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Church Software Goes Mobile with IconCMO Lite!
Icon Systems, Inc. is pleased to announce IconCMO Lite, a native iOS (iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch) app from Italic Software, Inc. IconCMO Lite provides pastors, staff, and even church members with the...
View ArticleChurch Software Jargon: Universal App
Definition of Universal Application: A Universal app is optimized to run on all iOS devices. It’s essentially an iPhone app and an iPad app built as one. (Although iPhone apps can be accessed on the...
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40% Off IconCMO Lite
Version 1.2 of the IconCMO Lite App is now available! Some minor bugs were fixed and a ‘Go to Household’ button was added on the Member Detail screen. The biggest change is the price reduction – you...
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New Interface Changes to the Parishioner’s Module
In recent weeks we have deployed a total remake of the Parishioner’s module for churches. This new enhancement will give users a more mobile-friendly application that runs better on mobile devices like...
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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...
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But I haven’t Spent my Budget (p1)
How many times have church leadership heard a similar phrase to, ‘But I haven’t spent my budget’, when discussing ministry finances? In working with churches and their accounting systems, which...
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But I haven’t Spent my Budget (p2)
Here’s the second part of a three-part series. If you haven’t read the first part of this series please read it here. Budgets work on assumptions, whereas financial statements work on actuals – what...
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But I haven’t Spent my Budget (p3)
If you haven’t read the first part or second part of this series please take a moment to read them. Assumption #4 – we can use last years numbers and just increase/decrease them a little, commonly...
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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New 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...
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There 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...
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How 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...
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Does 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...
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Churches — 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...
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Set 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...
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9 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...
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9 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...
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9 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...
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9 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...
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Track 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...
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