The Buzz: September 29, 2021

Ray Bergman · September 2021

Welcome to today's edition of THE BUZZ.

In this edition, you'll find:

Yellow Ninja Special Event
Earn points and help others!
MEOW! Cats of bbcon

And more…

Happy Wednesday, Blackbaud Community!

With bbcon 2021 just around the corner, talk is heating up in anticipation of the conference. Community members are remembering their favorite memories of bbcons past HERE and sharing how many bbcons they have been to HERE. Join the conversations and experience the buzz around bbcon 2021.

FEATURED BLACKBAUD COMMUNITY MEMBER: Karen Tuecke

Karen is a Yellow Ninja*. One of the Yellow Ninja privileges is to host user events. Karen is hosting her first user event called The Field of Dreams User Group! If you want to discuss common themes in Blackbaud products such as queries, reports and attributes, then join Karen’s event open to everyone! https://community.blackbaud.com/events/item/43/3500

*NInjas are members who are experts at using all the Blackbaud Community tools. Train to earn your Ninja badge!

Now on to THE BUZZ!

DISCUSSIONS:

Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT®: Madeline is kicking around the idea of tracking government grants in RE NXT. Take a look at the community suggestions and chime in with your own.

Blackbaud Target Analytics®: Community member Mary asks how to identify top prospects in ResearchPoint. The answers may help you out as well.

Organizational Best Practices: Do you record net or gross for credit card donations? Have a look at what the general consensus is!

Blackbaud Stewardship Management™: Looking to connect with other users of Blackbaud Stewardship Management? As it turns out, you’re not alone!

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®: Jon is looking for help with restricting access for t-codes and grants. Can you help him?

Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT®: Keith is looking for help with email consent / opt out requests. Do you have any experience in this area?

Blackbaud K-12 Education Solutions™: Hilary is looking for help changing / deleting committed grades. Can you help her?

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

FEATURED JOBS:

Philanthropy Officer (Everett, WA)

Database and Operations Coordinator - Habitat for Humanity of Durham, NC

Full Time Financial Counselor (St. Paul, MN)

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

UPCOMING EVENTS:

It’s a Peer-To-Peer World Vitual Conference (Sept 10 – Oct 8)

Community Health Investment Survey Results (Oct 6)

Exponent Philanthropy's 2021 Annual (Virtual) Conference (Oct 19-21)

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

HEY ISN'T THAT COOL?

Working from home and Teams/Zoom calls go hand-in-hand with each other. Fortunately for us, so do the occasional visits and appearances by our pets. Check out this collection of Community members “Cats of bbcon” and feel free to add in a picture of your furry assistant as well.

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!