TntMPD
Powerful software for ministry partner development...
Managing Contacts

Contents

Introduction
Features of TntMPD
TntMPD History
Shortcuts
TntMPD Views
Recent Enhancements
Quick Reference Guides
Reference Guide: TntMPD Overview
Reference Guide: Managing Contacts
Reference Guide: Tasks & History
Reference Guide: The MPD Tab
Reference Guide: Using Lookups
Reference Guide: Using Appeals
Reference Guide: Using Mail Merge
Reference Guide: Import Contacts
Reference Guide: Using Groups
Reference Guide: Top TntMPD Tips
Getting Started
About Printing
Installing TntMPD
Login/Password Error
Give it a try!
Getting your contacts into TntMPD
Setting TntMPD Options
General Tab
Gifts Tab
Regions Tab
International Tab
Country Specific Information
User Interface Tab
Installation Tab
Managing Contacts
Contact View
Summary Data
Tutorial: Adding/Editing a Contact
Exporting Contact Information
Address Tab
Greetings
Phone Numbers
Email Addresses
MPD Tab
MPD Phase
Next Ask
Pledge
Region
Referred by
Likely to Give
Send Newsletter
Deceased
Direct Deposit
Magazine
Tasks/History Tabs (Contact View)
Groups Tab (Contact View)
Notes Tab
Personal Tab
Pictures Tab
User Tab
Other Contact/Group Menu Items
Add Referrals
View Organization Info (web feature)
Address/Phone Out of Sync
Manually Add Donor IDs
Combining multiple accounts for one contact (web feature)
View Details
Send Email to your Contact(s)
Deleting Contacts
Import Contacts
Gifts & Appeals
Download Gifts from the Web
Giving History
Adding New Gifts
Address and Gift Input from File
Gift Input Form (manual input)
Editing Gifts
Delete Gifts
Splitting Church/Foundation Gifts
Appeal Tracking
Tutorial: Creating Appeals
Associate a task with an Appeal
Log gifts from an Appeal
Review Appeal results
View Giving Trends report
Lookups
Contact Lookup Dialog Box
Successive Lookups
Lookups Sort Order
Lookup Menu Items
Lookup by List
MPD Lookups
Groups
Current vs. Saved Groups
Tutorial: Setting up a new Saved Group
Current Group
Tutorial: Group Field Change
Tutorial: Log/View History for Group
View Giving History
Send Group Email
Tasks and History
Tasks Overview
Task View
Automatic Action for New Gifts
Schedule Tasks
Clearing or Exporting Tasks
Log History
MPD Phase Auto-change
Writing Good Descriptions
Saved Descriptions
Meaningful Descriptions
Recording Your Own Activities
Description Filters
History View
Analysis & Tools
Analysis View
1. Support Progress
2. Contacts & Referral Pool
3. Weekly Activities
4. Charts
Pledge Fulfillment Report
Contribution Report
Birthday & Anniversary Report
Sorting & Filtering Tables
All Pictures
How TntMPD computes monthly giving
Other TntMPD Tools
Schedule View
Sync with Outlook
Mail Merge
Tutorial: Mail Merge
Mail Merge Favorites
Practical Merge Tips
TntSync
Tutorial: Synchronize two TntMPD Databases
Tutorial: Synchronizing Files & Folders
Backup
File Maintenance
Compact & Repair Database
Update Alert
Link with Microsoft Access
Help
Error Reporting
System Info
Help About
Pick Lists
Frequently Asked Questions
FAQs: MPD Phase
FAQs: Lookups
FAQs: Deleting Contacts

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Managing Contacts

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“Soon afterwards, He (Jesus) began going around from one city and village to another, proclaiming and preaching the kingdom of God. The twelve were with Him, and also some women… and many others who were contributing to their support out of their private means.” Luke 8:1-3

“You yourselves also know, Philippians, that at the first preaching of the gospel, after I left Macedonia, no church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving but you alone; for even in Thessalonica you sent a gift more than once for my need.” Paul, in Philippians 4:15-16

God’s work is accomplished by people, and the normal method of God’s provision for those in His service is through the generous contributions of individuals and churches.

For many missionaries, managing the personal information of their ministry partners--their contacts--is a great challenge. At first, most of the contacts are close personal friends or family, which is fairly easy to keep track of. But once the list expands to complete strangers God has brought, it becomes increasingly difficult to retain and use personal information. Furthermore, keeping information about former donors, or people who said "no" to partnership, is beyond the interest of many missionaries.

TntMPD makes it easy to collect, store, and search on a variety of information about your contacts.