The Buzz: February 2025 Edition!

Happy February, Community!

We are starting 2025 off with a lot of excitement around the newly expanded All-Star program. We announced this year’s cohort and our returning cohort and you have made them feel so special with your positive comments. Thank you!

Here are some impressive 2024 All-Star stats:

• 160 discussions started

• Responded over 4,000 times to questions

We look forward to seeing what our All-Stars bring this year!

bbcon Call for Speakers:

Thinking about applying to speak at bbcon this year but could use a little extra encouragement? Next week (February 11-13th) All-Stars Sunshine Reinken Watson and Carlene Johnson All-Stars Sunshine Reinken Watson and Carlene Johnson will answer your questions around being a bbcon speaker and submitting session ideas in the bbcon community. You can also read Sunshine’s new blog *link Friday* about her years of speaking experience and how it helped her professional development.

February Monthly Challenge

Continuing with the bbcon theme this month in Community, share your bbcon session ideas in the bbcon community to earn this month’s unique badge. Use it as an opportunity to get feedback on a session you are thinking of submitting through the call for speakers or to provide inspiration to others!

Customer Survey on Federal Funding Uncertainty

We recognize that current events in the U.S. are creating uncertainty around federal funding that directly impacts some of our customers. We want to hear from you on how we can best support you during this time. Please consider completing our customer survey here.

You may also be interested in these existing resources designed to help organizations prepare and respond as they navigate uncertainty:

• Upcoming webinar (Feb 13): Preparing for Imminent Federal Funding Challenges: Immediate First Steps for Nonprofit CFOs

• Blog posts:

• Communicating with Donors in An Uncertain Funding Environment

• What Nonprofits Can Do to Navigate Shifts in Federal Funding

• Read more ENGAGE blog posts here

Coming Soon: The Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT® PowerUp Challenge!

Explore popular features, complete activities in web view, and earn badges each month in Community during the Raiser’s Edge NXT PowerUp Challenge! We’re kicking things off next week with our web view Query challenge, so stay tuned for more information by subscribing to the Raiser’s Edge NXT community blog.

Featured Content:

• Join the Conversation: Call for bbdevdays 2025 Speakers is open

• Add Your Voice: The Status of Fundraising

• Celebrating Black History Month: Honoring African Americans and Labor

Product Highlights & Resources ICYMI:

• What's New In Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT®

• Ask an Expert: Your Questions Answered on Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT® Gift Management

• The Financial Post (Financial Edge NXT)

• SKY API: Updates to Recurring Gift Endpoints for Blackbaud CRM™ and Blackbaud Altru®

• Changes to Treasury API in SKY Developer

February Events:

• The Power of Conditional Logic: Your Secret Weapon for Productivity - Blackbaud Community (February 11th & 12th – Blackbaud Grantmaking™)

• Microsoft Power BI User Group (February 12th)

• Product Tour: Introduction to Blackbaud Grantmaking™ (February 13th)

• Webinar: Explore the Power of Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT Query in Web View (February 13th)

• Microsoft Power Automate User Group (February 18th)

• Charlotte, NC Raiser’s Edge NXT User Group Q1 (Rescheduled Date) (February 19th)

Community Kudos:

A very special Community Kudos shout-out to All-Star Alex Wong, for being the top contributor for new forum replies (159) in January! Alex will also be a guest speaker at an upcoming webinar for Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT in March around his organization’s successful transition to web view! Keep an eye on the events calendar for more information.

Dan Snyder is also in the kudos corner for being the top “likes” distributor in January – spreading that positivity around!

We also want to thank the 31 members who shared what they are most looking forward to in 2025 with us in Just for Fun.

Community Tip of the Month:

You can always feel inspired by our list of badge earners every month and stay informed of monthly challenges easily in the community. We have badge earners showcased on our Featured Members page and we post every challenge on the monthly challenges page.

Birthdays:

We want to wish all of Aquariuses and Pisces a very happy birthday! If you are celebrating a birthday in February, please let us know in the comments below!