# CiviCRM: The Community Advantage

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## Slide 1: CiviCRM: The Community Advantage

Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/civicrm-the-community-advantage-8962454#section-1 · Original slide image: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/readers/civicrm-the-community-advantage-8962454/pages/page-01.png

![Logo of CiviCon London 2011: the word “CiviCon” with a triangular mark in place of the “V”, and “London 2011” beneath.](https://slides.dominiklukes.net/readers/civicrm-the-community-advantage-8962454/media/img-2f495ace80738178.png)

Dominik Lukeš

Dyslexia Action

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## Slide 2: Participate

Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/civicrm-the-community-advantage-8962454#section-2 · Original slide image: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/readers/civicrm-the-community-advantage-8962454/pages/page-02.png

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## Slide 3: Outline

Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/civicrm-the-community-advantage-8962454#section-3 · Original slide image: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/readers/civicrm-the-community-advantage-8962454/pages/page-03.png

- The Community Advantage
- Community and learning
- Community and support
- Community and development
- Community and value for money
- The Community Challenge

![Black-and-white photograph of a fire hydrant and a metal utility box standing against a plain wall, with a hand-drawn outline on the wall behind them.](https://slides.dominiklukes.net/readers/civicrm-the-community-advantage-8962454/media/img-784d934a5c806fff.jpeg)

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## Slide 4: Who are we?

Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/civicrm-the-community-advantage-8962454#section-4 · Original slide image: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/readers/civicrm-the-community-advantage-8962454/pages/page-04.png

- Developers
- CiviCRM Service Providers
- End-users
- Civi Support Workers
- Civi procurement

![A red spray-painted question mark with blue and pink dots on tarmac, beside a traffic island with a keep-left bollard.](https://slides.dominiklukes.net/readers/civicrm-the-community-advantage-8962454/media/img-0be65098c663b4e1.jpeg)

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## Slide 5: Our Civi

Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/civicrm-the-community-advantage-8962454#section-5 · Original slide image: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/readers/civicrm-the-community-advantage-8962454/pages/page-05.png

- 1 year old
- 6589 Contacts
- 17 course admins
- 150 Courses / Events
- 50 Admissions Profiles
- 2000 Memberships

![Screenshot of an online application form for the Postgraduate Certificate in Dyslexia and Literacy, October 2011, with account-creation fields (username, password) and initial application information (title, name).](https://slides.dominiklukes.net/readers/civicrm-the-community-advantage-8962454/media/img-f15fb539b5d748d9.png)

## Slide 6: Our Civi Journey

Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/civicrm-the-community-advantage-8962454#section-6 · Original slide image: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/readers/civicrm-the-community-advantage-8962454/pages/page-06.png

- Demo / Install
- Meet up
- Choosing a provider active in the community
- Webinar
- CiviCon

![Logo of circle interactive.](https://slides.dominiklukes.net/readers/civicrm-the-community-advantage-8962454/media/img-cc7deb6b4a213f36.png)

![Screenshot of a video titled “Introduction to CiviCRM webinar”, showing a title frame with the CiviCRM logo and the words “Introduction to CiviCRM” on a crimson background.](https://slides.dominiklukes.net/readers/civicrm-the-community-advantage-8962454/media/img-d09d0fc82def270e.png)

## Slide 7: Community and learning

Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/civicrm-the-community-advantage-8962454#section-7 · Original slide image: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/readers/civicrm-the-community-advantage-8962454/pages/page-07.png

Everything you know, you know because somebody you trust told you

![Photograph of a group of young people sitting in a circle on the ground outdoors, looking down at something in the middle.](https://slides.dominiklukes.net/readers/civicrm-the-community-advantage-8962454/media/img-1ff671d091bf656c.jpeg)

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## Slide 8: Community and support

Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/civicrm-the-community-advantage-8962454#section-8 · Original slide image: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/readers/civicrm-the-community-advantage-8962454/pages/page-08.png

You want to make sure the people helping you know who to ask

![Photograph of a man and a woman sitting at a table and looking at a laptop, with a box of tissues beside them.](https://slides.dominiklukes.net/readers/civicrm-the-community-advantage-8962454/media/img-267294104518138c.jpeg)

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## Slide 9: Community and development

Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/civicrm-the-community-advantage-8962454#section-9 · Original slide image: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/readers/civicrm-the-community-advantage-8962454/pages/page-09.png

Why not leverage other people’s investments in customization

![Screenshot of a CiviCRM fundraising campaign, “Accounting integration improvements and Quickbooks integration”, showing a progress bar: raised \$11,460.00 of \$14,500.00 (79%), 11 donors, and a “Make-it-happen” button.](https://slides.dominiklukes.net/readers/civicrm-the-community-advantage-8962454/media/img-122549bd5b4c35b6.png)

## Slide 10: The Community Challenge

Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/civicrm-the-community-advantage-8962454#section-10 · Original slide image: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/readers/civicrm-the-community-advantage-8962454/pages/page-10.png

How can community be perceived as a benefit?

![The Drupal logo with the slogan “Come for the software, stay for the community”.](https://slides.dominiklukes.net/readers/civicrm-the-community-advantage-8962454/media/img-7983701edaafc110.png)

## Slide 11: The players

Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/civicrm-the-community-advantage-8962454#section-11 · Original slide image: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/readers/civicrm-the-community-advantage-8962454/pages/page-11.png

- Research
- Support
- End users
- Mid-level management
- CEO - level

![Aerial photograph of five people standing on sand around a ball.](https://slides.dominiklukes.net/readers/civicrm-the-community-advantage-8962454/media/img-420b918e07fe259c.jpeg)

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## Slide 12: Slide 12

Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/civicrm-the-community-advantage-8962454#section-12 · Original slide image: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/readers/civicrm-the-community-advantage-8962454/pages/page-12.png

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![Navigation bar of the CiviCRM website with the items Download, About, Help, Participate, Blog, Contribute and Professional Services; “Participate” is outlined in red.](https://slides.dominiklukes.net/readers/civicrm-the-community-advantage-8962454/media/img-44b6a0ff10c630aa.png)

![Screenshot of the “Participate” page of the CiviCRM website, “Participate in the CiviCRM community”, with a list of ways to take part: community support and discussion forums, online documentation, registering a site, sharing a story, the roadmap, the issue tracker, Make it Happen campaigns, translations and the IRC channel.](https://slides.dominiklukes.net/readers/civicrm-the-community-advantage-8962454/media/img-e3ed35d2f3261b73.png)

## Slide 13: Slide 13

Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/civicrm-the-community-advantage-8962454#section-13 · Original slide image: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/readers/civicrm-the-community-advantage-8962454/pages/page-13.png

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## Slide 14: Thank you

Cite: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/civicrm-the-community-advantage-8962454#section-14 · Original slide image: https://slides.dominiklukes.net/readers/civicrm-the-community-advantage-8962454/pages/page-14.png

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