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By cividesk Filed under Training

Would you like to gather information from your contacts that is relevant to your organization when they sign up for an event, membership or make an online donation? Do you have questions about creating an online newsletter sign up? 

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By catherinewallis Filed under Community, Documentation, Sprints

I didn’t hide the fact that I’d been feeling daunted by the prospect of the Sprint. Knowing that I’d be the least techie by some way even amongst the non-devs, I was also acutely aware of being a newbie to the community - after a year and a half as a CiviCRM user, I’d only had five weeks of working with Rose Lanigan and learning the basics of implementation. But I needn’t have worried, soon realising that:

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By cividesk Filed under Training

Cividesk will be offering the intermediate level online training, "Organizing Successful Events" designed for current users familiar with CiviEvent on Tuesday, October 16th from 12 pm MT/ 1 pm CT/ 2 pm ET. 

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By danaskallman Filed under CiviContribute, CiviMember, Extensions, WordPress
Tadpole has been working with [Andrei Mondoc](https://github.com/mecachisenros/), the developer of CFC, to extend the availability of processors to support memberships. Since memberships typically use Price Sets, this work also allows for Donations that use Price Sets and Line Items within a contribution page.
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By cividesk Filed under Case studies and user stories

Chase the Music gives children battling critical conditions love, hope, strength and joy. We do this with original music - composed and performed just for them.

The impact of Chase the Music programs begins with the child. The children (that we write and perform for) are undergoing situations that no child should.

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By cividesk Filed under Training

If you are new to CiviCRM, you should participate in this 2-hour online training taught by Cividesk on Wednesday, October 10th at 9 am MT/ 10 am CT/ 11 am ET.

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By Anil Filed under CiviEvent, Extensions

Do you want to restrict registration to certain events to logged in members only but still have other events open to the public? If the answer to the above question is yes, then this extension is for you. This extension allows you to set a flag to any event so registration is restricted to those that have a current membership.  

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By josh Filed under Community
Seeking community members to help shape CiviCRM’s future
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By dev-team Filed under Release announcements
CiviCRM version 5.6 is now released and 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 5.6 can be accessed here.   SPECIAL THANKS:
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By petednz Filed under Documentation, Extensions, Interface and design, Make it happen

The Civi Summit was a great event - full of lots of nice surprises. One that stands out for me was that what started out as some wishful thinking - namely having the ability to provide on-page tours/tutorials - ended up with us being able to beta test a 'proof of concept' before we left.

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