CiviCRM Access Control (ACLs) Demystified
I have always found CiviCRMs ACLs (Access Control Lists) system to be a bit of a mystery and a setting them up right to be a black art.
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February 2011
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Accidental Nonprofit Product Owner/Manager SCRUM Webinar (Video & Slides)
A few weeks ago, Sadie Honey and Elizabeth Raley — Certified SCRUM Masters, or Mistrixes? — presented an NTEN webinar on the topic of SCRUM and Project Management for Accidental Product Owners or Project Managers . The video of the webinar is available from NTEN via ReadyTalk , and the slide deck is available on SlideShare . View more presentations from sadiehoney .
Foundations Choosing Open Source: The Annenberg Foundation Selects Drupal
On the heals of our recently released survey that looked at foundations and their websites , I spoke with one of our clients, John Theodore, a Technology Officer at the Annenberg Foundation , about their choice to go with Drupal for their website redesign. The Annenberg Foundation, founded in 1989, provides funding and support to nonprofit organizations in the United States and globally. They have a number of web properties that serve different aims and programs. The Foundation decided to begin migrating their web properties from a variety of mostly proprietary or home-grown systems to Drupal in 2010. The work is ongoing and CivicActions is working with the Foundation on the project. Why Open Source? John admitted to something of a bias against proprietary systems based on the Foundation’s experiences as well as his own personal history as a developer and vendor. Proprietary systems often don’t communicate well with each other and thus become their own silos. Vendor and support options are also more limited for proprietary systems.
New Study On Congressional Staffers’ Attitudes Towards Citizen Advocacy
An interesting study came out last week reporting on congressional staffers’ attitudes towards Citizen Advocacy. For the report by The Partnership For A More Perfect Union , the organization surveyed 260 congressional staff on their opinions towards communication with constituents via both electronic and traditional mediums.