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Register for Cividesk's online training session the Fundamentals of Mass Emailing on March 4th at 9 am MT/ 10 am CT/ 11 am ET. 

I've been providing CiviCRM services to clients for nearly 10 years but they've never come to an event. So I CiviMail'ed them the following to explain why I thought they should come. One client thought the way I'd explained things was "so useful it should be on the web", so I'm posting it here.

I've been providing CiviCRM services to clients for nearly 10 years but they've never come to an event. So I CiviMail'ed them the following to explain why I thought they should come. One client thought the way I'd explained things was "so useful it should be on the web", so I'm posting it here

Dear {contact.first_name},

There's a CiviCRM training/mini-conference event in Birmingham on 3 March - please consider coming to it. Please invite other colleague(s) as appropriate.

Register today for the upcoming online training the Fundamentals of Contribution Management on February 27th at 9 am MT/ 10 am CT/ 11 am ET and learn more about managing your donations in CiviCRM. 

Let's share stories, ideas and code. Containers are good for sharing.

In late 2018, the Establishment Team was set-up to help identify the role and processes for a newly-elected team to represent the CiviCRM community. The outcomes were reported in mid-2019 but implementation was paused in the lead-up to the Community Summit in October.

Interested in learning how to use the CiviMember module?  Join Cividesk on Tuesday, February 18th for this informative 2-hour live training (sorry, recorded versions are not available) and gain new skills and confidence managing your membership in CiviCRM. 

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:

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

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.

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

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. 

This live session will provide a great introduction to adding new contacts, searching, relationships, creating groups/tags and much more!

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.