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Is your CiviCRM database personalized to your organization's needs, or are you continuing to use the default fields in CiviCRM? Make the most of your database and learn how to gather and store custom data in CiviCRM in order to improve communication with your constituents and better accomplish the goals of your non-profit.

Join us online on March 23rd...

The Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs (FJMC) mission is to involve Jewish Men in Jewish Life by building and strengthening Men's Clubs in the Conservative / Masorti Movement. We accomplish this mission by:

  • Leadership mentoring leaders at the club, region and international level
  • Innovation developing programming that better...

Are you using CiviEvent and want to allow your event participants to register multiple guests but have had trouble with duplicates being created or overwriting contact records after choosing this option when configuring on-line registration?

In the training session, “Managing your Special Events Effectively in CiviCRM”, I’ll demonstrate best practices to avoid this problem when...

When you first install CiviCRM, you are given the ability to create different Financial Types. Using the Price Set functionality, you can assign each item in the Price Set to a different Financial Type. For example, you might have an event with tickets, the option to sponsor, and the option to make an additional donation. Each of these items could be mapped to different Financial Types.  ...

Women & Family Life Center empowers women and their families to face challenges and transitions in their lives with grace and dignity. Within our safe and intimate setting on the Connecticut Shoreline:

  • Women and families in crisis move to new strength
  • Life transitions become a time of positive change...

Despite best practices, the fact is, we are all going to run into problems with the software we use. Cividesk clients are no different. This blog post is a guide to help you submit the best support request that in turn will help Cividesk or any other support department give you the best support and problem solving tips for your issue. ...

A new member of our Giving Back program

LYRIC is a small non-profit that is entirely managed by volunteer attorneys.  Our mission is to teach youth how to safely exercise their Constitutional rights, and we do so by connecting with schools and community organizations and training volunteer attorneys to teach...

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To get your free access to CiviTips webinars, log in to the Desk,
then click on the Training Calendar icon (...

Singers Marin, (Choral Singers of Marin) is an association of choruses that was founded to serve the community and preserve the integrity of the choral art. Singers Marin provides singers of all ages the opportunity to experience the joy of making music together and bring that joy to the community through our outreach program and public...

Work on maximizing your time and efficiency in 2017 by learning more about CiviCRM! Cividesk will be offering all four of our on-line “Basics” classes during the month of January:

1. Contacts: "Administer your database and manage your contacts"
2. Events: "Manage your events with CiviCRM"
3. Membership: "Manage your membership with CiviCRM"
4. Contributions: "Manage...

One of the highlights of the services we offer to our clients is the Desk.  The Desk gives access to tools that enhance the CiviCRM experience.

This month we have enhanced our training calendar app making it so our customers can register for CiviTips free of charge without having to know the discount code or leaving CiviCRM.

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1. Text Over Images 

Many email users have their email client (e.g. Outlook, Apple Mail, Gmail) set to show text until they explicitly allow images. This means that the first look your email recipients have of your email is text only. Make a good impression with this. As an added bonus, this helps with not being considered SPAM and makes your email useful for those...

Colorado Youth at Risk (CYAR) empowers teenage students to make life choices that positively impact their future through community-based mentoring and intensive training.

Colorado Youth at Risk aims to reduce the number of high school dropouts, match students with an adult mentor and provide students with a sense of the future and...

Streamlining Membership with Drupal and CiviCRM

The mission of the Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology is the prevention of blindness through education and cultural exchange among ophthalmologists in the Western Hemisphere. The association strives to provide continuing education for ophthalmologists, programs on the prevention...

At Cividesk, we are always eager to provide more services to our customers. Cividesk is unique in the CiviCRM community because we offer several different online learning opportunities each month such as 30 minute weekly “CiviTips” which focus in-depth on one particular feature and the 2-hour beginner or experienced level courses for those who want to attend a...

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