Were you an overconfident child? From a very early age, I insisted on doing things myself. Problem was, I was almost always rubbish at them. At age 4, I would proudly brush my own teeth only to have my mother re-brush them because I usually forgot to use toothpaste. It seems my confidence was inflated even as a child. One thing I always did myself was make ... more

When I bought my first house, I was a single female and had been apartment-living for the better part of 25 years. One of the first pieces of advice I received was, you need to get yourself an electric drill, a good set of screwdrivers, a hammer, a wrench, and pliers . Actually, I believe I was told, tools are a girl’s best friend. I’m unsure if the tools I ... more

So glad to report that in June, we had a record number of people become certified in Financial Edge NXT - both Fundamentals and Professional! Let's take a second and give a big shout out to those Community members who certified! Financial Edge NXT Fundamentals Leanne Rodriguez Cathy Martin Mollie Renteria Nancy Lenner Sarah Heintz Felix Rhue Paul ... more

Ah, to be young again. When I graduated from college many, many years ago, I started a trend in my life that has since gone away. The trend was that every few years (2 to 5) I would move. It worked out so beautifully because every time I moved, I cleaned out the old stuff I’d collected. Mobile de-cluttering, I called it. Change was a good thing. It meant I ... more

Have you ever wondered why you have to add a project to the distribution of an invoice when doing data entry? It’s all about the Fund setup . If you’ve defined your funds to require projects on Income Statement accounts during transaction entry, you need to associate a project ID on every invoice, because the invoice debits an expense account (or a few). Do ... more

I wouldn’t say I’m a minimalist, but I am certainly someone who does not enjoy clutter. However, I do have a large collection of stationery tools—pencils, markers, pens, and many, many notebooks. I own more fountain pen ink than I could use in three lifetimes. I know I should stop, but I don’t think I can stop anytime soon. And who would want to? Especially ... more

I'm so excited for Summer, and also for being able to give some shout-outs to all the Community Members who became Financial Edge NXT certified in May 2020! Fundamentals Certification   Laura Girolamo Ginny Stanley Nancy Rafferty Shane Stutzman Suan Logan Jennifer Herbert Laura Sullivan Luis Perez Sue Whitmer Brenda Henderson Stacey Harvey Lauren ... more

I’ll be honest … I was, without a doubt, a challenging child. There are countless stories in my family of the terror I inflicted on my parents and siblings. Myriad tales involve bubble gum. I apparently had a bad habit of sticking chewing gum all around the house and in the hair of my brother. To this day, he still gets nervous whenever I take out the Juicy ... more

This week’s release of Financial Edge NXT includes the following enhancements: Payment schedules You can now create and manage invoice payment schedules from Payables , giving you full control of the payment frequency and dates. You can create a payment schedule under Payment details when you add an invoice, or from Payments on an existing invoice.  ... more

Happy May, folks! Let's give a big round of applause to those who took the time to certify in April! Financial Edge NXT Fundamentals   Andrea Knowleds Jamie McMahon Jeanette Hartley Ana Prado Irene Rivera Cheryl Hebert Mani Lucas Dwight Johnson Joseph York Michelle Coots Amber Bradley Christie Morrison Chereze Therkildsen Bonnie Lewis Janet ... more

Maybe you’ve spent some time lately tidying up your space. Have you organized your office? Did you put your cookbooks in order by author? Don’t be bashful, keeping it clean in this day and age is just one way we can pass time and expedite our workflow. It’s like using Cash Receipts in Financial Edge NXT. Sure, you could spend your time creating fake client ... more

This week’s release of Financial Edge NXT includes the following enhancements:  New payment search When using invoice filters to locate a specific payment, you can now search by payment number. This search includes the check number, EFT number, or bank draft number. Journal Entry Batch Creator Excel Add-In enhancement When working with the Journal ... more

