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"MMS tech support is simply the best"
MMS tech support is simply the best.
My wife has used MMS for her accounting work for a local Rotary Club for about seven years. MMS had been particularly recommended to her owing to its very ‘club friendly’ reputation, ease of billing, data entry, etc.
One really gratifying feature is the availability of really good tech support. Whenever anything unexpected happens, whether power/hardware, or simply needing to remember some details of a particular ‘how to’ feature, MMS’s really friendly tech support is right there, always just a few minutes away on the phone. You just can’t beat the entire package. Wish all software was this good…..
Very sincerely,
Bill Hart - Rotary Club - Virginia
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"The customer service support and ability to request changes and improvements is excellent."
In the past few years, I have set up multiple membership organization's data into MMS. I am pleased to report that this has been a pleasant experience that offers many options for different organization's needs with the most recent option for a Rolodex for each member.
The customer service support and ability to request changes and improvements is excellent.
Nickie Hertzog - Volunteer Consultant - Missouri
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"I also wanted to thank you for your superior customer service."
I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for your wonderful product. We researched other companies and their prices were astronomical. After further research we found your company!
From day one you were available to answer questions and address our concerns. We needed software that was able to implement our barcode scanner which read our membership
cards. It has been so easy to scan the cards and check-in our
members! The software is very user friendly and it helps us
keep our members organized!
I also wanted to thank you for your superior customer service.
Help is just an email away (or a phone call) and no question is
ever a bother! You respond as fast as we send our inquires and
that is very important to us.
We look forward to our continued partnership and we cannot
wait for the next upgrade!
Jennifer Bruno - Neighborhood Crime Watch Progam - Florida
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"Things are going smooth as silk...Everyone loves it!"
"Things are going as smooth as silk. The data entry with "Fastadd" (MMS Gold) is about 2.5 times as fast as before. No mouse movement is required. Only three
carriage returns per transaction (one revenue code). All can be done
with the number pad. We prepare the batches with our return slip then
cheque (25 times). Left hand flips the cheques and slips into two piles.
Right hand keys the data. When done 25, the batch deposit is printed,
the cheques put in an envelope with the printout and off to the bank.
Slips are filed with the batch number on an envelope."
"Everyone loves it! Thanks so much for your efforts."
Peter Jordan - Hospital - Ontario
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"Very easy to use, very user friendly"
"I've been delighted to find Linked Software's Membership Management System.
Having used a very expensive program in the past, I wondered what the catch
could be -- the price couldn't be real!"
"But after playing with the demo downloaded from the web site, then talking to someone at the company, I was persuaded that it would do everything I needed to manage donors, gifts, pledges, events, etc. What I've especially appreciated is Linked
Software is so responsive when I do have questions, or, for example, when I
needed to reinstall after a hard drive problem with my computer last year."
"I highly recommend the program, which is very easy to use, very user-friendly -
a good one for small nonprofits who are really just beginning to manage their
mailing list more aggressively in fundraising terms, but powerful enough to
take care of them years later when they have grown much larger."
Holli Emore - Fundraising Consultant - South Carolina
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"MMS is FAR simpler, quicker, and a much better fit overall. I'm light years ahead of where I was last year."
"We have approximately 2000 persons on our database - former athletes, college
staff, friends of OC athletics, etc. We receive approximately $60,000
annually in gifts/donations. Currently we're in the midst of a campaign to
raise our portfolio to over $1 million in investments. Your software will be
a great help to us in this endeavor."
"This is the busiest time of year for me with a social and fundraiser, golf outing, and homecoming banquet/program all within a two week period. I'm the only
employee, and I'm part-time at that. But, thanks to your software, I'm
tracking the names, addresses, multiple telephone numbers, e-mail addresses
with ease while also assigning profiles, entering contributions, registration
fees, etc. AND I'm caught up on all the acknowledgments. In fact, when
persons pay their golf registration, by using the "message" I can even list
who is in their foursome on their contribution report."
