It Takes a Community: 90,000 members and growing

Elizabeth Perron
Elizabeth Perron
Eighth Anniversary Kudos 5 Name Dropper Participant
in Community News
The Blackbaud Community hit 90,000+ members last week.  As a small but might Community Manager team of three, my heart skipped a beat.  How can we make sure our members feel like they are part of the Community?  Sure, we have our welcome email, our member search that shows the newest members that have joined and our Ninjas who won't let any new member go without getting a friend request, but how do we spread good vibes and encourage our members to engage and become part of the Community?


Then Ray Bergman reminded me...... before we reached 90,000 members we had our fantastic 89,999 members to engage and welcome the new 90,000th member.  I breathed an audible sigh of relief.  Thank goodness for the peer to peer support and encouragement you give each other!




 
c8b3448b712bb8f3ec2046f96ce2928a-huge-grTry the welcome activities below to engage with new members, then comment on this blog to let us know how it went. 


As a small token of our appreciation, 5 members who friend someone or write on a profile wall or post a comment to this blog today through March 13th will be randomly drawn to receive Swag out of the Blackbaud Community Treasure box.

Welcome Activities
  1. Start a timer for 60 seconds.
  2. Go to the Member Search page. Search by:
  3. A product > click on a profile of a new member > click add a friend - Voila - a new member welcomed and your network has grown by 1. 
  4. A certification >  click on a profile of a new member > click add a friend - Voila - a new member welcomed and your network has grown by 2, not to mention they are certified in a product!
  5. ​​​Scroll to the bottom of the search filters> type in your zip code > click on a profile of a new member > click add a friend & write a welcome message on their profile wall - Voila - a new member welcomed and your network has grown by 3, including someone in your area!
Were you able to complete all the activities in 60 seconds?  


I wasn't. 


My 60 second timer went off.  I was closer to five minutes, because I got intrigued by the profile photo and ended up reading their profile information, including the bios.  However, I don't mind the extra time.  We have such inspirational people in this community!

   

We appreciate you all for keeping the Community Active and Healthy for everyone!


In harmony,
Elizabeth
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