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By jaapjansma Filed under CiviContribute, Community, Extensions, Sprints

Yesterday I wrote a blog about the first day in the sprint for the donor journeys. I have discussed that we are focussing on a trigger/action extension to automate most of the donor journeys. I wrote a bit about the internal working and the data structure of this extension. 

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By jaapjansma Filed under Community, Extensions, Sprints

The planning of this is an outcome of the unconference we had in Januari in London, with LLR, Amnesty Flanders, MAF Norway, Decaid Consulting and CiviCooP. The aim for this sprint, which last for only one week, is to create a trigger/action functionality for civicrm. E.g. we want a trigger that a donor becomes a member of a group of its total contributions are more than 25.000 euro's.

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By Anonimo Filed under Meetups

The Dallas / Fort Worth CiviCRM Meetup group will be hosting another Meetup on Thursday, April 10, 2014. We will meet at Improving Enterprises at 6:30 PM, but we suggest to arrive slightly earlier (6:00 p.m.) if you want to socialize.

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By Anonimo Filed under Internationalization and Localization

The process of adapting a web application to run in more than one language is variously referred to as localization or internationalization.

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By Anonimo Filed under Case studies and user stories

Please note that this blog first appeared in White Fuse's website and we've re-posted it here with their permission.  

CiviCRM is an open source Constituent Relationship Manager that has been designed with non-profits in mind.

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By Anonimo Filed under Case studies and user stories

One of the best attended sessions at NTEN's 14NTC was the Data Visualization session.  It was not only standing room only, but it also included people sitting on the floor and standing outside the room trying to hear tips and insights about this hot topic.

CiviCRM has a wide selection of reports.  Users can choose out of the box reports, but if these don't meet your needs, you can also customize them.

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By Eileen Filed under Extensions

Once upon a time there was a charity who was a visitor to both the lands of Xero and CiviCRM. This charity liked Xero and wanted contributions created in CiviCRM to be sent to the land of Xero. In the land of Xero these contributions would be called invoices and they would be matched with payments. Upon their return to CiviCRM all would know about their paid status and events would be confirmed and emails would go out and all would be be well.

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By cividesk Filed under Case studies and user stories

The French Chamber in the Netherlands provides services to approximately 200 members, from individuals to large corporations, hosts 20 events each year, including one major fundraiser and publishes a quarterly newsletter.  The organization is run by a team of five staff members and a board of directors. 

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By AnonimoFiled under

 

Involving, and listening closely to feedback from the end user has been one of the key strategies for the development of CiviHR since before its first release. We are delighted to share that SNEHA (Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action) has joined our end-user team on March 4th, 2014.

 

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