"For the last 2 years I'd been trying to track this information using
Microsoft Access and following up with acknowledgments using Microsoft Word.
MMS is FAR simpler, quicker, and a much better fit overall. I'm light years
ahead of where I was last year."
"At the last board meeting I gave all the board members a copy of their
lifetime contribution report to our organization, using MMS. They were very
impressed and I suspect it was the first time some, if not all, of them had
received this type of information from our organization."
"So here's a hearty Ohio thank you for making your terrific software system
available, via the Internet, at a very reasonable cost, and providing such
clear and complete on-line instruction."
Rebekah Carlisle - Alumni Association - Ohio
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"I just had to write and let you know what a happy customer I am"
"I'm writing to send some praise for your software MMS5!! Since I purchased it this morning, I've spent the day entering my 200+ members (imported from an ASCII file), entering my 20 events from the past year, and setting up all sorts of search criteria, profiles, and formats for mailing labels. I couldn't be happier with all of the features so I just had to write and let you know what a happy customer I am!!"
Janet Deery - Animal Awareness Association - Maryland
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"I have been in Rotary over 40 years...MMS far outshines any other program that I have seen. "
"I have been using MMS for my Rotary Club for over 2 years and find it very
user friendly and very inexpensive. You don't have to make a call, leave
your number for a call back in two (2) days or more. You can e-mail a
problem and have it fixed immediately. If you can't solve the problem yourself, you
can e-mail your disk and get your problem fixed."
"Rotary has many projects that can be maintained in MMS and not interfere
with the main program. Before MMS came along, I had to maintain these extra
programs on spread sheets. I now use MMS to satisfy all my needs. In fact,
my club has 3 different programs on MMS. It is absolutely wonderful."
"I have been in Rotary over 40 years. I have maintained the attendance
records, Paul Harris contributions with other software programs and find MMS
very user friendly. I am a Past District Governor of District 6200 and I
highly recommend MMS. I used another program for some time and recommended
it, but MMS far outshines any other program that I have seen."
A. Harold Mires, CPA - Past District Governor 1991-1992 - Rotary International - D 6200 - Louisiana
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"We would enthusiastically recommend this program for organizations with needs similar to ours, or with unique needs requiring individual attention."
"We've been using MMS2 and MMS5 for about two years for the alumni association of a small military boarding school in northern Virginia, and are very pleased. Over the period of our use, we've had to go to Linked Software for help on a number of occasions, and the help has always been prompt and effective, both in adapting the program to the unique needs of our organization and in exporting and importing data to produce membership directories."
"Most recently, Linked Software has worked with us to develop data exchange protocols needed to allow us to develop and maintain a directory on the Web through a remote hosting service. We would enthusiastically recommend this program for organizations with needs similar to ours, or with unique needs requiring individual attention."
John Smuck - Alumni Association - Virginia
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"Prior to MMS, we were not able to keep good records of who had paid what,
and, therefore, could only send out generic reminders requesting payments. With MMS, our records are accurate
"I started using MMS for Windows about the first of 1998 to support our
property owners association. We have about 750 households; we ask for two
different contributions - one for the Dues and one for the Patrol Service.
Prior to MMS, we were not able to keep good records of who had paid what,
and, therefore, could only send out generic reminders requesting payments."
"With MMS, our records are accurate. We post each type contribution to a
different fund. We are able to generate letters geared to payment history
to solicit additional contributions. For example, we can use selection
logic to determine which households have paid Dues, but not Patrol, and
then generate a letter acknowledging the Dues payment and requesting a
Patrol payment. We can generate multiple permutations of solicitation
letters with very little effort."
"A fundamental capability we now have is to keep track of resident's names.
In the past, correspondence was sent to 'Resident', which is aggravating to
some people. Now, we keep track of names and are gathering data to enable
us to publish a directory."
"Linked software has always been very responsive to requests I have made
for use-type help."
