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Abril 8, 2014
By jaapjansma Filed under CiviContribute, CiviCRM, Community, Extensions, Sprints

Yesterday I wrote a blog about the first day in the sprint for the donor journeys. I have discussed that we are focussing on a trigger/action extension to automate most of the donor journeys. I wrote a bit about the internal working and the data structure of this extension. 

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Abril 7, 2014
By jaapjansma Filed under CiviCRM, Community, Extensions, Sprints

The planning of this is an outcome of the unconference we had in Januari in London, with LLR, Amnesty Flanders, MAF Norway, Decaid Consulting and CiviCooP. The aim for this sprint, which last for only one week, is to create a trigger/action functionality for civicrm. E.g. we want a trigger that a donor becomes a member of a group of its total contributions are more than 25.000 euro's.

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Abril 4, 2014
By Anónimo Filed under Meetups

The Dallas / Fort Worth CiviCRM Meetup group will be hosting another Meetup on Thursday, April 10, 2014. We will meet at Improving Enterprises at 6:30 PM, but we suggest to arrive slightly earlier (6:00 p.m.) if you want to socialize.

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Abril 1, 2014
By kurund Filed under Architecture, CiviCRM
CiviCRM has been around for 9 years, and some of the technologies that we use are older and need architectural revamping and improvements. For developers, architectural improvements will make the platform easier to adapt and easier to learn -- which means developers can spend more time creating better features to help our users and our causes.
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Marzo 28, 2014
By Dave Greenberg Filed under CiviCon, Community

This is it ... the CiviCON SF 2014 sessions have been confirmed, and no doubts this is going to be the best CiviCON ever!

Whether you have never heard about CiviCRM, are a beginning or longtime user, are an implementor or a developer, there will be an abundance of content specifically tailored to your needs. Just read on if you just want to preview some of these sessions, or go here for the full schedule, sorted by day or track.

 

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Marzo 27, 2014
By spidersilk Filed under Internationalization and Localization

The process of adapting a web application to run in more than one language is variously referred to as localization or internationalization.

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Marzo 26, 2014
By Anónimo Filed under Case studies and user stories

Please note that this blog first appeared in White Fuse's website and we've re-posted it here with their permission.  

CiviCRM is an open source Constituent Relationship Manager that has been designed with non-profits in mind.

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Marzo 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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Marzo 24, 2014
By lcarter_backoffice Filed under Case studies and user stories

One of the best attended sessions at NTEN's 14NTC was the Data Visualization session.  It was not only standing room only, but it also included people sitting on the floor and standing outside the room trying to hear tips and insights about this hot topic.

CiviCRM has a wide selection of reports.  Users can choose out of the box reports, but if these don't meet your needs, you can also customize them.

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