Holly's Helpful Hints: Networking In The Community Is Easier Than Ever! 4585

Holly's Helpful Hints: Networking In The Community Is Easier Than Ever!

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Good news! Networking in the Blackbaud Community has gotten easier!

Over the past week, we have introduced a series of changes in the Blackbaud Community. The goal of these changes was to make onboarding into and networking within the Community easier. Here are the three biggest changes we made:
 
Picking Your Products/Completing Your Profile/Adding a Profile Picture
The first change we introduced was to help keep your Community profile up-to-date. We have consolidated the profile edit page, pick your products page, and upload a profile picture page into one streamlined page. This page is now your one-stop-shop for keeping your information in the Community current.

You can find this new page on your MyCommunity Dashboard or by clicking here.
 
Take a moment now to visit the new edit profile page and update (or complete) your community profile.
 
You can find tips on building a rockstar profile here, here, and here.
 
Member Search
The second change we was to refresh and update our member search capabilities.

I am pleased to share that you can now filter a member search by what Blackbaud certifications a member has or what "role" they may have with Blackbaud (Champion, Partner, Employee). We've also refreshed the product interest filters so it's easier to find other Community members who use the same product(s) as you.

Check out our new member search filters and try to make five (5) new friends in the community!
 
For tips on building your network in the Blackbaud Community, check out this helpful hint.
 
Profile Pages
The third change I'd like to share is on your your profile pages. You have been asking us for an easy way to see Community members’ product interests, certifications, and roles on their profile page and we’ve finally found a good way to do just that! With our most recent updates, you can now see a community member's product interests, certifications, and role(s) listed listed neatly on the left side of a member’s profile page, below their community activity badges.
 
But there’s more!
 
If you click on any of the products, certifications, or roles listed on the profile, the link will take you to a page with all the other members of the community with that same product, certification, or role – it’s member search baked right into your member profile!
 
Check out your profile page and start building out your network by clicking on your products, certifications, and roles to find other community members like you!

How do you like these new changes? Have you found interesting ways to use them? Share your feedback in the comments below.

Oh, and as a reminder, many of the actions I've talked about in this blog post will help you advance in our current Community contest: Badge Quest! Learn how you can win $100 by going on the Badge Quest here.
News Community News 04/09/2018 1:00pm EDT

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This Badge Quest project has really helped me get involved in the community, much more than I would have otherwise. I hope you continue to offer challenges to keep us coming back, learning more, and staying connected.
It seems I can see my product interests, certification and roles on my profile page, and they are clickable, but I don't see anyone else's on their profile pages. What's up with that?
Too neat! Thanks!
So easy to use!!
Love the updated member search. I used it to connect with other membership magaers in my area. Hope to share ideas and maybe collaborate with them sometime soon!
Very helpful!
Thanks
Love it, thanks:)
This is helpful, I too have found the community side of things a little confusing
 
cool!
Thanks!  Sounds like some great improvements, I will be sure to check these out soon! :)
Great hints to help me get back in the game!  Thanks Holly!
Thanks for sharing this great advice, Holly! I am trying to learn more about how to become active in the Blackbaud community and this is a great place to start!
Awesome work!!  I'm hoping some of this can get applied to the connections we already have (or maybe you can do that already and I missed it) - what I mean is if a person is already connected to you and you want to find what industry they are in or what product they use can you do searches like that from the My Connections page?
SUPER excited about changes to Profile Pages and look forward to checking that out.  :)
Thanks for the tips! I like being able to search by "role" to find new friends.
Love the changes to Member Search!  It's much easier to navigate.  Thank you :)
Thnaks for the tips
Hey Josh! We were just talking about that the other day! We're investigating that functionality and ensuring it works right for everyone here. Maybe you can help us test it once we get to that stage :)
Thanks Holly!  How about being able to tag someone in a post?  :P  

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