The Buzz: August 17, 2022

Ray Bergman

Welcome to this week's edition of THE BUZZ!



In this edition, you will find:  

  

Keynote speaker for bbcon 2022 Virtual announced, tips from the Community green ninjas, featured jobs from the Blackbaud Community jobs board, hot topics in Community, and more…  

Happy Wednesday, Blackbaud Community,



GUESS WHO’S COMING TO BBCON



We are ecstatic to announce that Glennon Doyle—beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author, activist, founder and president of the nonprofit Together Rising, and host of the We Can Do Hard Things podcast—will be joining us October 17 for a very special keynote conversation on the bbcon 2022 Virtual mainstage! Read the announcement here.






GREEN NINJA NEWS: 









Green ninja Miki Martin, who is Blackbaud Certified® in Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT®, has updated her bookmarked content on her profile.  Take a look and write a message on her profile wall letting her know if you find one of her bookmarks helpful!






CAREER BUILDER: 

 

Did you know the Blackbaud Community has a job board? You can post your organization’s job openings and members can also post that they are looking for a job. We’d also love to hear your success stories about hiring someone or finding a new job because of the Community job board - let us know in the comments below!  

 




THIS WEEK'S FEATURED JOBS: 


Community Fundraising Coordinator (Boise, ID)


Gifts Processing and Grants Support Specialist (Baltimore, MD)


Digital Communications and Philanthropy Manager (San Diego, CA)


Mid-South Regional Director (NC, SC, AL, GA)


Asst Director, Development Strategy & Analytics (Santa Monica, CA)






HOT TOPICS:



Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT®: First time donor reports

  

Blackbaud Altru®: Crediting an account with a payment



Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT®: How to void a check from the previous fiscal year



Blackbaud K–12 Education Solutions™: Does your school have a family demo account?



Organizational Best Practices: Happy National Nonprofit Day!





 
SCORE SOME POINTS AND HELP A FELLOW COMMUNITY MEMBER:

Here's how: answer these questions with few or no responses! We will be awarding 1,000 points to any user who can answer one of these questions in Community this week.



Blackbaud Grantmaking™: How is your foundation managing PRIs? 



Blackbaud Guided Fundraising™: Agent recognition best practices? 

  

Blackbaud Luminate Online®: Using suggested ask amounts in email



Blackbaud FIMS™: Where are users clicking and what are they downloading?



Blackbaud Higher Education Solutions™: Student retakes when the course was replaced with a new course of a different course ID



 


UPCOMING EVENTS: 



GivingTuesday Webinars: 

• GivingTuesday. Steps To a Brighter Day (August 18)

• End of Year Giving Begins Now (September 13)
• GivingTuesday and Your Major Gift Pipeline (September 29)
• Amplify and Automate Your Annual Appeal: Best Practices and Q&A with an Arts & Cultural Development Panel (October 6)

Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT®: Gartner’s Imperatives for the Nonprofit CEO: Accelerating Your Digital Transformation (August 24)



Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT®: Dashboards and Insight Designer (August 25)



Blackbaud Grantmaking™: August Thought Leadership Webinar – Collaborative Grantmaking Part 1 (August 25)



Organizational Best Practices: Cyber Security Best Practices (August 31)




HOW DO I...IN 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!  

Vicky Lopuchowycz

I was so excited to read about Glennon Doyle being at bbcon! Blackbaud really goes above and beyond to bring some of the best speakers to our screens - Thank you for your efforts :-)

Tara Cain

Really helpful, info, thank you! I know we will especially need the instructions on voiding a check from the previous fiscal year.