A few years ago, we heard about and met a company that had introduced giving by text overseas and were bringing it to the United States. At first, I was skeptical. We've been doing this long enough to know that not every new thing is an improvement. Adoption is more important in the long run than innovation. We decided to watch, listen and learn. We became convinced in late 2015 and began building our own, integrated, version of text-to-give in mid and late 2016. Last week we rolled it out. Here is how we became convinced.
Last week I wrote about the reasons personal support matters to us. I mentioned that it helps us with research and allows us to live out the Golden Rule to "do unto others as you would want them to do to you". This week's blog details how we've lived these principles out the past few months. Bullet points by area of tweaks and upgrades the past several months. Almost all because of client needs and ideas.
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I don't know if the end of the year is necessarily the greatest time to think about security of your church management system, but we are always thinking about it. A few months ago, we released a security/access upgrade to our password system. This video will explain for you the different levels of access to the software and specifically the difference and reasoning for:
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Turn this feature on by going to Settings / Security / Passwords. You will now see the following option near the top of the page. Currently it is set to Role Based Passwords which is what you are used to.
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This article was updated with new and more accurate content on 2/25/20. Here is the link to the new article.
We just released a check scanning feature within the contribution batch data entry screen. It is designed to work with a Magtek 22523009 scanner (pictured below). This scanner has a USB keyboard interface so it plugs into a PC or Mac and acts just like a keyboard when you scan a check. It requires no setup other than plugging in the scanner. When you test it by scanning a check, you will see that it types for you.
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Release Notes: Check Scanning, Reports, Registrations, and more
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You'll love this!
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- Delivery stats. Opens, bad email addresses, etc..
- Add attachments to CT email.
- Create and save email templates.
- Schedule when emails are sent.
- Send a preview/test email.
- Customize lists with granular unsubscribe.
- Editor upgrades.
- Images: auto upload pasted images, thumb nail preview of images, inline editing.
- Advance pasting from MS Word.
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NEW! Searchable directory, VBS Registration Video and more.
Do you need a directory look up with less information/access than a full member profile - maybe even for some staff?
Earlier this week we released a new searchable directory. Here's what it looks like:
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A tool nearly every church is finding indispensible is Church Management Software (ChMS or CMS for short). As an exponentially growing number of churches begin using ChMS systems, the need evolving and improving products is quickly increasing. It’s interesting that some of the best innovations in ChMS products come not from the developers but from the users. In other words, churches are helping shape the evolution of ChMS products. Those who use the products every day know what they really need, so their feedback is vital to ChMS growth.
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Thanks to over 100 different churches who jumped on the volunteer webinars last week and this week. Others have asked about it, so I added another one next week on Tuesday at 11:30 Central. Double check for your time zone and then sign up here if you missed or want a redo.
We've already upgraded 2 parts of the feature based on the webinars:
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