of a Household: A Household is a physical location where people reside and the name of the household represents the adults that are responsible for the loaction. It does not represent […]
Archiving members in IconCMO
Archiving is a great way to keep your database clean and your household counts down. Changing a members status to delete is different than actually archiving them. Archiving can be done at the household level or the member level. Although you can archive all members of a households at once, only the members are archived, not […]
Save Time and Money with IconCMO
Staying organized and communicating with members of the congregation can be inexpensive and easy with IconCMO. Monthly newsletters, bulletins, schedules, and calendars can be created in Word or Publisher, converted to PDF and attached to an email message without the high cost of printing and mailing, not to mention the time spent folding and stuffing […]
Do you know how to spot a tech support scam?
According to Wikipedia, a technical support scam (often abbreviated tech support scam) refers to a class of telephone fraud activities, in which a scammer claims to offer a legitimate technical support service, often via cold calls to unsuspecting users. Such cold calls are mostly targeted at Microsoft Windows users, with the caller often claiming to represent a […]
What’s your backup plan?
A few weeks ago, I got a call from a customer using Revelations, our Windows-based church management software (ChMS). Thank you for calling Icon Systems, this is Michelle.” “Hello, this is Peggy from Peace Church*. My computer crashed, can you help me get Revelations on my new computer?” “I’m sorry to hear! I’ll show you […]
How to Budget a Church Mortgage Payment
A church budget is important to most church organizations and is a highly-utilized feature in IconCMO. However, budgets can only be set for revenue and expense accounts, which can pose a problem if you want to budget for a liability account such as a mortgage. For example, a typical Mortgage Payment of $1,000 looks like this: […]
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