It Takes a Community: 90,000 members and growing
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!
Try 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
- Start a timer for 60 seconds.
- Go to the Member Search page. Search by:
- 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.
- 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!
- 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!
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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This is amazing, still a great activity over a year later.
Scheduled medication administration - I have over 60 scheduled medications a day to administer. What type of worksheet is available so that I can pull up a student and voila - there is the med(s) taken and I can check A (admin) H (hold) R(refused) (L) Leave (O) Meds out?
Is there a way to make a list of all scheduled medications and students and chart on the administration? I am struggling with this. I can chart notes, injuries, PRN meds, but not scheduled medications.
Please help me.
Thank you
Paula
Hi Paula,
This would likely be a question that would be a good idea to ask within the product community you are using. I am assuming K-12? If that's the case, the best place to ask it would be here:
In harmony,
Elizabeth
If you aren't quite sure why having more connections is helpful, check out the pros and cons on this thread: https://community.blackbaud.com/forums/viewtopic/187/50474 Elizabeth Johnson is a Blackbaud Community Superstar Green Ninja who gives a great explanation!!
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Thank you for your patience, in advance.
Elizabeth
The random winners for a grab in the Blackbaud Community Treasure Chest are:
David Crandall https://community.blackbaud.com/profile/101834
Austen Brown https://community.blackbaud.com/profile/40765
Beth Romano https://community.blackbaud.com/profile/20706
Regina Holten https://community.blackbaud.com/profile/9734
Please congratulate yourselves and these random winners!!