Blog posts by lwupagano

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February 24, 2015
By lwupagano Filed under Case studies and user stories
The Texas Home School Coalition (THSC) is the state organization for homeschooling dedicated to serving the homeschool community of Texas. THSC had an existing portal with limited integration to CiviCRM.  THSC wanted to offer members a place where they could go and manage information about themselves and their family members while interacting directly with the data in CiviCRM.
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February 12, 2015
By lwupagano Filed under CiviCon, Marketing and Promotion

CiviCon Denver (and all the events taking place around the conference) will take place the week of April 20th.  The marketing team needs your help to promote this event.    We are launching a social media campaign and its success depends heavily on your involvement.  

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November 23, 2014
By lwupagano Filed under Community, Marketing and Promotion

Donate Now!  In the 10 years that CiviCRM has been around, it has helped a wide spectrum of nonprofits, from the internationally recognized nonprofits (such as Amnesty International, and Doctors without Borders) to lesser known nonprofits (such as Ambassadors Football, Youth Orchestra Bucks County) raise funds and organize volunteer efforts that truly make a difference in our world. 

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November 14, 2014
By lwupagano Filed under Community, Marketing and Promotion

Hey CiviCRM community...there’s less than a month left before Giving Tuesday...18 days to be exact!  We need your participation!

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October 23, 2014
By lwupagano Filed under Case studies and user stories, Community

BackOffice Thinking has created a Giving Tuesday campaign for CiviCRM.  We are inviting you to join us so that the world sees the unity of the CiviCRM community.

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September 24, 2014
By lwupagano Filed under Community
Mark Tompsett, active member of the CiviCRM community passed away August 13, 2014.  Here's an excerpt about his passing in the Questors Choir - Eagling Facebook Page:  "Sadly last night Mark passed away. He came through a very long operation successfully and was recovering when a blood clot caused cardiac arrest. He did not respond to CPR."   Members of our community remember Mark:
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March 26, 2014
By lwupagano Filed under Community
14NTC was NTEN’s best attended conference so far.  There were over 2,000 attendees and about 150 exhibitors, one of which was CiviCRM.  Shout out to Andrew Hunt and Jane Hanley from AGH Strategies for organizing the booth and the CiviCRM Showcase.  Following are the takeaways from the firms that volunteered at the CiviCRM booth:  
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March 24, 2014
By lwupagano Filed under Case studies and user stories

March Madness is not the only thing we celebrate in March.  On March 8 we celebrate International Women’s Day.  See how CiviCRM enables Maggie Forster Schmitz, President of USNC-UN Women balance her personal life with the responsibilities of running and leading the organization in which she volunteers.

 
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March 19, 2014
By lwupagano Filed under Case studies and user stories
In last month's Community Newsletter, we included a poll that consisted of a few questions:   1.  What is your role 2.  Type of stories that you like to read  3.
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