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Using CiviCRM - Second Edition

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Product type Book
Published in Aug 2016
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ISBN-13 9781783281459
Pages 574 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Authors (3):
Erik Hommel Erik Hommel
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Joseph Murray Joseph Murray
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Brian P Shaughnessy Brian P Shaughnessy
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Table of Contents (20) Chapters

Using CiviCRM - Second Edition
Credits
About the Authors
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Achieving Your Mission with CiviCRM 2. Planning Your CRM Implementation 3. Installation, Configuration, and Maintenance 4. CiviCRM Basics – Moving through the System and Working with Contacts 5. Collecting, Organizing, and Importing Data 6. Communicating Better 7. Campaigning with Petitions and Surveys 8. Fundraising for Your Mission 9. Growing Your Membership and Interacting with Members 10. Managing Events 11. Interacting with Constituents – Managing Cases 12. Providing Support – Grant Management 13. Telling Your Story – Building Reports 14. Customization, Community, and Cooperation Index

Referencing campaigns throughout the system


Campaigns provide the glue to connect different records throughout your system. By referencing a campaign in different areas of your site, you associate them with the project and can track your progress toward the campaign goals. In the following different ways, you can connect records to campaigns:

  • Activities: When you create an activity, you have the option of linking it to a campaign. Let's say that your project involves phone outreach efforts to potential members. As your staff places those calls, they can create an activity to record the details of the conversation and associate it with a campaign. Activities can also record an Engagement Index—a metric to rate how engaged a certain activity may be considered. For example, sending an unsolicited e-mail to a prospective donor may be a low engagement level (1)—you are initiating the conversation with no assurance of a response. However, if your constituent calls you to discuss their interest...

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