How To Earn Points In Community

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Did you know every time you take actions in the Blackbaud Community, you are earning points? As the points rack up you get badges for your actions and your community rank.

Point values may change at the Community Manager's discretion, depending on the needs of Community. All point changes will be announced to the Community.

Here is a list of the actions in the Blackbaud Community and their current points values:

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Got questions? Post them here.

Read on to learn more about what the badges mean.

Blog Community News 06/08/2017 2:19pm EDT

Added by Holly Herbert

88 Comments

Joan Perry Jun '17

We have a not so pleasant name for a friend who is all about her hotel points...but at least going after these points makes me feel like I'm adding to my professional network...right?!?!?

Holly Herbert Jun '17

That's the idea, Joan! Unlike hotel points, you don't redeem community points for anything. It's all about establishing yourselves as experts in the space!

Jun '17

Thanks, Holly! I'm new to the Blackbaud community and to fundraising. This post was helpful as I try to figure out how to learn and grow in this new world. Being a part of the Blackbaud community will certainly help!

Eileen Disken Jun '17

Thank you for this Holly. It is most helpful and import to keep us all continuing to connect and professionally network within the community.

Jennifer Judkins Jun '17

Thanks, Holly! Do you have a page or post that talks about guidelines for writing and submitting a blog post?

Holly Herbert Jun '17

Not yet, Jennifer! But that's an awesome idea! Look for a post about blogging in the next couple of weeks.

Carley Haynes Jul '17

Eeek! Good luck everyone! :)

Jeff Seidl Jul '17

Thanks Holly, good to know and not have it be a guessing game!

Karen Tuecke Jul '17

Holly, thank you for your helpful hints. They truly are helpful!!

roger berg Aug '17

Is it just me or does it seem odd that you get more points for replying to someone else's post than you do for starting a new discussion? Just wondering.

Holly Herbert Aug '17

Hi Roger, that's a great question. The reason we valued responses higher than questions is that it takes more effort to help someone else through a response than it does to start a new discussion of your own. This way we incentivize community members helping community members as much as possible. :)

Annette Miller Sep '17

How can I get my badge for attending BBCon 2016? Thanks!

Holly Herbert Oct '17

Annette, we have turned off the 2016 bbcon attendee badge option at this point (so we don't confuse it with our 2017 badges). If you will be at bbcon this year, you can claim the 2017 badge here: https://community.blackbaud.com/bbcon/attendees

Nancy Sprowls Oct '17

This is great to know! Thanks for this post, Holly!

Zar Castillo Nov '17

Do submissions to Idea banks count? If not, I think those should count for something :o)

Holly Herbert Nov '17

Zar, we'd love to be able to count idea bank submissions in our gamification, but our idea banks operate on a tool outside of the Community platform, so we can't gamify them.

Chris Fedor Feb '18

I know I am BB certified, how do I connect that badge to my profile. I did it in 2016 and haven't re-done it, so does that make a difference?

Lori Bockstanz Apr '18

Thanks for the tips!

Judy Ramos Apr '18

Helpful tips and I'm learning more about the resources here.

Jessica Thrift Apr '18

Upload a photo means like, to a community discussion, right? Not like my profile photo? Or maybe it does mean my profile photo, not helpful batch screenshots. hmm.