CiviHR: Tells us what your ideal applicant management system would do
Submitted by jamienovick on September 22, 2016 - 06:39Our goal has always been for CiviHR to be both affordable in price and comprehensive in features. In pursuit of the latter, our attention is now turning to the planning of the Recruitment module.
We know recruitment is a time consuming, but essential part of the HR process. We want to design set of features that will make an HR manager’s life easier by automating such things as emailing candidates, scheduling interviews, and collaborating internally on the hiring process.
We would love to find out from you what you would need an applicant tracking system to do.
Thanks to our CiviCon London Sponsors
Submitted by jgowans on September 22, 2016 - 06:12Last week, I wrote about the CiviCRM community and tried to boil it down to a very simple venn diagram. Not only does 'community' play a huge role in producing the software through new features, bug fixes, etc., it also is invaluable for helping promote and raise awareness about CiviCRM the software.
CiviCRM 4.7.12-rc: Experimental support for PHP 7 / MySQL 5.7
Submitted by totten on September 21, 2016 - 18:52CiviCRM community, patch welcome
Submitted by jgowans on September 14, 2016 - 14:04It’s been on my tasklist to write about the CiviCRM community. Like most people it seems, my task list is longer than I care to admit, so I’ve put this off for some time. I had a moment of inspiration the other day when I was jogging about trying to visually represent some of the key elements of our community, however this was problematic for two reasons. First, our community is complex, offering different ways for people to participate around a common vision, often with little structure to support them.
A solution that allows volunteers worldwide to work together
Submitted by cividesk on September 8, 2016 - 22:32An interview with the Organization for Transformative Works
Cividesk recently spoke with the Organization for Transformative Works (OTW), a nonprofit run by and for fans to provide access to and preserve the history of fan work and fan cultures. OTW is an all-volunteer organization that is based entirely online. Volunteers from around the world work together via e-mail, chat, and cloud-based project management software, in most cases without ever meeting in person. Kristen Murphy is the membership data specialist for OTW’s Development and Membership committee and shared her experience using CiviCRM.
CiviCON London 2016 only a month away!
Submitted by jamienovick on September 8, 2016 - 05:23
Announcing CiviCRM 4.6.21 and 4.7.11 Security Release
Submitted by totten on September 7, 2016 - 13:52The latest release of CiviCRM 4.6 and 4.7 includes security fixes. We recommend upgrading to 4.7.11 or 4.6.21 to ensure the security of your site and data. The latest releases include 9 security fixes and improvements. A number of other non-security issues have also been fixed in the latest releases.
To determine the impact of security fixes and improvements on your system, please review these advisories:
New Hebrew date extension available
Submitted by SarahGladstone on August 18, 2016 - 09:31Ever wanted to know Hebrew birthdays, yahrzeit dates, and other Hebrew dates for your contacts? Now you can track all these dates, search on them, prepare lists, and send reminders at the right time, and more. Since this is a native CiviCRM extension, it will work under Drupal, WordPress or Joomla.
Get the extension at: https://civicrm.org/extensions/hebrew-calendar
Enter CiviCon’s exclusive prize draw!
Submitted by jamienovick on August 17, 2016 - 09:53Enter CiviCon’s exclusive prize draw!
In only 7 weeks, more than 200 people will be gathering in London for Europe's biggest CiviCRM conference. And to build up the excitement, we have planned an exclusive competition to win 5 free tickets to the conference on the 6th and 7th October!
How does it work?
At last year’s CiviCon, we had such a great attendance that when we tried to take a photo of everyone, some people got lost in the middle of the crowd.
CiviCRM 4.7.x has made significant progress towards supporting PHP 7, MySQL 5.7, and Ubuntu 16.04. I'm pleased to announce the availability of the release-candidate for v4.7.12.
These improvements were made possible with the collaborative efforts of several people and organizations, including Mark Burdett (EFF), Mattias Michaux, Seamus Lee (Australian Greens), the New York State Senate, and the CiviCRM core team (Jitendra Purohit and me).