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By cividesk Filed under Case studies and user stories

The Denver Ballet Guild supports and celebrates the beauty and power of dance by encouraging interest in ballet and other forms of dance. The organization is managed exclusively by volunteers, who promote dance at all levels and conduct annual fundraising activities to support the dance community.

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By josh Filed under Marketing and Promotion, Sprints

CiviCon is back in ColoradoCiviCRM sprints are a tremendous opportunity to get involved with the community while supporting the project. But, they can be a bit off-putting for non-developers because there is often a perception that they’re geared towards writing code.

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By Anonymous Filed under Training

Progressive Technology Project invites you and members of your staff and team to Join us in Seattle for a kick-ass CiviCRM/Powerbase training. During this three-day in-person session, you'll sharpen your skills and knowledge to effectively use CiviCRM/Powerbase--no matter your user level. We're offering thr

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By Anonymous Filed under CiviCon

The CiviCon Colorado session schedule is all set. There are exciting sessions scheduled on various topics in product tracks at the beginner & advanced level as well as a track dedicated to the CiviCRM community. There will also be a Lightning Talk session and a Consultant's Cafe where attendees can ask questions to experts about specific topics.

Here are a few sessions to look forward to:

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By Anonymous Filed under CiviCon

The past several weeks we've been running a promotion for one complimentary registration to CiviCon 2016. Thank you to everyone who signed up and shared our posts!

Using a random number generator, we selected lucky number seven from our list of entries, and the winner is Jeremy Kasman of the Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs, Inc. Congratulations to Jeremy!

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By josh Filed under CiviCon

CiviCRM continues to make incremental improvements across various aspects of the project in order to both foster growth and stability in the product, as well as deepen community engagement and progress towards financial sustainability. With respect to events, we rolled out some basic guidelines intended to help standardize CiviCRM events. We’ve tried to keep these flexible while at the same time consistent with the Core Team’s overall objectives of ecosystem growth and financial stability.

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By cividesk Filed under CiviMail, Extensions

The Mandrill email sending service, which a lot of CiviCRM sites were using as a cheap and reliable way to send emails, recently announced major changes in their operations and pricing structure that will certainly make it a lot less attractive to CiviCRM site owners.

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By Anonymous Filed under Drupal 7

This weekend the Skvare team attended TexasCamp, the first state-wide DrupalCamp! The Dallas conference attracted users and developers from all over the state to learn and network. Skvare showed community support with a Gold-level sponsorship. Since CiviCRM and Drupal work so well together, we shared some presentations that touched on the intersection of both.

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By yashodha Filed under Release announcements

We are excited to announce the stable releases for 4.6.15 and 4.7.6.

(UPDATE, April 7, 2016 -- 4.7.5 was superceded by 4.7.6 due to a small but critical regression.)

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By Anonymous Filed under Case studies and user stories, Community, Drupal 7

Learn how Girls on the Run St. Louis grew their organization and increased donations by 70% with CiviCRM.

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