TntWare offers TntMPD, a free program for helping missionaries manage relationships with ministry partners, and TntMPD.DataServer, designed to help organizations better communicate donation and financial information with their staff.
Check it out. 
TntWare offers TntMPD, a free program for helping missionaries manage relationships with ministry partners, and TntMPD.DataServer, designed to help organizations better communicate donation and financial information with their staff.
Check it out.
This has to be one of the all-time greatest administrative resources for missionaries. Several years ago we were buried under the management of supporter tracking and information. Like many, we were managing our support tracking, communication, prospective donor management, etc. in several different places (Outlook, Excel, etc.) and frustrated with the multiple steps we had to go through for something as simple as an address change. We looked at corporate contact management solutions including ACT and Goldmine, but they were cost prohibitive and would take a lot of work to customize for our needs. Then someone turned us on to TntMPD. It was a free download, so my expectations we’re that high. Many free software resources in the mission world are good tools, however they normally sacrifice usability, reliability, and support. They are usually written for one person’s specific purposes and not always so easy to adapt to someone else’s needs. But TntMPD breaks all of these stereotypes.
TntMPD is a reminder that God DOES provide for our needs as missionaries. This package is simply AMAZING!! It did everything I was looking for plus about 50 things more! It is extremely easy to use, extremely robust, very flexible, and well supported.
It will manage all of our contact information, track donations, automatically schedule Thank You tasks, manage your mailings lists (snailmail + email), and on, and on. If you’re in the process of deputation and support raising, it is an incredible tool to track prospective supporters through every phase of the contact process. It also really shines in its ability to group your supporters together by region, church, family, or any other of the 999 ways there are to manage your contacts.
It does take some time to set up all of your contacts, especially if you have a large mailing list or supporter base. But take the time to do it. It is well worth the time investment. Once done, it will be easy to manage EVERYTHING in one place AND integrate seemlessly with MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel) to easily send out communications from one place.
Another added bonus is that it is used by several large mission organizations so they can automatically sync monthly support and change information directly with your copy of TnTMPD. Check with your mission…this can literally save you hours of work!
And to think it is provided free of charge is simply incredible. It is not a crippled, trial version nor are there nag screens or lack of support if you don’t pay anything. TntMPD is a perfect example of of someone using their resources for the Lord with no expectation in return. But once you do use it, I’m sure you will be compelled to send a thank you gift to the author.
Thanks for Troy for providing TntMPD to the mission community. You are helping advance the Kingdom in ways you’ll never know. Keep up the good work!!
I’m not sure what to say after all that. I also very much appreciate MPD. The only negative I have found is that it is a ‘Windows Only’ program.
Thanks Troy.