Forums Help

Whether you're new to the software or a "power user", the forums are a great place to post questions and share ideas with your peers in the nonprofit community. All posts, including shared documents, are publicly available so you do not need a Blackbaud login to view them.

The forums are organized into six broad categories, and then further divided into subforums:

• Product Forums: Discuss Blackbaud software
• Technical Forums: For database administrators as well as VBA/API and RODBA users
• Nonprofit Industry Forums: Find people who share your goals
• Nonprofit Events Forums: Conferences, User Groups, and Trade Shows
• Blackbaud Community Forums: Job Postings, Feedback, and Web Resources
• Blackbaud Europe: Forums for the United Kingdom

To make the most of your forums experience:

• Read about searching the forums to find posts that interest you.
• Learn how you can contribute to the forums by posting questions or sharing your knowledge.
• Take advantage of shared client documents that other software users have added to the forums. Use them as a starting point for creating your organization's forms and manuals, or share a document of your own.
• Personalize your forums experience to network with other forums users.
• Use our forums ratings system to recognize top contributors.
• Subscribe to the forums to keep informed about helpful forum threads.
• Review our Best Practices for Forums Users, Acceptable Use Policy, Forums Moderation Standards, and Employee Engagement guidelines.