Blackbaud Customers Redefine the Future of
Nonprofit Technology as Change Architects
CHARLESTON, S.C., June 7, 2022
/PRNewswire/ -- Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB), the
world's leading cloud software company powering social good,
today kicks off its annual Developers' Conference—a three-day event
that convenes technology enthusiasts, creators and developers of
all levels to reimagine nonprofit technology and build a better
world.
"Today at our Developers' Conference, we're celebrating the
democratization of innovation for the social good community," said
Mike Gianoni, president and CEO,
Blackbaud. "This year more than ever, we're highlighting the
low-code movement and the ways that Blackbaud is putting accessible
technology in the hands of nonprofit developers who are changing
the world one line of code at a time."
Built upon years of creativity and problem solving by some of
the world's leading nonprofits and higher education institutions,
this conference provides a forum for attendees to explore unique
applications of software solutions. This year, roughly 60% of
conference attendees self-identify as "no-code" or "low-code"
technologists, database administrators and business
analysts.
The conference will showcase innovation and creativity that
empowers nonprofits to live up to their full potential, with
Blackbaud customers and partners taking center stage to share best
practices and technical expertise. Over 50% of the conference
sessions are customer-contributed, including topics like:
- Geolocating API: Meeting Participants Where They're At
(Literally)—Jeremy Reynolds, Senior Software Engineer, ZERO – The
End of Prostate Cancer
- Robots and Relationships: An Automation Story—Dan Snyder,
Associate Director of Advancement Services, Bennington College
- Make Grant Tracking Easier by Integrating Blackbaud Raiser's
Edge NXT® and Microsoft Planner— Nicole Holt, Development Operations and
Analytics Manager, Preble
Street
- Making Moves Management a Data Reality—Gethin James, Head of
Strategic CRM, University College London
Blackbaud's Commitment to Innovation
In addition,
Blackbaud is making several announcements and commitments to make
it easier for social good organizations to transform their business
processes and customize their technology solutions to their exact
needs.
Today, Blackbaud will highlight:
- An ongoing investment in SKY
API®, expanding to new products, including
Blackbaud CRM™ and Blackbaud Altru®
- Increased quantity and value of API endpoints, including
mobile-first, to enable citizen developers and the Blackbaud
Partner Network to exercise creativity in developing applications
that interact with Blackbaud software
- New self-service tools that put control into the hands of
customers—including enhanced Microsoft Power Platform connectors,
integration-as-a-service platforms (iPaaS), and a growing ecosystem
of plug-and-play partner solutions
- The expansion of the Blackbaud Marketplace, including
infrastructure enhancements and growth in applications
- Innovation awards and grants that will celebrate the importance
of grass roots contributions that fuel innovation
- The importance of multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all
customers to support strong cybersecurity best practices, and how
to easily enable single sign-on (SSO)
"We are so excited to bring together the vibrant ecosystem
that's been created by the Blackbaud developer and partner
community," said Bill Walsh,
director of innovation and technology, Blackbaud, and co-chair of
the conference. "Our customers and partners continue to lead the
way in building creative solutions in traditional software
development and are increasingly taking advantage of efficiencies
in low-code and no-code technologies. They're transforming not just
their use of Blackbaud's software, but how the industry as a whole
relates to technology."
About the Conference
Keynotes include:
- Day 1 – Think Like an Architect: How to Develop
Critical, Creative and Collaborative Problem-Solving Skills by
Randy Deutsch, clinical associate
professor at University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign School of Architecture
- Day 2 – The One Key Success Anchor in Data and Analytics
by Prashanth Southekal, managing principal at DBP Institute and
Forbes contributor
- Day 3 – Creating Durable Digital Transformation by
Lorraine Bardeen, vice president and
CTO, Worldwide Industry Solutions Group, Microsoft
In addition, the conference will provide mainstage presentations
from Blackbaud executives and product experts, track sessions led
by customers and partners, and skills labs that offer creators
a chance to practice building both low-code and advanced
solutions.
To learn more about Blackbaud Developers' Conference, register
or access content replays on demand, visit
blackbaud.com/developersconference.
About Blackbaud
Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB) is the
world's leading cloud software company powering social good.
Serving the entire social good community—nonprofits, higher
education institutions, K–12 schools, healthcare organizations,
faith communities, arts and cultural organizations, foundations,
companies and individual change agents—Blackbaud connects and
empowers organizations to increase their impact through cloud
software, services, expertise and data intelligence. The Blackbaud
portfolio is tailored to the unique needs of vertical markets, with
solutions for fundraising and CRM, marketing, advocacy,
peer-to-peer fundraising, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and
environmental, social and governance (ESG), school management,
ticketing, grantmaking, financial management, payment processing
and analytics. Serving the industry for more than four decades,
Blackbaud is a remote-first company headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, with operations in
the United States, Australia, Canada, Costa
Rica and the United
Kingdom. For more information, visit
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