Blog posts by Gast

Keep up-to-date with blogs from the core team, working groups, developers, users and champions worldwide. Subscribe to our newsletter to receive regular updates by email. We also have an RSS feed.
By Gast Filed under Community, Meetups

Have you ever wanted to start a local CiviCRM user group? Or introduce CiviCRM to more local nonprofits? NetSquared might be able to help you kickstart a meetup through a co-hosted event.

Read more
By Gast Filed under Case studies and user stories
Harlem Pride is a New York City based 501c3 tax-exempt non-profit.  Our mission is to advocate for,  educate, promote, and unite Harlem’s Same Gender Loving/LGBT individuals, organizations and supporters  in cultivating a sense of honor, dignity and respect for our diverse culture and community.  
Read more
By Gast Filed under CiviCon

Still looking for a compelling reason to attend CiviCon Denver? Why not listen to past attendees and presenters to learn about what they took away from attending other meet-ups?

Read more
By Gast Filed under CiviCon

Estamos muy contentos de tener dos CiviCon el próximo 28 de Mayo en Europa, una en el  Norte en Amsterdam y otra en el Sur en Madrid. Es una gran oportunidad para asistir a una conferencia regional donde conocer y aprender de la gente que hace posible CiviCRM.

Read more
By Gast Filed under Make it happen

We implemented CiviCRM in our non-profit company CEPS (www.ceps.eu) for it fits very well our needs. We use it almost out of the box for contact management, memberships, mailing and event registration.

Read more
By Gast Filed under CiviMember, Make it happen

First blog post here. I am hoping to at least shed some light on an issue I had when setting up CivicCRM. Its not a comprehensive solution to the problem; I hope to follow up soon with full source code.

Drip campaigns are a series of contacts triggered by certain event. There are many reasons to this. It is an effective way to keep in contact with a supporter over a period of time.

Read more
By Gast Filed under Tips

CRM Data plans refer to documenting agreements on representation, format, definition and structuring of data. Current and future CiviCRM users can utilise it to increase efficiency, knowledge creation and interoperability with other systems.

In order to optimise and future-proof the CRM system, the data structures, in addition to the data itself, need a good re-work. There are two main steps to the process:

Read more
By Gast Filed under CiviDay

CiviDay Paris, organisé par Cividesk, a accueilli ses participants dans un café associatif place de la République : un utilisateur vétéran de CiviCRM, une organisation dans le domaine de l'environnement, et des consultants du monde associatif.

Read more
By Gast Filed under CiviEvent

In one of my previous jobs in the UK I was a debt & welfare benefits adviser and we used an off the shelf case management system.  The cost for running it was quite significant - we paid about £1000 (UK GBP) per year for only 2 signons. This type of system is used by advice agencies throughout the UK, including the Citizens Advice Bureau.

Read more
By Gast Filed under Community, Meetups

We've been using Civi here in Pittsburgh, PA for a few years now and would love to connect with other local users.

I'm considering organizing a Pittsburgh Meet Up but don't want to be the only one sitting at the table!  

Whether you are currently a CiviCRM user or a potential user, drop me a note (pmosey@chscorp.org) or add a comment here and let's get the ball rolling.  Skill level is a non-factor.

London

Barcelona

New York

Montreal

Read more