Millennium Help
Help allows you to access the online Help documentation that is part of the Millennium software and to access Other Links. Use Other Links to access other web sites (if you have Internet access from your workstation). Some of these sites are specific to Millennium or Community Brands HoldCo, LLC. and some links belong to independent organizations not connected to Community Brands HoldCo, LLC. or Millennium in any way other than a common interest in some aspect of fundraising.
When you click to expand the Help item in the Millennium Explorer, you will see the following topics:
Help Contents. The Help system displays its table of contents in the left pane of the help window. You can browse the topics and open them by clicking the links in the contents pane. If the help window opens without the contents pane, click the Open topic with navigation link at the top of the topic.
Explorer. This item accesses the topic that describes the Millennium Explorer, a function common to all worlds.
Favorites. This item accesses the topic that describes the Millennium Favorites, which provides you with streamlined way to access the Constituent Profiles (Bookmarks, My Prospects, My Staff) that you view most frequently, your Millennium Tasks, the Prospect Reassignment tool, and Reports that you have recently edited, run, and published.
Profiles. This item accesses the topic that introduces the Profiles World. From that topic, you may navigate to the topics describing each of the data tables and the display, creation and maintenance of that information.
Events. This item accesses the topic that introduces the Events World. From that topic, you may navigate to the topics describing each of the data tables and the display, creation and maintenance of that information.
My Millennium. This item accesses the topic that introduces My Millennium. From that topic, you may navigate to the topics describing each of the functions that are available to customize the look and feel of each user's access to Millennium.
Reporting. This item accesses the topic that introduces the Reporting World. From that topic, you may navigate to the topics describing each of the functions and the standard reporting templates used in the Reporting World.
Tools. This item accesses the topic that introduces the Tools World. From that topic, you may navigate to the topics describing each of the functions within the Tools World.
Reference. The Reference item opens the topic that you are currently viewing.
Millennium Drive
Millennium Drive is an easy-to-use and interactive way for users to explore information about their active prospects and about other constituents, their tasks, and their portfolio of major gift proposals. Millennium Drive provides an improved user experience for viewing Millennium data. Data is gathered from Biographical, Giving, Prospect Management, and from the Events world, and presented for viewing and analysis in a variety of ways.
The Millennium Drive User's Guide gives an overview of the Millennium Drive interface, reviews details about Millennium data as it applies to Millennium Drive, provides instructions for configuring data and system options in Millennium, and provides instructions for performing tasks in Millennium Drive.
Click Millennium Drive to access the Millennium Drive User's Guide.
Other Links
When you click to expand the Other Links item in the Explorer, you will see the following:
Matching Info
This item is used to access the website for Higher Education Publishing (HEP). The website describes the products and services available from that company. Of particular interest is their GiftPlus® Corporate Matching Gift Database, which gives information on those companies who have a policy of matching donations from their own constituencies.
When you use this means of access, their website is displayed within the Millennium display frame, allowing you to easily return to your current Millennium session.
Research Links
This item is used to access a display page containing numerous links to other organizations of interest to the fund raising community, with a brief description of each. This page is maintained as part of the Millennium software, simply as a matter of interest to our clients. We are not responsible for the content and make no claims as to the accuracy of anything that you may access on these sites.
The Research Links are categorized into several groups, as follows:
- Associations and Organizations - This group of links accesses several organizations for institutions that engage in fund raising, and for the professionals who perform that service.
- Demographics - This group of links accesses organizations which provide statistical, regional, and other demographic information, which may be useful to fund raisers in planning a campaign strategy.
- Journals, Newsletters and Guides - This group of links accesses the web sites for the producers of several kinds of publications focusing on specific types of fund raising.
- Prospect Research Sources - This group of links accesses many organizations who provide assistance in researching information about your constituents as prospective donors.
- Planned Giving Sources - This group of links accesses several organizations who provide assistance in planned giving information about your constituents.
Community Brands Resources
When this item is activated in the Millennium Explorer, the display area shows a set of links to Community Brands and Millennium resources, including Customer Support. Each link will execute in a new instance of the browser or will pop up a form for an email message.
Note: This set of links is also available for inclusion on your personal Home Page; see My Millennium, Setup, Home Page, Hyperlinks.
- What's New Guide - Information on what's new in Millennium, including enhancements and resolved issues.
- Millennium Enhancement Request - Millennium Ideas Forum.
- Community Brands Resources and Contact Information - Home of Community Brands’s Knowledgebase, which includes articles, FAQs, and other tools to help with your fundraising software.
- Community Brands Training - Home of convenient, professional training options to help you achieve your goals.
- Paya Payment Solutions for Millennium - Information on the Credit Card and Bank Draft processing available in Millennium.
- Community Brands Home Page - Home of Community Brands.
Millennium Data Dictionary
Click to access the Millennium Data Dictionary.