The Buzz: October 28, 2021

Welcome to today's edition of THE BUZZ!

In this edition, you'll find:  

  

  • Social Good Developer Drop-In Session

  • Member spotlight

  • Unanswered questions in Community

  • GivingTuesday Resources 

And more…  

Happy Thursday, Blackbaud Community,

Don't Miss The Social Good Developer Drop-In Session On November 9!

The Blackbaud Developers’ Conference Drop-in on November 9th is the place to be inspired, connect with your peers, swap code, learn how to optimize your work, and drive impact in your organization.

Pick up right where we left off at bbcon and join in on the action! This is a FREE event that brings together all levels of developers and tech enthusiasts.

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT:

Thank you to our certified members who share their classroom based knowledge!

Visit the Member Search page > scroll and click on the applicable certifications> then connect with these members.

You can easily engage with all of your connections! Here’s how: Go to My Community > My Community Dashboard > View Recent Activity > click through any of the links to join in. (Example below)

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Now on to THE BUZZ!  

  

DISCUSSIONS: 

    

 Blackbaud K–12 Education Solutions™: How Long Do You Keep Student Data/Accounts?

Jess is looking to pick your brain as to your best practices.

Blackbaud Target Analytics®: How to Identify Top Prospects

Community Member Mary is looking for others who can help her with any tips or best practices on how to identify who she should run RP screenings on. Do you have any suggestions?

Halloween People Unite!

Community Manager Crystal joins in the holiday fun with the Community as we discuss Halloween costumes, plans, and fun. Add in a picture of your Halloween costume / fun or change your profile picture to score 500 Community points!

Blackbaud Luminate Online®: Donation Form - Feedback and Examples

Community member Dianne received feedback that their forms weren’t user friendly and were quite clunky. Join in the conversation as she looks to improve their process!

All Your GivingTuesday Resources in One Place!

Blackbaud’s own Melissa Rancour has created a one stop page for all your GivingTuesday needs and questions. What are the biggest challenges you have faced with GivingTuesday? What are your biggest wins? Drop in and join in with the conversation.

  

SCORE SOME POINTS!  

Here's how: Answer an unanswered question! We'll be awarding 1,000 points to any user who can answer one of these questions in Community this week.  

Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT®: Reuben is looking to change the default export of query data in an Excel version higher than 3.0.  Can you help him sort this?

Blackbaud Altru®: Claire is trying to identify an anonymous stock gift.  Have you ever done the same?  Advise her on the process.

Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT®: James is looking for help installing address accelerator and it's updates centrally. Can you help him?

  

Looking for more unanswered questions to answer? Visit our unanswered questions page HERE. 

  

  

FEATURED JOBS:   

Gift Processing & Database Specialist - Portland, OR    

Philanthropy/Major Gifts Officer with Providence General Foundation - Everett, WA

Development Coordinator at The Florida Aquarium - Tampa, FL

  

Did you know that we have new job postings daily in the Blackbaud Community? See the Blackbaud Community Jobs Board HERE.

  

UPCOMING EVENTS:    

Customer Success Adoption Webinar: Back to School Series - Rolling into the New Season with Enrollment Contracts (Nov 2)  

Procrastinators Unite! (Nov 2)  

Doctors' Day Checkup: Tips to Prepare Your Online Fundraising Strategy (Nov 3)

  

For a complete list of upcoming events, visit the Blackbaud Community Events Calendar HERE.  

   

Do you have a job posting, event, blog or question you want everyone to know about? Let other Community members know by leaving it in the comments below!     

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