Altru Community Relocation Delayed

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*Update: Due to migration issues, the community migration has been delayed until early December. We will keep you posted as we have new dates.

 

Several months ago I mentioned that Blackbaud has begun launching new communities. RE, REnxt, eTapestry, Target Analytics, and several others are now up and running. In order to provide a cohesive experience for all our customers, the Altru community will be migrating over to the new platform as well.

I’m pretty excited about the new space. We will move over topic archives, and the community will have all your resources – links to the new features page, training, Knowledgebase, etc. Additionally, the new platform has some great features that will be available to you. Here are a few:

  • You’ll have the ability to search for community members by their product (Altru), vertical (Arts & Cultural), role (Membership), organization name and zip code. You can friend these members, send them private messages, and form groups.
  • You’ll have the ability to post events. If you’d like to plan a user group meet up, or connect with members at a conference, you’ll have a place to post details, invite members, and RSVP.
  • You’ll also have the ability to upload documents. No more screenshots of helpful documents. If you’ve created a doc you’d like to share with the group, you’ll be able to do that.

When will this happen?

We will have to shut down our current community for a few days, starting Wednesday, Nov 18th. This will allow us to move topics to the new space. You will still be able to view and search this community, but you will not have the ability to post new topics, as they wouldn't be moved over. The new community will be available to you on Tuesday, Nov 24th. The old url will be rerouted, so you don’t need to update your bookmarks, etc.

More details about the move - including which topics, ideas, and profile information will move - is available in this community post.

I’ll be doing a walkthrough of the new space, after we’re set up there. You can register here. Come check out the new features and I’ll answer any questions you have.

In the meantime, please go ahead and join the new community!

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