CiviCRM User News provides the latest news and project updates, upcoming events, job postings, and more from the CiviCRM community

Thanks to Linda at BackOffice Thinking for managing the CiviCRM User News.

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CiviCon London is back on October 6th & 7th. Sign up before August 5th and receive an early bird discount of 30% off normal conference registration. View conference details as well as information on user and developer training at http://london2016.civicrm.org 

Special thanks to our CiviCon Sponsors that help make this event happen:

Written by Paul Keogan of BackOffice Thinking - July 26, 2016

In today's world people navigate websites faster than ever and expect to get the information they need immediately. No longer can a website expect the uninformed user to explore, they simply will not do it, they will get frustrated, and they will leave the site. Websites need to be constructed in a way that drives user behavior... read full story

Provided by Skvare

For twenty-five years, Educational First Steps (EFS) has been transforming daycare centers in low-income neighborhoods into nationally accredited early learning centers. Their goal is to set at-risk children on a path to success by improving the quality of early childhood education through mentoring, training, and monitoring... read full case study

Written by Eileen McNaughton of Fuzion - June 13, 2016

At the beginning of this year I announced the intention of the LTS team to support 4.6 as the next LTS and we are committed to keeping 4.6 secure until one year after we stopped supporting 4.4 - ie. the end of January 2017. As with 4.4 the level of support will tail off as key contributors move off 4.6. At this stage we are still getting... read full story

Written by Frank Gomez of Ginkgo Street Labs - July 24, 2016

As a principal at Ginkgo Street Labs, I'm able to help more progressive nonprofits move their agendas forward than I ever could by jumping from one organization to the other. I'm able to introduce organizations to free software that solves real problems for them. I'm able to help finance CiviCRM core team operations by hiring... learn more about Frank

The CiviVolunteer extension provides tools for signing up, managing and tracking volunteers. The features for this release focus on volunteering at events, but the design creates a foundation for adding support for volunteering... learn more about CiviVolunteer

Special Thanks to New & Renewing Partners

CiviCRM Partners not only provide expert solutions for clients around the world, they take the extra step of directly supporting the Core Team and contribute to the project’s overall sustainability. Learn more about the CiviCRM Partner Program today.

 

Spry Digital, Empowering Partner

Spry Digital combines their Drupal design and development expertise with their CiviCRM knowledge to create integrated donor, event and membership management web experiences. Based in USA | Learn more about Spry Digital

GMCVO Databases, Empowering Partner

GMCVO Databases provides CiviCRM services that can help you manage your organisation effectively by centralising your data and making it accessible from a user friendly system. Based in UK | Learn more about GMCVO Databases

AGH Strategies, Empowering Partner

Relationships are built upon shared experiences. AGH Strategies helps nonprofits connect with supporters and track those connections. Using CiviCRM, organizations build...
Based in USA | Learn more about AGH Strategies

Squiffle Consulting, Supporting partner

CiviCRM is our main focus. We can help you whatever stage you are at. Considering Civi: if you're not sure yet whether Civi is right for your organisation, we'll help you evaluate it. Based in UK | Learn more about Squiffle Consulting

 

Special Thanks to New & Renewing Members

CiviCRM Members ROCK! They not only help sustain the Core Team, their support ensures that each and every organization that relies on the software today can continue to do so! Not a member? You should be...

> Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, US-based focused on social action & advocacy

> Clear River Church, US-based, religion related

> Camp Cooinda, AU-based, recreation & sports related

> Allergy Advocacy Association, US-based, medical related

CiviCRM Jobs is a community resource that enables organizations to promote employment opportunities and find quality help.

> Database Volunteer | San Francisco Baykeeper - Temporary/Project-based

> Business Development Manager | iATS Payments - Full time, Canada

> PHP Developer | Target Integration - Full time, India

> Support, troubleshooting & server admin | TMA - Part time, Romania

Upcoming conferences, events & trainings

The events listed below reflect those in July. Please check online to view the full list of conferences, events, meetups and partner-led trainings. Click here for a full listing of events.

> Aug 4 | CiviTip: Manage Postal Mail - Online training, 11:30am EST

> Aug 9 | Managing a fundraising campaign - Online training, 12pm EST

> Aug 10 | CiviTip: Searching - Online training, 11:30am EST

> Aug 16 | One day user & administrator training - Workshop, London UK, 9:30am

> Aug 17 | CiviCRM 101 Webinar - Online into to CiviCRM, 5pm BST

> Aug 17 | Seminar on CiviCRM - Free seminar, London UK, 10:00am

> Aug 18 | Database administration & contact management - Online training, 12pm EST

> Aug 23 | Manage your events with CiviCRM - Online training, 12pm EST

> Aug 24 | CiviTip: Deduping & Merging Duplicates - Online training, 11:30am EST

> Aug 31 | CiviCRM London Meetup - Meetup, 6pm BST

> Sep 1 | CiviTip: Reporting - Online training, 11:30am EST

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CiviCRM is the leading open source CRM for nonprofits and civic-sector organizations worldwide, currently powering 10,663 organizations, managing 208,714,795 contacts and empowering 119,073,910 contributions.

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