September 2, 2010
Hi all,
My name is Michael Brooks and I’m working with Henry Poole on a strategy paper. We are creating a report synthesizing some of the most interesting work in the world of strategy and social change. We have read Clay Shirky, Markos Zuniga and Saul Alinsky for a theoretical grounding. Now we’re looking for examples of creative, audacious, smart, and successful approaches to:
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CivicActions has been working with Google's “Make the Web Faster” project team to make some (last minute) improvements that make Drupal 7 faster.
August 20, 2010
I'm really excited to announce that I will be running two CiviCRM user trainings in September and October. Back in March and April I was involved in two similar trainings, one with Dave Greenberg from CiviCRM at the NTC, and the other during the workshop day before DrupalCon in San Francisco. The feedback from both trainings was really positive.
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August 16, 2010
We often hear the question, "What email service provider do you recommend?" from clients, prospective clients, or even just friends. For those using CiviCRM we recommend using the built in CiviMail in conjunction with an SMTP service like CiviSMTP to handle deliverability issues. But for those not using CiviCRM the answer is always a tricky one to arrive upon because there are so many different variables to consider: volume, pricing, east of use, reporting, and on and on.
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If the THREE THOUSAND Drupal geeks at DrupalCon San Francisco in April, including the friggin' WHITE HOUSE wasn't enough to convince you that Drupal has hit "The Enterprise," this bit of news oughta' put a nail in it:
August 13, 2010
We have a client that wanted to be able to process donations when the Credit Card's CVV numbers were not available. I had thought this field was mandatory, and indeed, CiviCRM's AuthorizeNet payment processor package requires it. But after talking with AuthorizeNet (the company) we discovered that the field is optional.
July 27, 2010
July 19, 2010
Nobody likes to be in an unproductive meeting. Yet many phone conferences and business meetings drag on way too long, go off-topic or simply have unfocused leadership.
Here are three simple ways you can apply right away to make all your meetings more effective:
July 14, 2010
I love learning and sharing tips that make my day more productive. Often times, I find it's the simplest ones I find the most useful.
If you're like me, you spend a significant portion of your day interacting on the Gmail web interface. However, one of my biggest pet peeves in Gmail is losing access to the rest of my mail, since it takes up the entire window, when composing a new message.
Alas, I discovered the key! By simply by holding down the SHIFT key when...
July 5, 2010
A question recently came up on our internal team list.
June 25, 2010
With all the new people joining the CivicActions team in the past few weeks, it's easy for us all to forget an important part of the on-boarding process of new civic-minded nodeists.
Profile pictures.
An appropriate profile picture is essential to one's ensconcement into the CivicActions fold. Before you go digging through iPhoto for that winning head-shot, let me present a brief analysis of what makes a properly awesome CivicActions profile photo.
June 15, 2010
No, Code for America isn't looking for a couple thousand gentlemen. They're looking for geeks (of any gender) to award yearlong Fellowships (living wage, health insurance, travel expenses) starting in 2011 to build Government 2.0 apps for a number of local governments.