The Buzz: February 15, 2023

Ray Bergman

Welcome to this week's edition of THE BUZZ! In this edition, you will find: bbdevdays, a continuing chance at a limited-edition badge in the Blackbaud Community, and a chance to earn some big bonus points by helping others. Let’s dive in! 

Happy Wednesday, Community! 

 

 

 
BBDEVDAYS COMING IN JUNE!

Are you ready for three days of jam-packed virtual learning, code sharing, fun, and networking? If so, it’s time to sign up for bbdevdays this June 6-8 and join us on this journey of exploration for both technologists of all types and those interested in dipping their toes into the technologist waters! And this year, we’ve added a free Explorer Pass option in addition to the all-access Developer Pass. Register here.

BLACKBAUD COMMUNITY FEBRUARY CHALLENGE CONTINUES: 

We are excited to announce that so far this month, 50 community members have earned their limited edition “social networking” badge – and there’s still time to claim it! For the entire month of February, add a link to at least one of your social media profiles (LinkedIn, Twitter, or Facebook) in your Blackbaud Community profile to receive the badge.  We’ve also increased the points you can earn from sharing a Community blog post or event to your social media channels from 50 points to 250 points!  

 

The Social Networking badge:

  

 

  
FEATURED TOPICS:   

 

 Just for Fun: National Pizza Day!

Raiser’s Edge®: Filtering out Inactive Records in Database View Queries 

Organizational Best Practices: Year End Cut Off Date 

Organizational Best Practices: ABCs of DEI

Blackbaud Luminate Online®: Email Design Best Practices to Improve Email Engagement 


SKY Developer: Recent Improvements to our SKY Developer Community

 

NEEDS ANSWERS:  

  

Blackbaud Altru®: Webform question

Blackbaud CRM™: Opportunity dropdown in Enhanced Revenue batch shows all accepted opportunities

Blackbaud K-12 Solutions™: Is there a way to not have 0 credits show up on a transcript?


Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT®: Prospect Ratings Retition 

Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT®: How to Create a For More Information request page 

Blackbaud TeamRaiser®: Hide text in footer of suggested messages sent from Participant Center?

JOBS:  

  
Manager, Research & Prospect Management (Chicago area)

Director Major Gifts & Planned Giving (Charlotte, NC)

Development Assistant (Ipswich, MA)

Development & Database Specialist (Neptune, NJ)

Financial Systems Analyst (Boston, MA)

 

 
EVENTS: 

 

SKY Developer: Power Automate User Group – Monthly Meet-up (Feb 21)

Blackbaud eTapestry®: Office Hours with an Expert (Feb 28)

SKY Developer: How to Build a Microsoft Power Platform App in 30 Minutes (Mar 1)

Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT®: How to Govern and Scale Apps on Microsoft Power Platform (Mar 14)