Blackbaud University is celebrating the   professionals   who became   Blackbaud Certified in Organizational Best Practices  in August! Be sure to review our listing, and celebrate your colleagues by viewing their profiles, becoming Blackbaud  Community  friends, or just congratulating them on their awesome achievements. To all our Certified ... more

Blackbaud University is celebrating the   professionals   who became   Blackbaud Certified in Organizational Best Practices  in July! Be sure to review our listing, and celebrate your colleagues by viewing their profiles, becoming Blackbaud  Community  friends, or just congratulating them on their awesome achievements. To all our Certified ... more

Blackbaud University is celebrating the   professionals   who became   Blackbaud Certified in Organizational Best Practices  in June! Be sure to review our listing, and celebrate your colleagues by viewing their profiles, becoming Blackbaud  Community  friends, or just congratulating them on their awesome achievements. To all our Certified ... more

Blackbaud University is celebrating the   professionals   who became   Blackbaud Certified in Organizational Best Practices  in May! Be sure to review our listing, and celebrate your colleagues by viewing their profiles, becoming Blackbaud  Community  friends, or just congratulating them on their awesome achievements. To all our Certified ... more

Blackbaud University is celebrating the   professionals   who became   Blackbaud Certified in Organizational Best Practices  in April! Be sure to review our listing, and celebrate your colleagues by viewing their profiles, becoming Blackbaud  Community  friends, or just congratulating them on their awesome achievements. To all our Certified ... more

What do you think of when you think about events? Do you imagine rooms full of happy people enjoying a dinner or attentively listening to a speaker? What do you imagine when you think about virtual events? Do you imagine someone sitting behind a computer screen trying to pay attention and not nod off during a video? Or do you imagine people running by ... more

Blackbaud University is celebrating the   professionals   who became   Blackbaud Certified in Organizational Best Practices  in March! Be sure to review our listing, and celebrate your colleagues by viewing their profiles, becoming Blackbaud  Community  friends, or just congratulating them on their awesome achievements. To all our Certified ... more

Have you ever heard the saying help me help you ? Have you thought about what it really means? You can’t help a child tie t heir shoes or a bake a cake without a little help and willingness from the child. What’s in it for you ? Well, you can go outside if they tie their shoes, and eat cake if they finish making it. Help me help you is a powerful part of the ... more

Blackbaud University is celebrating the   professionals   who became   Blackbaud Certified in Organizational Best Practices  in February! Be sure to review our listing, and celebrate your colleagues by viewing their profiles, becoming Blackbaud  Community  friends, or just congratulating them on their awesome achievements. To all our  ... more

Blackbaud Institute’s 2019 Charitable Giving Report is now available! If you’re unfamiliar, this annual report is one of the most highly sought-after resources in the philanthropic sector. Looking at 2019 trends in philanthropy, it offers guidance on how social good professionals can benchmark their organizations and shares best practices to ... more

Blackbaud University is celebrating the   professionals who became   Blackbaud Certified in Organizational Best Practices in January! Be sure to review our listing, and celebrate your colleagues by viewing their profiles, becoming Blackbaud  Community  friends, or just congratulating them on their awesome achievements. To all our  January ... more

Can you believe it’s already February? With Valentine’s Day around the corner, love is in the air— especially our love of learning! Here are a few Organizational Best Practices workshops Blackbaud University is offering this month to help you make meaningful changes at your organization:  Finance - Organizational Collaboration : Create and ... more

Blackbaud University is celebrating the   professionals who became   Blackbaud Certified in Organizational Best Practices in December! Be sure to review our listing, and celebrate your colleagues by viewing their profiles, becoming Blackbaud  Community  friends, or just congratulating them on their awesome achievements. To all our  December ... more

In my family, the holidays are a time to check out local museums, visit galleries, and take in theater productions. Since we call New York City home, our options can seem overwhelming. How do we decide where to go? It depends on what programs are available and whether we have a membership. Programs pique people’s interest, get them through the door, ... more

Blackbaud University offers certified learning opportunities that recognize student achievement and help validate product knowledge and industry expertise. We provide these development opportunities to reflect our students’ commitment to excellence.  Great New Year’s news— Blackbaud University 2020 Certification is available now for ... more

Say you want to build a dream house. A beautiful, solid, and sturdy house. What’s the first thing you need? Some of you might answer money , and some of you might answer a foundation . Both answers are right! Now let’s say you want to build a dream nonprofit . A philanthropic, efficient, and successful organization. You need the same things—money and a ... more

Blackbaud University is celebrating the   professionals who became   Blackbaud Certified in Organizational Best Practices in November! Be sure to review our listing, and celebrate your colleagues by viewing their profiles, becoming Blackbaud  Community  friends, or just congratulating them on their awesome achievements. To all our  November ... more

Blackbaud University is celebrating the   professionals who became   Blackbaud Certified in Organizational Best Practices in October! Be sure to review our listing, and celebrate your colleagues by viewing their profiles, becoming Blackbaud  Community  friends, or just congratulating them on their awesome achievements. To all our  October ... more

I’m into puns (you’ve been warned). Luckily, our newest course, Organizational Best Practices: Basics of Peer-to-Peer , lends itself to the art of punning. Peer in the noun form means friend or acquaintance. Peer as a verb means to look closely or earnestly. And pier as a nautical structure means a solid support used as a landing stage for boats. It’s ... more

As an Instructor at Blackbaud University, anytime I teach a course, I remind my students to become certified in the product and/or topic that we discussed. Now, one could claim I’m biased, but hear me out—I truly believe in these certifications and the value they hold. Whenever I am asked “Why should I become certified?” here are the five reasons I give:   ... more

Blackbaud University is celebrating the   professionals who became   Blackbaud Certified in Organizational Best Practices in September! Be sure to review our listing, and celebrate your colleagues by viewing their profiles, becoming Blackbaud  Community  friends, or just congratulating them on their awesome achievements. To all our  ... more

When you hear the word membership , what do you think of? I think of gyms. After all, lots of people have gym memberships (whether they use them or not is a different story). Nonprofit memberships aren’t unlike gym memberships. Think about it. Gyms are where people go to build strength, health, endurance, and community—all key ingredients to social good ... more

“Man is a storytelling animal,” writer Salman Rushdie has said on more than one occasion. “We tell ourselves stories to understand ourselves.” What’s your story? What’s your organization’s story? What story does everyone at your organization tell? A best practice for connecting with your supporters is to craft stories that show the impact of your ... more

Blackbaud University is celebrating the   professionals who became   Blackbaud Certified in Organizational Best Practices in August! Be sure to review our listing, and celebrate your colleagues by viewing their profiles, becoming Blackbaud  Community  friends, or just congratulating them on their awesome achievements. To all our  August ... more

Blackbaud University is celebrating the   professionals who became   Blackbaud Certified in Organizational Best Practices in July! Be sure to review our listing, and celebrate your colleagues by viewing their profiles, becoming Blackbaud  Community  friends, or just congratulating them on their awesome achievements. To all our  July Certified ... more