Accounting Mistakes: How to Fix Them
It’s easy to make accounting mistakes. The IconCMO fund accounting system is very flexible and has many options for correcting these mistakes. In this post, we’ll run through different types of common...
View Article7 ways to get help with IconCMO
We’re here to help! Icon Systems has a lot of resources available to help you navigate the software and learn how to accomplish your daily tasks within the system. Here’s a list of complementary...
View ArticleDo’s & Don’ts: IconCMO User Security
Security starts with you. Internal security is just as important as external security. If you want to protect your church’s information, you will have to be diligent about whom you give access to the...
View ArticleUsing a New Browser for IconCMO
DiscDepotDundee.co.uk [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)] When it comes to supportour web-based church softwareis saying goodbyeto the internet browserthat starts with an...
View ArticleShould I use Accrual Based Accounting (AP)?
This article post was originally published June 6, 2014. There are 2 types – or methods – of accounting: cash based accounting and accrual based accounting. In this post, we’ll explore the differences...
View ArticleCreate Recurring Contribution Batches in IconCMO
photo credit: 401kcalculator.org Did you know that you can create a batch of recurring transactions? After a recent focus meeting, we’ve discovered that many organizations using IconCMO are unaware of...
View ArticleQuarterly Meetings – What Reports do You Need?
Photo Credit: dantaylr This article post was originally published March 9, 2013. Around this time of year, church boards often have their first quarterly meeting and review the financial aspects of...
View ArticleBEC Attacks: Protect Your Church
Cyber Crime | Pixabay BEC attacks are one of the fastest growing cyber crimes and have cost some organizations millions of dollars, so it’s important to church security that staff at your church know...
View ArticleTrack Church Visitors with IconCMO Groups
“welcome” by chrisinplymouth is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 A common concern of churches is how to effectively track church visitors and take every appropriate step to make sure those visitors feel...
View Article9 Keys to Improve Your Church Fundraising – Part IV
This is the fourth of our four-part series on successful church fundraising. (See Part I, Part 2, Part 3) Trust Look back at Prof. Sargeant’s surveys. Two of the main reasons people gave for leaving a...
View Article9 Keys to Improve Your Church Fundraising – Part III
This is the third of our four-part series on successful church fundraising. (See Part I, Part 2, Part 4) The focus of this post is the giving experience. What kind of giving experience – what...
View Article9 Keys to Improve Your Church Fundraising – Part II
This is the second of our four-part series on successful church fundraising. (See Part I, Part 3, Part 4) For this post, we’ll zoom in on the first principle of fundraising: motivation. Motivation How...
View Article9 Keys to Improve Your Church Fundraising – Part I
This is the first of our four-part series on successful church fundraising. (See Part 2, Part 3, Part 4) I don’t recall the speaker’s name or her cause, but I remember the pitch. As I sat in the BJ...
View ArticleSet Up IconCMO Mobile Apps
Our IconCMO mobile apps for Apple and Android are designed for you to log into your database with parishioner login credentials. This will bring you into a nice mobile interface and directory that will...
View ArticleChurches — Protect Your Data from Disasters
Recent natural disasters have reminded us all how unpredictable and fragile life is. And how quickly our personal property can be destroyed. With all the terrible personal loss people fear when it...
View ArticleDoes Debit Mean Minus and Credit Mean Plus?
Most of us have used a debit card. And when we do, the amount of money in our bank account is reduced. When we return items, the store tells us they have credited our account. Using these examples the...
View ArticleHow to Record Donations for Flood Relief
Events like Hurricane Harvey and the flooding in Texas remind us of how fragile and unpredictable life can be. We see, or even personally know, people and families who are suffering intensely as their...
View ArticleThere is no money in Revenue and Expense accounts.
That’s right: revenue and expense accounts carry no balance of money. When bookkeepers don’t realize this principle of double entry accounting, it can lead to a lot of problems and frustration. A good...
View ArticleNew feature: email address format validation
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. Messages Queued: 2 Some...
View ArticlePress 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...
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