As I do frequently, I went down the rabbit hole of esoteric web-searching this past weekend. I’m sure you know what that’s like. It’s where an innocent search for types of bread somehow leads to becoming an expert on 14th-century woodworking. For me, the deluge starts with a spark of something from a movie or show I’m watching and then can lead to something ... more

We hope you’ll be joining us for our first  Product Update Briefing Series  which will discuss technology innovation at Blackbaud and is sure to get you excited about the capabilities within Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT®! The Product Update Briefing Series will be complimented by  Product Adoption Sessions with Customer Success . These sessions will encourage you to start using the features discussed during the Product Update Briefing Series and help you use Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT to its fullest potential! more

Y'all have been busy certifying ! Let's take a moment and congratulate all our March 2020 certified community members -  Financial Edge NXT Fundamentals Certified Kerri Nowikowski Jenn Hrebik Brittany Griswold Melissa Hire Erlinda Bodeta Sara Bennett Matt Rohlack Scott Sims Brenda Deaton Sandra Lyden Jenny Keltner Tiffany Beene Sandy Nelson ... more

This week’s release of Financial Edge NXT includes a time-saving enhancement for those of you working with bank drafts.   When recording a bank draft with no payment due date, the amount field now populates automatically with the scheduled payment amount, or invoice balance amount if no scheduled payment exists. This also helps reduce the chance of ... more

I remember, way back in the dark ages, the first “personal computer” software I ever used was Quicken. Quicken 1.0, to be quite honest. I was dating a computer programmer at the time and he bought a TRS-80. He got Quicken 1.0 (or whatever the very first version was called) and we used it to manage our bill paying. Personal computers and any form of ... more

Like most of you, I’ve had a lot of time on my hands over the past month. At first, that time was spent catching up on my favorite television shows, and mindlessly scrolling on my phone—super important stuff. But lately, I’ve been filling my time with something that’s actually productive … I’ve taken up gardening . I have never had a green thumb. I should ... more

This week’s release of Financial Edge NXT includes the following enhancements:  Negative adjustments on 1099s You can now make negative adjustments on 1099s in the web view. From the vendor record, under 1099 Information , use a minus sign ( - ) to indicate a negative amount. All negative amounts are displayed in parenthesis. For more detail, see 1099 ... more

This week’s release of Financial Edge NXT includes an enhancement to the Bank reconciliation report.  You can now run the Bank reconciliation report in the "historical reconciliation" format. The Bank reconciliation report provides details of the bank register reconciliation with the bank statement.  When you choose the reconciliation date for ... more

Spring is right around the corner and it's always a springlike day when I get to congratulate our most recent Certified Community Members! Big round of applause for this group: Financial Edge NXT Fundamentals Certified Jennifer Fath Elizabeth Bagert Frances Owens Beth Anthony Konstantin Shilkov Pam Holden Kathryn Steffan Roma Crus Jamie Lundien ... more

This week’s release of Financial Edge NXT includes the following new enhancements: Reporting enhancement You can now select Save as on the Edit report parameters form of any report. This is helpful when you want to use an existing report to create a new report, without changing the original. Previously, the Save as feature was available from only a few ... more

This week’s release of Financial Edge NXT includes the ability to partially pay invoices when you create payments.  To partially pay an invoice in Payables , simply decrease the full amount of the payment when you record a bank draft or manual check. The status of the invoice changes to “Partially paid.” You can also partially pay invoices in Treasury ... more

I’ve been accused (more than once) of lacking focus in my life. It’s probably true because while I have certain things I love to do, I can quickly be distracted from a task and drawn to another seemingly unrelated task all at a moment’s notice. Focus-shifting is an art form I’ve perfected. It may be a bad character trait in some scenarios but being able to ... more

Happy New Year! Happy February! Have you been thinking about Financial Edge NXT Certification this year? Now's the time to stop and celebrate your fellow community members who became Fundamentals and Professionally certified in Financial Edge NXT in January! Financial Edge NXT Fundamentals Certification Heather Hughes Diana Navarro Sister ... more