The Pew Research Center finds that a group of American adults they call the “Nones” is on the rise. These “Nones” (now one in five Americans) are the people in the Pew surveys who answered “None” when asked what religion they belong to. What’s behind this trend? How might religious institutions respond? Back when I… ⪼ Continue Reading…
Do You Take Advantage of Bulk Mail Discounts?
Did you recently receive a letter from the USPS? Every so often, we get a question from one of our customers regarding the use of barcodes for bulk mailing. The question typically comes up when a church receives a letter from the post office saying something like this: Effective January 28, 2013, mailings of letter-size… ⪼ Continue Reading…
How to prevent volunteer burnout in churches
I love to volunteer. At my church, I’m a Sunday school teacher, confirmation small group leader, and vacation bible school teacher, and in school, I’m a PTA member, a kindergarten room mother, and the list goes on. When my phone rings and I am asked to help more, I usually say yes. But that was before… ⪼ Continue Reading…
Is your web browser out of date? Read this.
What is on your list of things to do today? Take out the trash, stop at the drycleaners, run to the grocery store, update your web browser? When you use IconCMO, you view the website in a browser. Your browser needs to be maintained, which includes updating it each time new features are added or… ⪼ Continue Reading…
Do you know which accounting method is right for you?
When I took accounting in college, one of my fellow students asked the instructor why we had to complete our homework assignments by hand. After all, it is the 21st century; everyone just uses accounting software now! The wise accounting instructor rebutted by explaining that we need to understand how to do accounting with a… ⪼ Continue Reading…
Do You Implement These 6 Social Networking Guidelines?
As school resumes around the country, it’s time again to fill Sunday school rooms with little balls of energy. While registering my three boys for Sunday school last year, I was asked for not only my general contact information, but also my email address. Yes! Finally my church was taking the next steps to reach… ⪼ Continue Reading…