March brings welcome changes We are very pleased to tell you about the recent improvements that have been made to CommunityCentral.

Today is CommunityCentral 'More-vember' day! If you checked your CommunityCentral desk calendar, you'll see that today is the Tuesday 31st of November. But rest assured, it's also Tuesday 1st of December...it's got both dates there. Oops!

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We're bringing CommunityCentral to a place near you!

In the next few weeks, the team from CommunityCentral will be travelling round showcasing the site. Right now we'vee booked venues and times in the following centres - Wellington, Whanganui, New Plymouth, Waitakere, North Shore, Dunedin & Invercargill. We'll be running two-hour workshops to show you what CommunityCentral offers, how it can benefit your organisation and how you can use it.

If you visit CommunityCentral you'll be in for a surprise-the design has been spruced up. This freshening-up also heralds the arrival of Private Workspaces and Discussion Networks.

Aside from some new pictures and icons, there are a few other changes:

Time flies by ....

There have a been a few developments at CommunityCentral so we're sharing some news below.

As we're running a website platform that members may use to store sensitive documents or make honest comments, security is paramount. If anything gets in the wrong hands it might undermine an organisation's work, as well as your trust in the website.

It has taken a lot of testing to be confident that what we're offering is robust and secure. More than we expected.

We've been live now for five months...

...and we've been delighted at the initial response we've had to CommunityCentral. Since our launch back in November, interest has been fantastic. We've really appreciated this as we move to grow the site more and the features it offers.

To give you some idea, here's a brief shot of the activity so far.

Welcome to our first CommunityCentral Update!