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How To Earn Points/Badges/Authority Levels In Community

Holly Herbert

Many of you have taken actions in the community to earn you points.

Have you noticed the "My Community Activity Level and Points" section of the MyCommunity page? It looks something like this:

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The Authority level badge indicates your level in the community and is determined by the number of points you have. There are nine authority levels in the community. They are (from highest to lowest):

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Community Hero
Community Legend
Community Leader
Community Visionary
Community Expert
Community Strategist
Community Novice
Community Rookie

You can find all these badges and how many points it takes to earn them, along with explanations of all the other badges in the community, in our community badge glossary.

You can also find out what authority level your connections have by visiting their profiles. Their Authority level badge appears under their profile pic.

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Comments

Katie Peterson

Thanks for the explanation of the badges. As a Community Novice, I am not seeing a purpose to the points other than tracking how much a member participates.

Holly Herbert

Hi Katie, I'm going to keep posting on this for a couple more weeks and hopefully will be able to share more on how we use points in community.

Allen Davis

Holly, this was a very interesting post. Thank you! I was able to find the information you wrote about on my dashboard. Thanks for helping us to get connected to the community!

Eileen Disken

Thank you Holly!

Gavin Mann

Thank you Holly!!

Michael Covert

For some reason I am not seeing a bbcon attendee badge on my profile and I did attend. Who should I reach out to for assistance?

Holly Herbert

Michael, if you reach out to Crystal Bruce here in Community, she can help you.

Kelly Galanis

Hi there! I am registered and attending bbcon2018 but I do not see the badge appear on my profile. How can I make this magic happen? Thanks!

Chanteasea Estes

I love the badges and want more and more, cool marketing concept.

Kelly Hogan

I am having the hardest time finding Polls to earn those Pollster badges.

Nancy Gervais

Thought I was "written on someone's wall" for my badges, yet it hasn't changed. Any ideas?

Jonathan Landers

Thanks for help!

Shannon Lowe

Great explanation--thank you!

Gary Wise

Holly, i attended BBCON 2018, but still do not have my badge. How do I go about getting my badge for BBCON 2018?

Ray Bergman

Hey Gary Wise‍ - That was very wise of you to ask here. Have a look at your account, I have updated the badge for you.

Sara Olson

I also have completed/earned a few badges and I also do not know how to put them on my profile. Can anybody help me on this?

Yvonne Mann

Sweet Holly, I tried to send you a comment on your profile but where it says Leave Comment - was just frozen. So, I have completed all my badges except one, the blue circle Response one - it doesn't have any triangles. Where do I find the discussions or lists to post a comment on to complete it? I have been leaving comments and etc. on blogs, but where are the places to post to complete this one? Hopeless in Texas...

Yvonne Mann

Holly I just figured it out, thank you!

Jayme Klein

Thanks for this explanation!

Karen Hartt

Too bad points didn't translate from the previous forums - I was in the top 10 for a while

Diana Turner

Holly, I have a bbcon attendee badge for 2018, which appeared on my page, but I did not attend. 2019 bbcon will be my first one. Do you know what I should do to remove it?

Ray Bergman

Hi Diana Turner‍ - I't looks like you have a BBU attendee badge - not the same as bbcon. You have the 2019 bbcon badge as a registered atendee.

Diana Turner

Hi Ray,

I didn't attend BBU in 2018. Can it be removed? I am sorry, if I listed it wrong.

Sarah Steinman

Hello! I have a question about adding badges, specifically for my BB and BB Pro certifications. I earned the certifications under my previous Blackbaud ID (at my last job). BB Support was able to get all of my trainings/certifications moved onto my new BB ID Transcript, but I'm not sure how to add those badges to my community profile retroactively or if that's possible. Thank you!

Lia Wilson

I have just recently completely my Professional certification level, and I was trying to find out what steps I need to take to make sure it's listed on my profile. Help please!

Jennifer Wuchner

can you tell me how to get certifications to show on your page?

Jennifer Kluh

I too have received new certifications and followed the steps in my email to have them added to my profile but they will not post to my profile or my achievements.

Kylee Hamilton

So helpful! Thanks for posting!

Kim Losch

Thank you

Jacqueline Poulson

It's helpful to have badges so I can now lean on others in the community who have demonstrated expertise with different aspects of the product.