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Identify who you’d like to invite to your event. Depending on the complexity of groups and sub-groups of members or contacts you’d like to invite, there are two tools that can help you get your invites out.
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The event invitation tool inside the events module lets you pick from a variety of various pre-built groups of members and contacts. This is the right option if you want to invite all active members, several member types, or members of a certain list/committee.
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