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By lwupagano Filed under CiviCon

Howdy Friends,

As you know, CiviCon is on the move and will be calling Denver its home this year.  We are expecting this to be our biggest event yet!  If Denver is not within driving distance, don't fret!  Denver's Int'l Airport has direct flights from every major city in the US.  

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By Dahndy Filed under CiviMember, Make it happen

First blog post here. I am hoping to at least shed some light on an issue I had when setting up CivicCRM. Its not a comprehensive solution to the problem; I hope to follow up soon with full source code.

Drip campaigns are a series of contacts triggered by certain event. There are many reasons to this. It is an effective way to keep in contact with a supporter over a period of time.

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By colemanw Filed under Release announcements, Security Releases

An important security update is being released for both the latest version of CiviCRM and the long-term-support version. We recommend you upgrade immediately to maintain the security of your site.

For more information on the security issues see:

CIVI-SA-2015-001 - Arbitrary file read

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By mpeth Filed under Training

SYSTOPIA bietet am 20. März wieder ein offenes CiviCRM-Grundlagentraining in Bonn an. Es richtet sich an

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By michaelmcandrew Filed under Community

CiviCRM's ambassador program is designed to connect people that want to get started with CiviCRM with folks that have been there before - you may already be doing this informally, with friends and colleagues or at meet ups.  Or maybe you'd like to be. In either case, you should join our ambassador program.

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By cividesk Filed under Training

Cividesk will be offering several on-line CiviCRM training classes during the month of March designed for new users or those in a need of a refresher course. Each two-hour training session focuses in depth on one topic (Contacts, Membership, Events and Contributions). Class size is kept small to allow for Q &A. Click here for more information on specific curriculum, dates and cost. Additional questions?

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By cividesk Filed under Case studies and user stories

An interview with Heart of A Warrior Charitable Foundation

Heart of A Warrior (HOAW) Charitable Foundation supports educational, cultural, and life-enhancing enrichment programs targeted to underserved children in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Cividesk recently spoke with Jeff Martini, executive director about his experiences learning and using CiviCRM and how it has benefited his organization.

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By colemanw Filed under API, Documentation, Tips

Whether you're just getting started with customizing CiviCRM or you already think you know everything about it, I invite you to spend a few minutes playing with the new API Explorer in 4.6. You'll be glad you did.

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By kurund Filed under Release announcements

The team is super excited to announce that the first beta release of CiviCRM 4.6 is now available for downloading AND you can try it out on the 4.6 sandbox site!

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By petednz Filed under Drupal 7, Drupal 8+

Can you help Fuzion take the Drupal 8 integration module that was developed as part of 2014 Google Summer of Code and get it working with the most recent version of Drupal 8 and publicly available for testing?

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