John M Davis, Jr - Property Owners Association - Louisiana
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"...the combination of flexibility, power, and price that I found in MMS was unbeatable"
"I did a lot of research to find membership management software that would meet the numerous and unique requirements of our organization, and the combination of flexibility, power, and price that I found in MMS was unbeatable. To top it off, support has always been prompt and generous."
"I was pretty impressed with the import facility on MMS. I had to do a second pass because I didn't get the ZIP codes right the first time, and using the tax map records as an alternate ID made it a breeze."
Rich Masse - Community Foundation - New Hampshire
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"I HAVE NOT HAD ONE PROBLEM WITH THIS SOFTWARE"
"I started using this software when I became treasurer of our Rotary club in
1992. I keep up with member payments and billings and send quarterly
statement for dues (which it automatically calculates). Since then our
secretary has started using it to track meeting attendance."
"I also use it in my job with The Arc of Mississippi where I use it for a
database for about 700 names. I use the profiles to keep up with parents,
professionals, advocates with disabilities, and certain grant categories."
"I HAVE NEVER HAD ONE PROBLEM WITH THIS SOFTWARE. I have made errors and
Linked Software has always efficiently and graciously helped me through
them. I would not be able do the quality of work and have the accuracy I
need with these two distinct uses without this product."
Mike Montgomery - Nonprofit and Rotary Club - Mississippi
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"We are the most efficient that we have been in years in sending out
mailings, tracking contributions and following up with thank yous."
"I have really enjoyed working with this program for our fraternity and am constantly using more and more features. We just completed our first mailing campaign using
MMS and we are the most efficient that we have been in years in sending out
mailings, tracking contributions and following up with thank yous. The
next step is to work with the e-mail features so we can link what we are
doing with MMS with our Alumni."
"I have worked with maintaining our fraternity
chapter's address, database and contribution information for the past
several years and your product, MMS, offers everything we could ask for
and more (and I have evaluated every membership software application demo
and shareware product out there.) MMS offers just the right amount of
flexibility to customize it to fit our exact needs. If you are not
already marketing this product to Fraternities and Sororities I suggest you
target them as it is what they are looking for."
Wendell Bouwman - Fraternity Alumni Association - South Dakota
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"We needed a program that would...be able to bill our membership as individuals at one rate, and husband and wife at another...the help received from Linked Software makes shaping this program for your particular needs a cinch. "
"My organization has used this software for the past six years. In the first two years we had only scratched the surface of what this program would do for us."
"We are an ethnic organization of approximately 1100 members. We needed a program that would not only keep a complete profile of each member, but also be able to bill our membership as individuals at one rate, and husband and wife at another. This at first created a problem for us, but the help received from Linked Software makes shaping this program for your particular needs a cinch."
"There are many other uses available to you if needed. I can see the possibilities of many different companies and organizations finding a use for this software."
Paul Connolly - Ethnic Association - Maine
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"We chose MMS
because it was easy to learn and was cost effective. "
"When our very large Rotary club decided to get new software to track our membership data, we looked at several different programs and companies. We chose MMS
because it was easy to learn and was cost effective."
"We are able to track of our club membership, produce various mailing
lists, make committee assignments, track family information and various
dates (birthday, induction into the club, etc) and record attendance at
club and committee meetings."
"Several times I have made suggestions to improving or changing the
software to fit my specific needs. Some of the time these changes were
incorporated into the next MMS update and sometimes a change was made
specifically for me and sent to me within a couple of days."
"Many times I had trouble trying to do a particular function and Tech Support was
able to walk me through the task on the phone. He is extremely
responsive to any questions and training procedures."
"I am very pleased with the service I have received from Linked Software."
Denise Hoxsey - Rotary Club - Missouri
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"I couldn't imagine trying to keep track of a
club our size (about 160 members) any other way...I believe that it could adapt to any group. If anyone
wants to become organized, they should try this system. "
"It's been a pleasure working with Linked Software over the past several years. I
appreciate the fact that you have continually improved your product as the
capabilities of computer systems have changed. I thought that your product
was great when it was just a simple DOS version, but now it's the best.
