bbcon 2023: Which sessions are you most excited about and why?
The bbcon sessions are out! Look over the list and let us know which sessions are you most excited about and why.
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@Crystal Bruce Analytics, Implementation, Results - Fresh AIR for your organization
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@Crystal Bruce Gifts of Complex Assets: Not Everyone Can Give Them, Yet All Organizations May Receive. Interested in how these conversations could start.
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@Crystal Bruce
Low-tech Ways to Use Automation in Raiser's Edge NXT - I always love learning more about how to automate and improve processes!2 -
@Crystal Bruce Gold Rush! Prospecting Your Database with Prospect Insights
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Raiser's Edge NXT Recurring Gifts, Minimal Effort, Big Return - our organization has this as a big push item for this current fiscal year.0 -
@Crystal Bruce Why You Should Have a Data Committee! is needed. Will be on virtually to get some tips. Many others as well.
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@Crystal Bruce There's so many, but I'm intrigued by The Hat Trick: Admissions, Development, and Finance, Low-tech Ways to Use Automation in Raiser's Edge NXT, and Continuous Enrollment: the Pros and Cons
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@Crystal Bruce Gold Rush! Prospecting Your Database with Prospect Insights - interested in tips and tricks for prospect management.
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@Crystal Bruce They all sound fantastic, but here are my top 4:
Low-tech Ways to Use Automation in Raiser's Edge NXTRaiser's Edge NXT Recurring Gifts, Minimal Effort, Big Return
Who, Where, What, and Why? Data Management in Your School
Optimize This, Baby! Let's Deep Dive Together Into Blackbaud's Newest Form
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@Crystal Bruce As usual there is not much for Luminate Online or Teamraiser.
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@Crystal Bruce There are many that look interesting, but Necessity is the Mother of all Power Automation, and some of the other AI/automation topics all look interesting.
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@Joy Prevost
I'm also looking forward to the Recurring Gift session!0 -
I'm a little concerned that all the sessions so far seem to be from Blackbaud staff. I find these to be a lot more sales oriented as opposed to the ones from users so I'm hoping there will be more offerings telling us how to use what we already have instead of giving us more things to learn (like Power BI and Automate) and more things to buy.
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I'm a little concerned that all the sessions so far seem to be from Blackbaud staff. I find these to be a lot more sales oriented as opposed to the ones from users so I'm hoping there will be more offerings telling us how to use what we already have instead of giving us more things to learn (like Power BI and Automate) and more things to buy.
I can't agree more with @Amy Dana. The sessions that have been announced so far seem to be sales pitches as opposed to peer led learning topics. As of right now, I can't say I'm excited about any of them. However, I expect there will be more rounds of topics being announced. Is there any time frame for when those announcements will be made @Crystal Bruce?
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@Dariel Dixon @Amy Dana I've always taken the BB sales sessions as a challenge to find something new to learn. Most times it's very challenging. The best part is connecting with others at a session.
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@Dariel Dixon Hi! No time frame, as of now, but more sessions will be announced soon!
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@Mark Guncheon I don't disagree, however it is a big ask to try to find money in your budget to attend a conference like bbcon if you feel like it's going to be a giant sales pitch from vendors. This is completely optional, and I don't think any of our organizations are able to try to solve our problems with another costly add-on or contract with another vendor.
I think that the networking and community involvement is great. That said, if the sessions don't include a variety of peers that will be leading these conversations, I don't know if I will be able to recommend that I attend in person. We know that was a request that has been made in the past. I hoped that BB would have heeded these comments over the last couple of years.
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@Crystal Bruce I agree with a lot of what is being said in the threads below. I always look most forward to anything K-12 but was hoping for more specific topics, like using households and salutations to create mailing labels/mail merges or something for the “new” report card/transcript builders because I'm still struggling to create ones that work for our course set-up. I guess I was hoping for more classic bbcon that integrated more K-12 tips and tricks sessions like they used to have that were presented by the people who were using the product rather than selling the product.
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@Crystal Bruce, Admissions Tips & Tricks from Two Blackbaud Schools.
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@Crystal Bruce now that I know I can go, I will have to decide!!!!!
So many good sessions to choose from!0 -
@Crystal Bruce I'm definitely intrigued by “Win, Win, Win: Simplifying Scholarships for Students, Administrators, and Fundraisers.” Award Management already makes things so simple, I'm curious how to make things even easier for all users.
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@Crystal Bruce Artificial Intelligence, Analytics and your Technology Strategy: Finding the Right Fit and other AI/technology/school centric sessions; as Database Administrator these will help me keep current with where our data in blackbaud systems is and where it can go!
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@Crystal Bruce The recurring gifts section
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@Crystal Bruce Why It's Time to Move From Online Express to Raiser's Edge NXT! , Low-tech Ways to Use Automation in Raiser's Edge NXT, Raiser's Edge NXT Recurring Gifts, Minimal Effort, Big Return, Optimize This, Baby! Let's Deep Dive Together Into Blackbaud's Newest Form
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@Crystal Bruce I'd be most excited for Engaging Board Members in Fundraising - How to Use Strategy, Tech, and Fun. We have a pretty active board and it would be great to learn how to optimize their participation.
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@Crystal Bruce Sooooo many choices and more are being added! I agree with @Lawrence Rush about Engaging Board Members!! That's a definate for me.
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@Crystal Bruce
I am looking forward to Let the Machines Work so the People Can Think!, Strategic Financial Aid Management, The Hat Trick: Admissions, Development, and Finance, and The Vision: Tuition, Billing, and Financial Aid and Where We're Headed.I am still trying to make sure our organization is utilizing as much as we can to make our lives easier, even though it is an uphill battle with some people.
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@Crystal Bruce I'm interested in both Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT: Sustaining the Online Donor to see if there are things I can add to what we are already doing and also Adaptable Privacy Programs: Five Common Privacy Principles to Keep in Mind because this is such a hot topic.
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@Crystal Bruce All the things. . . Privacy, Peer-to-Peer, Automate, Storytelling, Data Quality, Data Integrity, Recurring Gifts, JustGiving
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