March 22, 2019 HE-PAG Meeting: Recording Link And Slides



Thank you to everyone who participated in the May 24, 2019, HE-PAG meeting. For those who were unable to join the call, you can access a recording of the call. The agenda and slides from the CRM update are also attached for your reference. We look forward to seeing you on the July 12 call!


Higher Education Product Advisory Group

Location: Webex
Date: March 22, 2019
Attendees: Entire PAG Membership
Time: 12:00 – 1:30 Eastern Standard Time
  1. Welcome
New Members – University of Saskatchewan
  1. Subcommittee Reports
    1. Update from CRM Cloud Sub-Committee – Chair, Julie Vargo, The Ohio State University
    2. New Data Hygiene Sub-Committee Forming – Chair, Michael Felberbaum, Yale University
    3. Call for new subcommittee suggestions and/or customization needs – email recommendations to Julie Vargo at Vargo.64@osu.edu
  2. Customer Presentation – Dan Bourg, World Wildlife Fund
Dan Bourg from World Wildlife Fund and Trevor Kelly from Blackbaud will discuss how World Wildlife Fund leads the industry in sustained giving using Blackbaud CRM’s marketing tools.
  1. Customer Presentation – Angie Theaker, The Ohio State University
University Event Calendar – Using BBEC and BBIS, The Ohio State University has created a university wide calendar.
  1. Customer Presentation – Dwight Dozier, Georgia Tech
Blackbaud CRM implementation experience. Georgia Tech is going live the end of March with the CRM Cloud Azure. This will be a customer view of what worked for them.
  1. Blackbaud Product Update – Matt Crawford
    1. Service Pack Update
    2. Blackbaud CRM in Azure
    3. Idea Portal Stats
    4. Discovery Session Opportunities – Accessibility (email – matt.crawford@blackbaud.com to get involve
    5. BBIS Updates and Direction – Update on 3DS
  2. Ecosystem Survey
Still looking for more completed surveys. Send them to derek@sc.edu when complete.
  1. Higher Ed PAG Demos
In the “Resources” section of our community we have a summary of all customer presentations. We will continue to update this as time goes on.
  1. Adjournment
  • Developers Forum – June 19 – 20, $339 Registration
  • Final questions & discussion items
  • Next Meeting – June 21, 2019 from 11 am – 12:30 pm EST
  • Recording of this meeting will be posted in our community within the next couple of days.