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

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. Once the quick search extension is installed, menu items can be found much quicker. CiviCRM permissions are also considered.

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?

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.

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.

This course is designed for current users of CiviCRM and is recommended for those who have taken the introductory level Fundamentals of Membership Management class. 

For a nonprofit, raising enough funds to do the most good is at the forefront of goal setting this new year. Direct and recurring donations have always been time-proven and effective ways to achieve this goal. But how can a nonprofit differentiate themselves and maximize the revenue available to aid their cause? Adding an e-commerce store with profitable products that both connect to your organization’s vision and add funds to fuel your efforts can be a game-changer.

The Core Team has been hard at work on the new Form Builder for CiviCRM. Code-named "Afform" (the Affable Administrative Angular Form Framework) - the project is growing into a robust app for composing forms for all different purposes.

After months of development we're happy to announce the first public Alpha release, which you can download and try for yourself at https://lab.civicrm.org/extensions/afform/-/tags

Let's ring in the New Year by spinning some new hits and timeless classics for the dancefloor at this CiviCRM extension party. 

//record scratching sound//  Wait, what's an extension, you ask?

It's an add-on so your Civi can do more things in better ways. 

Start the new year off by getting in shape with CiviCRM!  Cividesk is offering one week of intensive online training for new users of CiviCRM.  Take advantage of this special discounted offer if you sign up for four or more classes during the week. 

Limited spaces are available so click here for more info and to register!

CiviCRM version 5.21.0 is now out and ready to download.

This is a regular monthly release. It is also an Extended Security Release (ESR).

Upgrade now for the most stable CiviCRM experience:

The day CiviMobile team rolled out its international CiviMobile localization project is long gone. The project is running full blast, gathering pace with every new release of CiviMobile and with every new account of its further international outreach.

Reaching new users and higher goals

Miss yesterday's presentation by Coleman Watts on the new GUI for Form Builder? You can check out the recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jiqLAlnjMM If you like what you see, please consider supporting the effort. We still have an open campaign for 2019 that you can donate to that directly supports our work on Form Builder.

With this new release, Agiliway takes СiviCalendar for the excellence-seeking ride to be the smartest organizing and scheduling Civi component. Visual, intuitive, clever and easy to use due to earlier releases, its recent update makes it alluring even for the one who never thought to be a calendar-person. As a major improvement the CiviCalendar extension suggests new ways to interact with your calendar.

More advanced configuration settings

CiviCamp London wasn't my first rodeo.

I’ve been a Civi user for about 5 years had been along to CiviCamp Leeds earlier in the year. But, London was particularly exciting for me personally as I was a week into my new job at that point, and seeing things differently from a new organisations perspective.  

Join Cividesk on Thursday, December 19th at 12 pm MT/ 1 pm CT/ 2 pm ET for an online training session for new users, the Fundamentals of Contribution Management.

Learn best practices for managing all aspects of your contributions in CiviCRM, search and organize donor information with smart groups, create a year-end thank you letter for donors and a financial report.  

CiviCRM role-based security solution gets a fundamental boost as Agiliway releases an extension to streamline permission management within multi-unit hierarchically structured nonprofit organizations.

Who will benefit?

Several spots are still available for the beginner-level online training, the Fundamentals of Contact Management brought to you by Cividesk on December 12th at 9 am MT/ 10 am CT/ 11 am ET /4 pm GMT.  Register now to hold your seat!

This class is highly recommended by the CiviCRM community as a good introduction for new users. Sorry, but recorded versions are not available.

CiviCRM version 5.20.0 is now out and ready to download.

Important Notice: This is a security release. We recommend you immediately upgrade to one of the following versions:

• CiviCRM v5.20.0
• CiviCRM v5.19.4
• CiviCRM v5.13.8 ESR

Below are the security advisories details:

• CIVI-SA-2019-24: CSRF in APIv4 AJAX end point

Bugs resolved in 5.19.4:

For a little Holiday spirit -> Register now for the CiviCRM Canada Coffee/Tea Holiday Exchange!

How it works:

Come to the CiviCRM Melbourne Meetup, Thursday 5th December 2019

This Fourth meetup of 2019 will have the theme 'Contact Management' - based partly on some of the issues raised by attendees on the meetup issue queue, and some additional Contact related items building on the foundation of the last 2 sessions.

Suggested topics from the following items: