It's time to give a big Community round of applause to our friends who have become Financial Edge certified this month! Mario De Labra Christina Kujanpaa Barb Hellman Christina Fan Pam Garrett Luis Perez Jerri Mitchell Maryann Amsinger Julie Randall Megan Westrum Eliana Isufi Shane Stutzman Pam Hicks Lynn Detwiler Lisa DeGori Allyson Thain Linda ... more

Hope you are all beginning to think of spring....let's take a moment to give a virtual pat on the back to our community members who certified in April! Tina Pappas Kay Lynn Cammack Tanisha Bates Leslie Mabray Julie Decker Michelle Miller Patrick Merryman Susan Gurak Valerie Lewis Amanda Kostyk Evelyn Saavedra Gina Cox Lori Kriner Elaine Bartlow ... more

Hello everyone! Sorry for the delay in posting a big shout out to everyone who passed the Financial Edge Certification in March 2020 Dale Crawford Lisa Marcus Jessica Martin Melissa Bowlby Linda Hall Tsinina Miles Amanda Evans Jenny Keltner Kelsea Lewis Jeanne Welch Tiffany Beene Angela Tuttle Dale Palmer Jill Boateng Shelby Hemphill Jann McKenzie ... more

It's my favorite day of the month - the day when I get to say CONGRATULATIONS to those of you who are now Fundamentals certified in Financial Edge! Well done, everyone! Leigh Schaefers Andrea Elliott Jamie Lundien Roma Cruz Brian Bonin Jennifer Chester Ann Ray Tina Viramontez Tara Anson David Sanchez Charley Finsel Jacque Barretto Ryan Heimann Kelly ... more

It's February and that means it's time to celebrate our January certified users! Big round of applause!! Robin Waldinger Ethan Macaulay Rose Cyphert MaryAnn Coyle Icy DuCreay Kendell Burroughs Lisa Mittel Zoe Schwam Christina Goff Annmarie Mahler Chrystal West Becky Mehlhoff Mitchell Magiera Asha Wright Becky Gunn Cheryl Amey Beth Anthony Rena ... more

Almost a year ago, I decided I needed to challenge my 56-year-old body and step up my fitness game. That may seem not noteworthy except it might be important to know that I’m not athletic at all. I’ve worked out fairly unregularly over the past 15–20 years, but I can’t say that I am a habitually active person. I might say that if I didn’t have a stand-desk, I’d ... more

A few years back, SMART goals were all the rage. The idea of not just setting goals but of how to set goals, work toward achieving them, and measuring the progress toward goals was a thing. Maybe it still is, but I don’t seem to hear about SMART goals as much as I used to. However, the idea of staying on track or actually setting a track for your financial health ... more

Happy 2020! Let's take a moment to congratulate our Community peers who became certified in Financial Edge in December!! Sandy Stuhlfire Benjamin Clarin Daryl Docdocil Agata Striz Denise Domin Batzul Ganbold Ivria Kaplowitz Nathanial Whiting Ethan Macaulay Scott Roseman Jennifer Chester Eve White Kat Burns Tricia Bancker Nathan Elliott New ... more

Blackbaud University offers certified learning opportunities that recognize student achievement and help validate product knowledge. We provide these development opportunities to reflect our students’ commitment to excellence.  Great New Year’s news— Blackbaud University 2020 Certification is available now! Fundamentals ... more

Hi Folks!  It's that time again - time to send out a big congratulations to those community members who became Financial Edge Fundamentals Certified in November! Brenda Woodman Mary McConnel Martha Rinehart Robert Zoeller Ramon Chua Steven Godoy John Sentell Iris Frazee Thomas Conlon Sabina Visan Stephanie Duelm Ken Hoffman Kimberly Miller ... more

How did it get to be fall already? Halloween's over, Thanksgiving's right around the corner and it's time to congratulate those Community members who certified in October 2019! Jessica Cabasug Heather Flues-Harrington Brady Stender Konnor Roberson John Liong Selmalinda Robledo Nancy Breed Becky Mehlhoff Tina Burke Terri Morrison Kathy ... more

Fall is in the air. Halloween candy is on the shelves. Christmas trees are ... wait, it's only October! It's actually time to celebrate our September community friends who certified in September!! Thomas Halecky Liz Palmer Amy Powell Tess Arca Bryant Richardson Kristin Holliday Kristy Toupal Christie Morrison Dan Cummings Erik Decker Koontian Neo ... more

