Andy Burns

New add-on plugin: Event Organiser Extras for enhanced event management

Event Organiser has always been a strong WordPress event plugin with a solid data model. It’s my go-to for WordPress CiviCRM event management. Why? It gives you a real event post type, venues, recurring events, mapping, and a litany of functions to retrieve data to display in templates. It also works well with WordPress theme […]

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Time > money

People say time is money. I disagree. You can make more money. You can lose money, recover, and earn it back. Time does not work that way. Once it’s gone, it’s gone. It’s that slow paced dinner with friends, the quiet morning, the focused work you actually enjoy. Here’s the deal: That’s why improving how

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Producer or consumer?

Most people say they need more time. I’ll suggest they might just need more focus. Before you put up some defenses about how busy you are, please hang with me. Your inbox. Endless social media feeds from “friends” who may never call, listen, or show up. Notifications for every. little. thing. I’ve managed to quiet

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Using CiviCRM to organize event presenter proposals into a workflow

Event planning can get messy when the next step lives outside your CRM and between someone’s memory and a spreadsheet. A presenter submits a proposal. Staff review it. Then someone has to send the right follow-up, track the decision, collect more details, and remember what still needs action. That is how nonprofit operations staff end

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20 min rule

Something is behaving oddly or you want to try a small config change. Before you throw it over to an expert, you gotta give it a try. And I’m asking for you to give me 20 minutes. You might fix it during this time, but you will surely learn something and collect facts in case

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