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It was…something. I think there is something to be stated that the effort to get NXT up to speed has been…interesting. There's been a lot of major changes that have taken place in the last 2 years. I wonder where this initiative was the first 10 years of the product.

I too have been dismayed at the reliance on PA and other paid tools to get things done. It feels like if your organization isn't a MSFT customer, you're missing out significantly. Especially in these economic times where every dollar is needed for many organizations. I like what I see with export and batch, but my excitement is tempered. I'll get excited when I get to use it.

It's clear that times have changed. I would love more of an opportunity to converse as the chat in the PUBs aren't great for this. I really like the Town Halls more than the PUBs, but I do understand that they serve a different purpose.

I really like that the consituent view is going to be more like database view with tabs at the top instead of endlessly scrolling down like currently. Also I like that I will be able to set up a gift batch template instead of using the old ones.

Can we talk about this single row query situation a bit more? I can't get excited about this as this already exists in export. I think it just makes export more…user-friendly for lack of a better term. I can see this creating more issues if users don't understand which fields are one-to-many fields. I would love to see more education about these concepts.

I'm excited to learn that there will be true template functionality in gift batches. Also pleased that gift code will be coming. I notice there is no planned gift type in webview, I hope that is coming in a future update.

There was so much in this briefing I felt like it should have been two, but I am excited. The increased web view capabilities, recognition programming, and additional template abilities are going to be amazing!