Anyone that works with Windows will enjoy the ease of working with your
program. I believe that I have made the most of it, but still I find other
uses."
"I kept track of all meetings and attendance, allowing me to present "recognition" awards to our membership. My basic use was for Kiwanis, which
I was Secretary for three years. I'm now the Treasurer for the past three
years and I use it for all of the billing and contributions. Recently we
published a roster for all of the membership, including pictures, using the
reports from the MMS program. I couldn't imagine trying to keep track of a
club our size (about 160 members) any other way."
"It works well for smaller organizations too. I serve as Secretary/Treasury
for a small water association and do all of the billing and record keeping
with this system. I believe that it could adapt to any group. If anyone
wants to become organized, they should try this system."
Ralph J. Kelsay - Kiwanis Club - Ohio
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"The program has been easy to
teach to other people... "
"I have been using MMS software for a couple of years. The primary purpose
was to track the members contributions for a church with 300 members.
I have not had any problems with the software. The program has been easy to
teach to other people who need to utilize the information."
"I have been thoroughly satisfied with the software and this past year
purchased it to handle an organization with over 2000 members."
Craig Cottrell - Religous Organization - Wisconsin
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" It is so fast and easy to
record members charges and payments."
"I have used MMS as treasurer of the local 100 member Exchange Club. I like the program very much. It is so fast and easy to
record members charges and payments. At the end of the billing cycle the
statements and mailing labels can all be printed in
far less time than it would take if doing them the old fashioned way. This
alone would be enough for me."
"MMS has many other features which enable the club secretary to maintain
attendance records for the club meetings, committee meetings and committee
membership records."
"Linked Software has helped me on several occasions when I needed advice on
some procedure that wasn't quite clear to me. The help was always graciously given. I am very pleased with the program and the Company and recommend it to any one who wants to simplify and speed up their club record keeping."
Bill Henderson - Exchange Club - Alabama
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Linked Software Offers NFP Membership Program
By David B. Moody, CPA
"I received MMS II (MMS stands for Membership Management System) for Windows from Linked Software (800-546-5966) thinking that it was an accounting program for NFPs. It wasn't, though. Rather, it is a membership program for NFPs. But it is a really good one and rates some coverage as well as giving attention to the fact that very few NFP accounting programs offer any such set of features. For membership-driven organizations such as churches, fraternal & civic organizations, associations, chambers of commerce, and many other not-for-profit groups, such a software for membership management can be essential. And it's often very difficult to find good membership software that doesn't have some fly-by-night design."
"MMS II, on the other hand, is a very good example of what such a program should be for the small to medium organization. It uses an underlying relational database to store the data, but it is a self-contained Windows program that installs from two diskettes (four if you install the optional tutorial manual and spell checker). This program tracks all information you would want to track about members of an organization such as the positions they hold, personal information, anniversaries, membership dates, dues/pledges/contributions made/paid/owed, as well as their family's names. It can also track cash receipts and pledges by fund or project if you so desire. MMS II can have custom fields added to any of its main tables so it can be set up to manage whatever membership related information you need in your organization."
"The main screen of the program has the standard pull-down menu with a toolbar underneath. The pull-down menu arrangement resembles that of at least a few major entry-level accounting programs (I'll give you two guesses that begin with Peach and Quick), so it should be pretty easy to learn for users of those software packages."
"MMS II has a huge arsenal of reports that are broken down into the categories of directories, appointments, contributions, billings, events, custom-down and custom-across. The last two categories are for custom reports that don't fit into the other categories, although custom reports can be made for any category. It has a simple report generator that lets you insert which fields you want in the columns. The reports can be previewed on-screen prior to printing."
"This is a well done and very easy-to-understand piece of programming that could be just what you need to flesh out the membership tracking needs for your organization. MMS is appropriate for memberships of up to 30,000 names or more and is networkable for a small upgrade fee."
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