Aspects of Your Job That Excite You

Bobby Steurer

It's easy to fall into a habit of thinking about the aspects of our jobs that annoy/frustrate/hold us back, because we live it day-to-day.

But what aspects of your current job (or a past job) in the data/social good world help you thrive and totally excite you?

For me, lately, it's been prospect research and the idea of enhancing the donor experience. We're moving into a lot of neat spaces and adding a more intimate (and immediate) touch to our donor stewardship. Stuff like that gets me firing on all cylinders and makes me look forward to the future of social good.

How about you? What parts of your job absolutely rock? ?

Austen Brown

Helping clients/users find answers to their questions and database clean-up!

Becca Rosin

I'm grateful to say that many aspects of my job excite me, but lately I love when the latest Benchmark stats and other publications for giving trends come out! It's always great to read the Blackbaud Charitable Giving Report and other releases to see the current data and statistics. The nerd in me just loves some good metrics!

Jenny Marquardt

Exactly the same for me!

Rachel Cavalier

Like Austen, I do love a bit of database clean-up! It often says to me that the most pressing tasks are taken care of and now it's time to make the database better!

Barbara Kunkel

I came into my current job for my experience with RE. There was no clean-up of the database from their conversion, so I have been making our database efficient. Data is wonderful. My new role has taken me further into fundraising with the responsibilities of the annual fund. I use data to determine what is working or not working. I thrive on learning, and this community helps to discover new methods.

Dana Burton

I'm blessed to say most of my job is pretty amazing. Since we upgraded to RE last year, I've enjoyed learning so many new things. Queries and Reports are so much fun. The challenge of helping create the tax letters this year (and writing up a how-to for it) was the icing on the cake! I love puzzles so I love the challenge that comes with figuring out how things work. And I'm still enjoying database cleanup as time permits! LOL

Kylee Hamilton

I absolutely love building Queries in RE… Although this can be extremely frustrating at time, when it finally works out its soooo rewarding!

Heather MacKenzie

Bobby, you ask some great questions! I get excited when clean data, especially if I cleaned it, reveals something to my co-workers that they didn't know before. But I also love that the org I work for is directly making an impact in our county and people are being supported in a way that really changes their lives.

Miki Martin

Like many here, I enjoy finding the time to clean our data so it's more useful. Making time to learn new skills with our various products is always a great bonus because I feel I can be more productive and support my team better. Additionally, I have been helping users, both internally and new connections externally, learn where to find resources and just showing them the ropes. I really enjoy sharing my knowledge with others.

Faith Murray

I love deciphering systems and how they work holistically. Because of that, I love brainstorming new efficient methods for our database, as well as manipulating data for prospect research and appeal performance analyses. I'm also a planner, so I really enjoy projecting revenue streams for donor pyramids and deep-diving into appeal segmentation. It's fun as long as the revenue goals handed to us are realistic.