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By jaapjansma Filed under Case studies and user stories, CiviContribute, CiviMember, Finance and Accounting

Odoo is an open source accounting software. With much more features than only accounting, such as warehouse management, project management, HR management etc.

CiviCRM is an open source software for non-profit and is great in membership management, donor management etc.

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By ErikHommel Filed under Case studies and user stories, CiviContribute

(My name, but blog is actually from MAF Norge's Steinar Sødal)

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By yashodha Filed under Release announcements

The team is pleased to announce the sixth stable release of the incredible CiviCRM 4.5 series. 

» Issues fixed in 4.5.6

The LTS team is concurrently releasing 4.4.12 with several bug fixes.

» Issues fixed in 4.4.12

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By yashodha Filed under Release announcements

The team is super excited to announce that the fifth alpha release of CiviCRM 4.6 is now available for downloading AND you can try it out on the 4.6 sandbox site!

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By cividesk Filed under CiviDay

CiviDay Denver was hosted by Cividesk and T4T Colorado and welcomed nearly 40 attendees under beautiful, sunny, Colorado skies in a comfortable atmosphere within the training center of the Colorado Collaborative for Nonprofits. Participants came with different objectives in mind: some to learn more about the possibilities of CiviCRM, and some who are new users of the database were seeking clarity on certain functionalities. More experienced users were in attendance to convene with the Civi community and attend workshops that would dig deeper into the capabilities of CiviCRM.

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By Anoniem 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.

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By cividesk Filed under Training

Cividesk will be offering several on-line CiviCRM classes during the month of February at a new time.  These two-hour sessions are desgined for newer users and will focus on Contacts, Membership, Events and Contributions. Class size is kept small to allow for Q&A.  Click here for more information on specific curriculum, dates and cost.  Additional questions? Email susan@cividesk.com.

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By Anoniem 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.

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By Anoniem 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

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By Anoniem Filed under CiviDay

Hosted by Cividesk's Regional Account Manager Neil Planchon at Swan's Market Cohousing, Oakland, CA

CiviDay was an opportunity for Dave Greenberg, a CiviCRM founder, to look back at 10 years of CiviCRM, plus allow two presenters to talk about how CiviCRM let them support their organizations – James Meehan, for Bay Area Children’s Theater, and Josh Mailman, for NorCal CanciNet, WARMTH and Piedmont Yoga Initiative.

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