Welcome to the Blackbaud Community Collaborators Club discussion thread!

Dawn Alonso

What forum would you think would be best? General Discussion?

JoAnn Strommen

LOL - I intentionally did not do this months challenge. Unless I did it in my sleep. ? Don't think I did it. Wanted to get my name back in the group with everyone else next month. Pretty sure you can take back my points.?Too funny of all the months...

David Lee

Congrats to all who completed the March challenge.

Angela Tuttle

Carrie thank you for sharing Dariel's comment!! I just went in and created a rough individual gift summary in web view!!! ?

Angela Tuttle

Congrats to all for completing the February challenge!!

Dan Snyder

Congrats all!

Karen Tuecke

Awesome and congratulations? to all!!!

Karen Tuecke

Awesome and congratulations? to all!!!

Elizabeth Perron

Okay, JoAnn Strommen‍ like I said I am learned from this challenge that I made it too literal. I actually don't have a report that shows me what everyone posted on a wall or in a discussion thread, so I did a little workaround. Anyone who made changes to their bookmarks and either posted to a wall or a discussion last month got the points.


Honestly, I think there are people each month who do the actions that aren't meaning to, they are just natural collaborators hanging out in the Community and they earn the badge. However, those of you who are getting over 200 points must be trying to complete some of the challenges or they are incredibly lucky to do the exact action.


Right now you have to have a profile photo and complete the action. Give me a like or a reply if you would like to see another constant qualifier that has to be completed like having the profile photo.... I am open to adding qualifiers that make it easier for y'all to connect and strike up conversation. It could be any of the search criteria headers in the member search (products, organization, zip code, job role, vertical/org type).


Let me know.

I love a challenge and it seems many of you do too!!

David Lee

Thank you Liz for making these monthly challenges so much fun to participate.

Elizabeth Perron

Dawn Alonso‍,


General Discussion is always a great place to start because everyone in the Product Community sees the question. However, if you have a question that aligns better with a specific forum topic then go for it and post it there.


Happy Collaborating,

Elizabeth

Carrie Powell

Woo hoo -- look at all the collaboration and acknowledging going on!!

Carrie Powell

You're welcome! I was glad I saw Dariel's original post because we have some users who don't have database view access, and this allows them to find the info they need if they're talking to a donor.

Mary Harden Rudisill

#bossbabe I'm cracking up. ?

Lauren Marcus Eisenberg

Thanks for the inspiration, Elizabeth!

Elizabeth Perron

Hi Fellow Collaborator Club Members!


Someone, may be wondering why I haven't handed out points and badges yet after all the great questions you have shared in the Community. The reason is I had a reaction to my first Covid vaccine shot last Wednesday and had to take Thursday and Friday off to recuperate. This week, I am on vacation until Friday. I will be happy to hand out the badges and points, plus the new challenge this Friday!


Until then I hope all a vaccine with little to no reaction,

Elizabeth

Patti Hommes

Enjoy your vacation!!!!

Sunshine Reinken Watson

Have a great vacation Elizabeth Perron‍! I'm sorry you had a reaction. All I had for both shots was a sore arm, so I am one of the lucky ones.

Elizabeth Perron

Drum roll please......There are two new point leaders! Patti Hommes‍ and Dan Snyder‍ both were awarded 800 points by completing March's Collaborator Club Challenge which was: to inspire others to Collaborate through thought provoking questions that create useful content and marking a reply as the "best answer" to any of your posted questions.


Please congratulate Patti, Dan and the following who completed March's Collaborator Club Challenge!


New badges: Bryce Whiteside‍ Carrie Gess‍ Catrina Roallos‍ Derek Morton‍ Jeremy Reynolds‍ Ken Willey‍ Kim Ethridge‍ Laura Gervais‍ Laura Hinze‍ Shirley Dempsey‍ Stephanie Boyce‍ Sylvia Cook‍

200 pts: Ben Regier‍ Kyle Booth‍ Lauren Fardella‍ Miki Martin‍

500 pts: Dawn Alonso‍ Heather MacKenzie‍

700 pts: Elizabeth Johnson‍


April's Challenge is:


Qualifiers: You must have a photo and your organization filled out on your profile to qualify for a badge or points!

Challenge by April 30th: Friend 5 new members and write a welcome message on their profile wall or private message them!

Why: Everyone knows what it is like to be new, what better to get new members collaborating by connecting with our Club members!


Happy April!

Elizabeth

Patti Hommes

Awwwww! Thanks Elizabeth Perron‍ !! Congrats Dan Snyder‍ and all the other Collaborators! You are ALL awesome!!!

Dan Snyder

Congrats to all!

JoAnn Strommen

Well done, everyone!

Dawn Alonso

Congrats to all!

Janis Worley

Great job everyone!

David Lee

Congrats to all....Nice job!!?

Coco Parham

Congratulations everyone! ?

Judy Spigarelli

Congratulations and thank you to our contributors!

Karintha Marshall

Elizabeth Perron:


Honestly, I think there are people each month who do the actions that aren't meaning to, they are just natural collaborators hanging out in the Community and they earn the badge.

This is definitely me. I just happened to notice my authority level badge changed....which prompted me to review what all the badges on my profile mean....which led me here. I was (pleasantly) surprised to get into Collaborator club but didn't really know what I did to earn it ?.


Now that I know, how do we check what the month's challenge requirements are? do we just come back to this thread? I ask because it will be helpful to have somewhere static to check or to get a dm at the top of each month with this month's challenges. If this has already been proposed/discusssed please pardon, I haven't been through this whole thread.



For now I'll subscribe to this thread.

Elizabeth Perron

Hi Karintha Marshall‍,


I love your story and many people become Collaborators because they just are naturally so?!


Yes, if you want to play along each month, just subscribe to this forum. Each month I will post who completed the challenge and share the new challenge by editing the top of this forum. I try to remember to send a message to all the collaborators but sometimes I have to cut that piece out because other parts of my job take priority.


So glad you'll join us when you can!

Elizabeth

Karintha Marshall

Totally get that! Thanks so much.