Welcome to the July edition of The Buzz — your quick roundup highlighting new community features, opportunities to engage, and helpful resources to explore this month.
🏆 July's Monthly Challenge: Build Your Perfect bbcon Experience!
The bbcon 2026 session catalog is officially live, and July's challenge is all about building your dream bbcon agenda! Share your must-attend sessions, why they’d be helpful to you, and earn this month’s badge:
Don’t forget to claim your bbcon attendee badge if you are attending in person or virtually!
⚽ Just for Fun: World Cup Fever is Real! (Bonus Badge for reading The Buzz!)
It's summer and the World Cup buzz is undeniable! We've got a fun discussion going in the Member Lounge—join in and share your World Cup fever and earn a soccer/football badge for your profile page!
NEW Community Home Pages:
In case haven’t seen in yet—the Raiser’s Edge NXT, Financial Edge NXT, and the bbcon community have a new look!
- Announcements and featured discussions are front and center
- Easier connections to community All-Stars and active community members
- List of helpful resources that are easily accessible
- Success stories from members like you
Check them out. Leave a comment below if you love the new look! We will be enhancing more product communities in the coming weeks.
🙋 Can You Help? Your Expertise Matters!
A few great questions are still waiting for more replies. If you've tackled a similar challenge or have a tip to share, jump in and help a fellow member move forward!
🆕 ICYMI: What's New
Don't miss the latest product updates this month!
Raiser’s Edge NXT:
Blackbaud’s Education Management Solutions:
Blackbaud Grantmaking:
ResearchPoint:
🌟 Featured Content
Don't miss out on these great resources!
Community News:
Raiser's Edge NXT:
Blackbaud CRM™:
SKY Developer:
Agents for Good:
ENGAGE:
Events:
Don’t miss these opportunities to connect and learn!
Space is Limited Plan Ahead — Power Platform Workshops Coming to You!
Build smarter workflows and reporting at our Power Platform Regional Workshops coming to Silicon Valley on August 25-26 and Washington, D.C. on October 27-28. Join Blackbaud and Microsoft experts for two days of hands-on learning with Microsoft’s Power Automate or Power BI solutions. Choose the location and track that works best for you and save your spot today!
🏅 Community Kudos
Let's celebrate the amazing contributions from our community members this past month!
A special shoutout to All-Star Alex Wong for sharing his Gift Digest Email template. This Power Automate template streamlines gift reporting by compiling multiple Raiser's Edge NXT gift notifications into a single, consolidated email—ideal for daily or weekly updates.
Thank you, Alex! 🌟
Another special shout out to All-Star Sunshine Reinken Watson for collaborating with community members and All-Stars to keep a running list of bbcon sessions presented by members of our own community! That discussion already has 466 views and 11 comments. Thank you, Sunshine!
Our final special shout-out goes out to All-Star Rachel Kauer for her recent blog in the Raiser’s Edge NXT Community: From Complexity to Clarity: Building Sustainable, Living Documentation for Gift and Constituent Data. Thanks, Rachel!
🎂 Birthdays
Let's wish all of our Cancers and Leos a very happy birthday. If you're celebrating a birthday in July, let us know in the comments so we can shower you with birthday wishes!
