New extension to sync Civi Groups with Google Groups
At the BHA we use a lot of Google Group mailing lists, and of course we manage all our contacts through Civi. This meant plenty of duplication - when the head of a particular section changed, say, we'd...
View ArticleExtension CiviRules now avaible for download with live showcase from MAF Norge
There have been a couple of blog posts about the CiviRules extension, and a prototype has been demonstrated at CiviCon NorthWestEurope 2015 in Amsterdam. The extension is now available for download in...
View ArticleFrom User to "Investor": Why we help fund CiviCRM
In the summer of 2007, I was in my fourth year of volunteering for a very small organization, Friends of Georgia State Parks & Historic Sites. At the time, the organization had about 20 chapters...
View ArticleTrinidad and Tobago National Workers Union builds solidarity one CiviCRM...
The National Workers Union is a small trade union based in Trinidad and Tobago. Forthose whose geography is not so good, we are the southern most Caribbean island. On amap, we are a little dot just...
View ArticleAll CiviCon Denver videos now available online
If you're a particularly keen CiviCRM observer, you'll have noticed that we've been slowly uploading finished edited CiviCon Denver videos to our youtube channel. I'm please to report that all our...
View ArticleSave Money with Mandrill Emails
Many organizations use MailChimp, SendGrid or SocketLabs email integrations to ensure their emails are delivered with whitelisting and lower load on their servers. Switching to Mandrill can...
View ArticleBig Changes to WYSIWYG Editing in 4.7
At the code sprint after CiviCon Denver, Tyrell Cook and I tackled some much-needed updates to Civi's wysiwyg system. A wysiwyg editor (what you see is what you get) is the mini word processor you use...
View ArticleCiviCRM Administrator Job Description
I am often asked by our clients to help with hire a CiviCRM administrator. This can be a new hire or a promotion of someone within the organization. Although every organization has specific needs,...
View ArticleAnnouncing CiviCRM 4.6.5 Release
The team is super excited to announce that CiviCRM 4.6.5 is now available for downloading AND you can try it out on the 4.6 demo site.
View ArticleBigger Organizations Managing Payments
During the past year, I've been working with a number of medium and larger organizations using CiviCRM, and have found a few gaps in CiviCRM's CiviContribute functionality, particularly around the...
View ArticleDrupal 8 and CiviCRM - the countdown continues
Drupal 8 is likely to be released around September. Fuzion have been driving the initiative to have CiviCRM ready to roll when Drupal 8 is released. We have CiviCRM currently working on latest beta,...
View ArticleComing for the User Summit? Here are some things to do in DC
If you travel to DC for work or family frequently you may be tired of doing the same old tourism and want to mix things up. In anticipation of the User Summit, we've compiled a list of a few things to...
View ArticleOn-line training classes for new users - August schedule
Cividesk will be offering on-line classes for new users (Contacts, Membership, Events and Contribution management) during the month of August. Classes are two hours in length and are limited in size...
View ArticleApproved Sessions for CiviCRM User Summit: First Round
Thank you to everyone who has submitted sessions so far! They are all pretty awesome!
View ArticleCiviCon London 2015 - Early bird discounts end soon
So the good old British summer is looking a wash-out but you can still cheer yourself up by booking bargain tickets for the autumn excitement that is CiviCon London 2015. Early bird discounts are...
View ArticleHave you been using IATS with CiviCRM for a loooong time? If so read this
IATS has been a payment processor extension with CiviCRM for quite a while and has been actively developed & supported. If you are using the IATS extension you can say a quiet thank you to Alan,...
View ArticleSustainability vs. Profitability
We recently updated our appeal for financial support on our download page and included a financial metric with two specific elements that I want to expand upon. In essence, we’ve published both the...
View ArticleMembers protect CiviCRM for everyone
We started and ended CiviCon Denver this year by talking about community participation. In her keynote presentation, Stormy Peters of the Mozilla Foundation introduced it and discussed the value of...
View ArticleHow Helping a Friend led Karin to CiviCRM
Karin used to write code for musculoskeletal computer models/simulations at The University of Calgary and at Arizona State University as well as in a corporate research environment. It was great fun to...
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