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June 27, 2018
By genadellett Filed under CiviContribute, CiviMail, Case studies and user stories, CiviCRM

Just because your nonprofit's email communications are interesting to you (the person who most likely created them!) doesn't mean they will be interesting to your community. Is your call to action clear? Is your imagery inspiring and connected to your content?

Remove the guesswork from your email marketing strategy by using CiviCRM's A/B email testing feature.

Through A/B testing you can evaluate:

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June 27, 2018
By genadellett Filed under CiviCampaign, CiviContribute, CiviEvent, CiviMail, CiviReport, Case studies and user stories, CiviCRM

Your nonprofit doesn't have just one fundraising strategy. You have many. Think events, donor letters and appeals, e-newsletter blasts, planned giving, and capital campaigns. Each of these strategies typically targets a specific segment of your community, even if the funds raised impact the same budget line.

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June 27, 2018
By genadellett Filed under CiviContribute, Case studies and user stories, CiviCRM

We all give to causes because we care, but we may care more about the person who's asking us than the cause our money is going to. That's completely fine and completely normal. Nowadays nearly one-third of all online donations come from peer-to-peer campaigns, which are especially effective for Millenials and Gen X. 

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June 13, 2018
By ErikHommel Filed under Extensions, Sprints

CiviRules 2.0 is now available for you all!

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June 11, 2018
By dev-team Filed under Release announcements
This first CiviCRM release this summer is now ready to download.   RELEASE NOTES: Big thanks to Andrew Hunt from AGH Strategies for putting up together release notes for this version.  The release notes for 5.2.1 can be accessed here.   SPECIAL THANKS:
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June 10, 2018
By everykittysdaydream Filed under Tools, GSoC, CiviCRM

Hi everyone! I'm Andy, and I'm working on the OSDI integration project for GSoC 2018. If you want more information about what this project is all about, check out the GitLab here. The source code is here. The OSDI standard is a set of standards for interoperability between products in progressive movements.

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June 8, 2018
By ErikHommel Filed under Extensions

I have just published the Invoice Address API (https://civicrm.org/extensions/invoice-address-api).

The development of the extension was funded by Domus Medica vzw. They are a membership organization specifically for GP's (general practitioner) in Flanders and Brussels.

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June 4, 2018
By neil Filed under CiviCamp

A tapestry of attendee comments…

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May 30, 2018
By Eileen Filed under Extensions

A new geocoder extension released by the Wikimedia Foundation addresses some of the geocoding issues experienced by CiviCRM users.

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May 30, 2018
By Anil Filed under Drupal, Extensions

Drupal module - CiviCRM Contact Distance Search

MillerTech released this Drupal module back in 2015 but have recently updated with new features (map and use your location) and to make it more configurable.

This module offers a fully configurable/extendable Drupal view that provides the functionality to search from a postcode and a distance.

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