There are many reasons for churches to change the software they use to track membership and financial records. Software companies can go out of business, or their views of technology trends may not match the church’s views. Also, changes in church leadership can have a powerful effect on what software is used. These matters are… ⪼ Continue Reading…
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Should Software Make the User Complacent?
When complacency is advised during church on a Sunday morning, church management software (ChMS) is never accused of making people lazy—but ChMS often does. In humanity’s quest to make our lives easier, we have at times relied more and more on machines to make the decisions for us – some times too much. This reliance… ⪼ Continue Reading…
Your Donation Statement and the IRS
Churches can show their gratitude to donors when church staffers do all they can to help donors report their donations to the IRS as tax deductions. This is typically in the form of the donation statement or donor receipt. The best way a church can help in this process is to give end-of-year donation statements… ⪼ Continue Reading…
IconCMO Custom Reporting Beta Is Here!
A beta version of custom reporting has been released for IconCMO! IconCMO Custom Reporting is designed to help you get the information you need from IconCMO as quickly as possible. How to Access Custom Reports You can find it in the menu under System→Utilities→Custom Reports. To give a user ID access to this window, go… ⪼ Continue Reading…
Church Software Website Integration
Cloud-based church software company, Icon Systems, is proud to announce a new integrated church website solution through its new partner, LiveEdit, maker of powerful websites and mobile church websites. Using LiveEdit’s content management system (CMS) with custom apps and mobile marketing, churches can easily integrate the powerful IconCMO church database together with your church website.… ⪼ Continue Reading…
Choose Your Own Ending Story for iPad Users
The new iOS 6 was released not too long ago. A bunch of people seemed excited about the “Do Not Disturb” setting. On the other hand, I’ve also seen some negative feedback about the new maps. I haven’t heard much buzz about the ability to take pictures directly in the browser. Maybe this isn’t very… ⪼ Continue Reading…