Altru Education News: February 2016

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Hi Everyone! It's February and my education update is a little late. The beginning of 2016 has been a whirlwind around here. I know that many of you can empathize. You know what it's like to be wrapping up the past year and trying to plan for the new one all at the same time. And it's going to be a year of changes and improvements for Altru Education.

As the year goes by, I'll be letting you know about new instructor-led classes, changes and updates to those classes that we already have, new ways of accessing resources, and more. One of the first changes is that our Masters Workshops are getting a new name (Altru Support Seminars) and won't be available via Training Central this year. These sessions have always been created and delivered by members of our Altru Support team and our Altru Implementation Consultants - which makes them special, but different than what Blackbaud offers in our formal training curricula. More news on the Support Seminars is coming, so make sure you keep an eye on the Community and Blog for that. In the meantime, here's what we're offering in February (you can see this on the Altru Community Events calendar too!) To register, click on the name of the session.
 
February 10th 4-5pm ET - Tips and Techniques for Camps and Classes
Class is in session! Curious about how you can set up and manage classes and camps in Altru? Well, this workshop is for you! Learn the techniques to set up multi-day events, collect information and provide options for people as they sign up. This instructor-led session is one-hour in length.

February 17th 4-5pm ET - Using Group Sales for Facility Rental
Facility Rentals have a growing presence in Arts & Cultural operations. It is difficult to find an institution that is not providing some resources to the local community by offering its premises and services for rental. While Altru does share the Facility Rental processes with Group Sales, these are distinct operations and this one-hour instructor-led session will review these differences and how the Facility Rental team at your organization can take full advantage of Altru to efficiently manage operations. We will identify key configuration elements and how the group sales process can be aligned to the unique needs of facility rentals.

February 24th 4-5pm ET - BYOQ (Bring Your Own Query)
Stumped while trying to create a specific query? Looking for some expert advice? This is the Support Seminar for you. In this one-hour instructor-led session, we’ll discuss how to dissect a query request down into its important components, including identifying information missing from the request. We’ll also tackle some of your query stumpers. All students enrolled one week ahead of the class date will receive an email with instructions on how to submit their specific query need to the session instructor. We’ll work through as many of your queries as we can in the time allotted, giving tips along the way. Query requests must be received at least three (3) days prior to class for possible inclusion. This is an advanced class, students should have completed Altru: Query 1 and Altru: Query 2 prior to attending.

As I mentioned to you in January, you may have also noticed that our class names have changed. We made this change to help you more easily search for and find the classes that you need, to be more consistent with the naming convention that other Blackbaud products use for classes, and in some cases to better represent what the class covers. Checkout the sessions available in February below.

Altru: Appeals & Mailings (Appeals & Mailings 101) – February 5, 17
Altru: Batch (Batch 101) – February 25
Altru: Constituent Records (Introduction to Altru) – February 4, 16
Altru: Daily Financial Reconciliation (Daily Financial Reconciliation) February 3, 16
Altru: Daily and Advance Sales (General Sales 101) – February 9, 25
Altru: Fundraising Configuration - February 8, 23
Altru: Group Sales Reservations (Managing Group Sales Reservations)February 2, 22
Altru: Membership Communications (Membership Communications) February 1, 19
Altru: Membership Program Configuration (Membership Setup 101) – February 10, 23
Altru: Query 1 (Query101) – February 1, 18
Altru: Query 2 (Query 201) – February 8, 22
Altru: Revenue Data Entry (Revenue 101) – February 4, 17
Altru: Ticketing Configuration (Ticketing Setup 101) – February 12, 17
Altru: Web Forms (Web Forms 101) – February 9, 26
News ARCHIVED | Blackbaud Altru® Tips and Tricks 02/03/2016 11:00am EST

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