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By ErikHommel Filed under Community
We are about to start the election process for the Community Council of CiviCRM and we would like to invite you to register as a voter or nominate yourself as a candidate.

The Community Council of CiviCRM has been tasked at the Barcelona Civi Summit:

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By cividesk Filed under Training

Become an expert in CiviEvent by participating in Cividesk's beginner and intermediate level Events training sessions during the week of February 10th.

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By dev-team Filed under Release announcements

CiviCRM version 5.22.0 is now out and ready to download.

This is a regular monthly release.

Upgrade now for the most stable CiviCRM experience:

To download CiviCRM 5.22: https://civicrm.org/download

Users of the CiviCRM Extended Security Releases (ESR) do not need to upgrade, as there are no ESR-specific bugfixes or security issues at the moment.

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By HeatherOliver Filed under CiviCamp

It's only 4 weeks until CiviCamp Birmingham (UK)! Are you ...

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By cividesk Filed under Training

If you are new to CiviCRM or need more formal training on how to manage your contacts, join Cividesk on February 6th at 9 am MT/ 11 am ET for our 2-hour online training session, the Fundamentals of Contact Management. 

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By AlanDixon Filed under Development Tools

Like all interesting questions, this has three worthwhile answers: yes, no, and maybe. Let's explore them all.

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By bdaniels Filed under Extensions

It’s easy for CiviCRM users to get confused about where to find settings in the CiviCRM menu because the links may be nested within other menu items. This can lead them to look at multiple menu items to find the appropriate setting which can be frustrating to new users not familiar with the system. Enter the Quick Search CiviCRM Menu extension.

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By cividesk Filed under Training

Want to learn more about the CiviVolunteer extension that makes it easy to manage and track volunteers, whether it be an on-going volunteer project or a specific event?

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By ErikHommel Filed under Marketing and Promotion

In october 2019 I spend a few days with the community at the Summit in Barcelona, and it was inspiring as usual! On the way back out of all the things we discussed two themes kept going around in my head. The first was the need for more marketing material that was felt by all present, and the second one was that in my opinion CiviCRM = software + community.

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By cividesk Filed under Training

Join Cividesk on Tuesday, January 21st at 9 am MT/11 am ET for the online training "Organizing a Membership Renewal Campaign". This 2-hour training session will guide you through all the steps necessary for preparing for a membership renewal drive using CiviCRM.

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