The Buzz: March 9, 2022
In this edition, you'll find:
- Polishing your profile
- International Women’s Day
- Meet a Community ninja
- Unanswered questions in Community
- Upcoming events
Happy Wednesday, Blackbaud Community,
IT’S TIME TO HIT REFRESH ON YOUR COMMUNTY PROFILE!
We’re challenging every Community member to take a look at their profile and take the following actions:
- Add or update your profile pic. Community members with a picture are more likely to get views and other members will be more likely to engage with you.
- Update your bio: Community is all about getting to know each other. Use the biography field to share more about your experience, where you live, or any hobbies or interests you have. Every little detail you feel comfortable sharing helps build stronger connections based on mutual interests. Already have your bio filled out? Then take a fresh look and see if there is anything new you can add to help people get to know you better?
- Add/update your role: This is a great way to connect with other Community members doing the same thing as you.
- Add/update the solutions you use: Check the products you use or are interested in so you don’t miss any valuable content being shared and so you can easily connect with other users!
For the rest of this month, we are boosting the points values for updating your profile picture and updating your bio! An updated profile pic will net you 500 community points. Update your bio, role, or solutions and get 1,000!
If you need a refresher on how to update your profile pic and your bio, we’ve got you.
Are you more driven by badges? Good news! If you upload a profile pic for the first time, you’ll receive a participant badge. And the points awarded will help you move toward that next authority badge level!
Have fun polishing up your profile and let us know in the comments below to check out your new personalized profile space!
LISTEN UP!
There’s a new sgENGAGE podcast episode out this week. In this episode, listen to guest Vesna Jaric, the Interim Chief of the UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women. Listen to the episode to learn about Vesna’s role at the Trust Fund and how current events affect the state of women and girls around the world. LISTEN HERE.
GET TO KNOW A NINJA
Each week, we aim to bring you a little closer to one of our Blackbaud Community super users (AKA Ninjas). This week, we’d like to introduce Angela Tuttle; assistant controller at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts Foundation. She is a green ninja in the Blackbaud community and holds 5 different certifications in Blackbaud products.

What area are you in (geographically) and why do you love it?
I live in a small town in Stokes County, North Carolina. I was born and raised here. I am close to the mountains, two hours away from Raleigh, and four hours from the beach. I love having family and friends nearby and being close to the mountains, city, and beach.
What do you enjoy about the Blackbaud Community?
I love being able to connect with others who use Blackbaud products. Community is a great resource that I often use, and I am always learning something new. I have made connections that I would not have made elsewhere, nor would I have had the opportunity to hear how others use the products.
What is something that you never thought you’d enjoy at your current job that gets you up and motivates you now?
Every so often I get asked to assist with research whether it's a donor or something that was donated. I love going through the old files!
Looking to become an elite member of the Blackbaud Community and join the ranks of the Community ninjas? All the requirements can be found HERE.
HOT DISCUSSIONS:
Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT®: Active donor mail list
Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT®: Monthly sponsorships
Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT®: Emailing reports via queue – what are others doing?
Blackbaud K–12 Education Solutions™: Roles & the principle of least access
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 Grantmaking™: Work flow documents
Blackbaud Altru®: Searching constituents with duplicate addresses
Looking for more unanswered questions to answer? Visit our unanswered questions page HERE.
FEATURED JOBS:
Database officer - Peter Mac Cancer Foundation (Melbourne, Australia)
Associate director of development – Community College of Denver Foundation
Staff accountant – Florida Gulf Coast University
Did you know that we have new job postings daily in the Blackbaud Community? See the Blackbaud Community jobs board HERE.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT®: Customer Success Adoption Webinar - Payables Series Part 1 (March 10)
Organizational Best Practices: Work / Life Balance in a Hybrid Workplace (March 15)
Blackbaud Luminate Online®: Cool Luminate Online Capabilities You May Have Overlooked (March 16)
For a complete list of upcoming events, visit the Blackbaud Community events calendar HERE.
How do I... in the Community?
Please post any questions about how to use Community on this thread so we can build a mini encyclopedia of how to use Community!
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!
Comments
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1 MILLION points!!
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Awwwww!!
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Tooo slow, @Larry Wheeler - I already changed it.
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I forgot about the certification badges! Who do we alert if we want to flex our PRO muscles?
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@Ray Bergman I was quick with the snippet! I made it my profile cover pic. My emoji is turning into question marks. Weird. haha
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Good pic and interview, @Angela Tuttle !!
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So if you still have the congratulatory email that Blackbaud University sends out after you finish the course, there should be a link in there. If not, contact your favorite pokemon go playing community manager and he'll help you out.
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@Larry Wheeler I can't tell you how hard I am laughing at the fact you made that your cover photo! ?
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I'm glad you liked it. It's always good to make people laugh.
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I was hoping to get the million points. That would have really bumped me up!
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@Angela Tuttle - 5 certifications WOW. It is always nice to read about people you interact with.
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@Larry Wheeler loving the new look
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