How was your summer? Did you get to do anything fun? Maybe you took your Financial Edge Fundamentals Certification test? That was probably fun!  Here's the list of our Community members who certified in August! Tricia Carpenter Amber Weaber Belinda Herring Misty McNair Kim Huffman Christian Eto Diane Ruth Tina O'Guinn Shannon Link Darlene Nichols ... more

Happy Friday Everyone!  It's that time again! Let's give a big shout out to our community member friends who are now Financial Edge Fundamentals Certified! Julie Jurosic Alison Munson Lisa Grooms Sara Deur Jennifer Cody Murphy Joachim LaValley Christine Spaulding Jason Brown Angela Carlson Heather Hoagland Kim Wolcott Dwight Heaney Sheri Neal ... more

Ready to learn the most effective, efficient, and cost-effective processes for producing optimal results for your work efforts? Interested in learning about the latest social good trends? And would you like to provide that training to everyone on your staff—even if they are not Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT users? Then we’ve got good news! Your ... more

It's time to celebrate those community members who certified in May and June! May John Palcher Susan Cornforth Melissa Hensley JP Provencal Marianne Plath Robin Bondar Lindsey Brewer Jackie West Nick Lyndon Christian Tenney Kelly Bivins Clare Masson Danielle McCarthy Jeremy Andrykowski John Burke Ann Taber Angie Martineau Deborah Klotz Karla ... more

I appreciate getting paid promptly and accurately. I’m guessing you do, too. But most of us don’t think much about what goes on behind the scenes to make payday happen. We likely don’t realize how much work payroll and HR administrators have to do to ensure not only employee satisfaction but also regulatory compliance . It’s mind-blowing. But if you’re ... more

Q: What do accountants suffer from that ordinary people don’t? A: Depreciation Now that I have captured your attention with an unsolicited, accounting dad joke, let’s talk about troubleshooting reconciliation in Financial Edge. Last week, I had the pleasure of presenting a webinar titled, Empowering Your Financial Edge Capabilities . During this ... more

  Last week, my friend and colleague, Kenny Browder, led the “Empower Your Financial Edge Capability” webinar where we focused on a variety of key features and functionality to maximize your usage of Financial Edge. During this session we focused on Reporting, Visual Chart Organizer, Budgets, Banks and Credit Cards, and integration from Raiser’s ... more

We've had quite a few community members become Fundamentals certified in the last couple of months, and it's time for a shout out to them!    Deborah Anderson  Mustafa Muhammad Ashraf  Jeff Bartholomay  Kristan Batterson  Renette Bayne Issaka  Jeanette Benavides  Tina Beyers  Amanda Bjornen  Julian Burnett  Michelle Carter  Tina Clark ... more

We get a lot of questions about bank reconciliations. Surely there is a better way than manually reconciling, line by line, your bank statement with your ledger, right? The answer is YES when you use Cash Management in Financial Edge. We, of course, don’t want you to miss out on this product feature and risk wasted time and energy, which is why we’ve put ... more

Our Tax Season blogs continue with processing those 1094s and 1095s! Now, if this is your first time processing these, I would definitely recommend checking out our video on this process here .  NOTE : If you have all of your ACA info in the system already, skip to minute 16:04 in the video. If you processed ACA's last year, you know the beginning of the ACA ... more

Hard to believe we’ve moved past mid-January and W-2s are on the horizon! We have some great, detailed blogs and knowledgebase solutions ‘aplenty on W-2s, but let’s run through a quick refresher…all in under 60 seconds...  Ready? Here we go…    If printing, do you have the right W-2 forms? Or do you need to order forms?   Has Aatrix been installed and/or ... more

Happy New Year! Financial Edge NXT is going to have another spectacular year and we want to invite you to join us on our journey! Registration is now open for all 4 quarterly reviews wherein you can join the products team for a recap on what we've been working on over the past quarter and provide updates on what's up next for Financial Edge NXT product ... more

Getting ready to create 1099s?  Check out these resources to help make this process as smooth and efficient as possible: 1. If you would like a step-by-step guide on how to process 1099s, we have several options: 1099 processing guide How to Create 1099 blog post How do I print and prepare 1099 forms in Aatrix in Financial Edge knowledgebase article 2. ... more