Connection Card is a plastic card check-in and attendance tracking system. It is a complete church, youth, and children ministry management and administration solution with plastic card check-in/out, attendance tracking, reporting, and many other features.
I like that you can customize your own cards to fit your needs & preferences. You also have some great reports built in! The website isn't very intuitive so it's hard for newbies to use this software. If they want something easy to get started with then go ahead but if you're looking for more advanced or customizable features, look elsewhere.
We are trying to give our members access to their account information when connecting online through mobile connections (ie. phone). This helps us keep…
Pros
I like the ability to customize all my cards (account number, etc)
Cons
It's a bit confusing to navigate through and the website is difficult to navigate
Their support team was great to work through questions I had about their product as well as any issues that came up during our implementation process! They are also willing to help you out if they can't answer your question or resolve an issue immediately - it's refreshing when working in this industry where customer service seems so lacking at times!! We used CC for nearly 2 years before switching over completely from paper records (which were messy) into electronic format using Check…
Pros
Great system architecture
Secure card reading hardware is easy, reliable &/or very user friendly interface.
Easy maintenance/installation with low touch points required throughout entire installation
The user interface is very easy to use for both pastors and staff members. Also it's pretty cheap! I do wish there was more functionality like having multiple sites in one database (which has since been implemented). That said if you are looking into this product specifically because of its cost as opposed to benefits offered by more powerful products, then go through some demos and consider your budget vs capabilities needed versus time allowed before considering anything. We have had success…
Pros
It works great with smart phones
Easy/fast setup
Quickly updates changes made within an individual file
The best feature of this software has to be that it can track multiple locations at once! I love being able realize where each person attending my events are in real time as well so they don't miss anything important or spend more than necessary for their event (for example). There have been times when an error occurs while doing something simple such like adding someone's information into our database but instead we get sent back out again even though there was no problem initially - just…
Pros
Easy setup
Very responsive customer support team who is quick with responses.
Great value pricing vs other similar products offered today, hence most affordable among them also !
Can do many activities within same system simultaneously without needing additional apps
My connection account can be accessed from anywhere in our building (by both staff members & students) to connect all of their school accounts into one central place - so we don't have multiple logins for different things like phone apps or Facebook which makes everything easier! We're able get reports quickly as well by searching through filters within minutes instead waiting hours at times when needing it most!! Being that this software was made specifically FOR churches I feel some…
Pros
I like that it's an all in one place for all of our school and connection accounts so we're able to get everything at one central place instead of searching for things through different apps and different accounts
Cons
I do NOT like that everything has to be done through the school account (not the connection account) and it's so much easier to do it through the connection account instead of the school account
I love how easy it was to set up my first connection cards server. Very user friendly! The staff support has been phenomenal as well. They have helped us at every step of our transition from paper check in sheets (which could not be shared) through creating an online survey for new members to take before their physical welcome packet was mailed out. We were able get all this done without having anyone that knew anything about the software or website development industry.
Everything went…
Pros
Great Customer Service Team ! Highly recommend highly efficient system wthout much effort involved other than just filling forms like most people would already expect lol