Blog posts by avaguilar

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April 26, 2016
By avaguilar Filed under CiviCRM, 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 three tracks on different da

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September 24, 2013
By avaguilar Filed under Community

Josué started doing social justice work when he participated in the Center for Third World Organizing‘s organizer training program in 1990. That led to a decade of working as an organizer for both community groups and labor unions. In 2000 he decided to switch careers, focusing on supporting the technology needs of groups doing organizing.

 

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June 4, 2012
By avaguilar Filed under CiviCRM

The PROGRESSIVE TECHNOLOGY PROJECT (PTP) is seeking a Data Specialist to join our PowerBase team. PowerBase is a customized, hosted version of the open source platform, CiviCRM, developed by PTP specifically for groups doing community organizing.

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September 12, 2011
By avaguilar Filed under CiviCRM

Ah yes, next April 2012 is NTEN again and voting is open to vote for sessions you'd like to see at NTEN.   There are 2 fantastic sessions, so please support the CiviCRM community and vote:

 

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March 17, 2010
By avaguilar Filed under Meetups

We had another engaging NYC meetup on March 16th, competing with the first warm sunny day after the crazy noreaster, where around 20 people spent the evening to dig in to CiviCRM.

After our usual intros where folks can express what they'd like to get out of the evening, Fred kicked off a case study of how he used civi for the Man Up Campaign, and demonstrated the use of profiles to collect information from individuals who would like to engage or contribute to the campaign.

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December 16, 2009
By avaguilar Filed under Meetups

Here’s a group posting from Alice with Progressive Technology Project, and Kyle and Sacha with Rayogram:

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October 7, 2009
By avaguilar Filed under Meetups

We had another well-attended meetup last thursday, hosted by the folks at Rayogram, with about 20 people participating.

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August 7, 2009
By avaguilar Filed under Meetups
- Here's a report back from Sacha Stanton

The New York Meetup was a great success last night, as 33 people got a glimpse into upcoming releases, several case studies, and great open floor discussions. Dave Greenberg, core contributor, joined in via Skype video to provide insight into upcoming features and answering questions.

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