The Buzz: October 19, 2022

Ray Bergman

Welcome to this week's edition of THE BUZZ! In this edition, you will find: our latest community member spotlight, bbcon on-demand, the latest sgENGAGE podcast, can't-miss events, featured jobs, helping out your fellow community members to earn bonus points in community, and more...

Happy Wednesday, Blackbaud Community!




Community Member Spotlight



We’ve published a new community member spotlight featuring Ally Tatlow, membership manager with the Akron Zoo! CLICK HERE to learn more about Ally, including her adventurous family, what her typical day looks like, and what her favorite animal is at the zoo.

 


bbcon is On-Demand!



We hope you enjoyed bbcon 2022 Virtual as much as we did! We loved seeing so many Community members on stage and in the chats. Sessions are now available on-demand on the bbcon website if you would like to go back and re-watch, or if you weren’t able to attend all the sessions you wanted to. And if you weren’t able to attend at all, don’t worry, you can still register for the on-demand experience.



And be sure not to miss the Product Update Briefings happening today and tomorrow, also accessible from the bbcon website. You’ll learn about the recent innovations and future roadmap direction for the products you use or are interested in learning more about.


Congratulations to the 26 Blackbaud Community members who played bbcon bingo this year – check your profiles as points have been awarded for playing!






Listen Up!



This week, Chuck Longfield, renowned data scientist, philanthropy strategist, and the creator of the Blackbaud Institute Index, joined the latest sgENGAGE podcast episode in a conversation with Blackbaud’s vice president of product management and best-selling author Steve MacLaughlin—lucky us! LISTEN HERE to learn about the origins of the Blackbaud Institute Index, the importance of benchmarking, and applying academic rigor to the study of philanthropy.






Featured Topics:



Blackbaud K-12 Education Solutions ™: Allowing teachers to see pre-entered absences, trips, etc. ahead of time 

 

SKY Developer / School API: Student's Schedule - using advance list 



Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT®: Journal Entry Batch Creator 








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 Raiser’s Edge NXT®: Reporting on Qualifications/Disqualification in NXT Lists 



Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT®: Constituents sharing an email address 



Blackbaud eTapestry ®: User-defined fields in Reports 



Blackbaud Guided Fundraising ™: Including Degree information for Children on a Parent Record 






Events:



SKY Developer: Microsoft Power Automate User group meet-up (Oct 25)



Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT®: Power your fundraising with actions and opportunities (Oct 25)



Blackbaud Grantmaking ™: What’s All the Fuss About Participatory Grantmaking? Making Sense of This Evolving Practice (Oct 27)



Organizational Best Practices: Eleventh Hour GivingTuesday Campaign Hacks (Nov 3)






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.






This week’s featured jobs:


Assistant Director of Advancement Services (Hudson, OH)


Database Admin (Remote / Hybrid available)


Development Manager (Washington DC)


Prospect Researcher and Gift Coordinator (Wellesley, MA)






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!