Sometimes having an extra option can make life much easier. Some of you have suggested that we add a formatting option to IconCMO reports – HTML. So we have. You can now generate almost any IconCMO report (membership, groups, contributions, finances and so on) in HTML. 1. You now have another option for the appearance… ⪼ Continue Reading…
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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…
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…
Pick out Paint Swatches like Alan Greenspan
Recently I was reading a magazine and a quote struck me from Alan Greenspan, (former Chairman of the Federal Reserve): “If you get the right people in the room, you can solve Social Security in 15 minutes, and the first seven minutes are pleasantries.” It was a brilliant thought, and many things are like this… ⪼ Continue Reading…
Back to Sunday School Tip: Record Important Child Info
It’s that time of year when kids are getting ready to go back to school which means Sunday school will also be starting. As you are preparing lessons and organizing classrooms, you might want to consider entering groups and adding important information such as emergency contacts and allergies to share with Sunday school teachers or field… ⪼ Continue Reading…