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Carin Jorgensen
Carin Jorgensen
Fourth Anniversary
in Blackbaud Award Management™ & Blackbaud Stewardship Management™ Discussions
How many users have set up opportunities as renewals from year to year? We did not from the beginning, and are wondering if it's worth it given our budgeting system. This seems like a lot of work to have to have to start from scratch with renewals rather than just treating each year's opportunity independently.
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  • Lindley Davis
    Lindley Davis
    Fourth Anniversary Kudos 2 Name Dropper Participant
    Following. We're curious about this as well. Currently using individual opportunities for each year. Our training on renewals seemed like it would be more work than force-matching renewing students to their respective opportunities each year.
  • Mallorie Fonseca
    Mallorie Fonseca
    Sixth Anniversary Kudos 1 Name Dropper Participant
    We did not use the Renewal Opportunities upon implementing the system, but have since added them. I find them useful as a system admin and so far most of the Opportunity Admins I have talked to about it liked the renewal opportunities. They do take a little bit of extra time to set up, but they allow you to have a qualification or question set to look off of when reviewing their eligibility for the next year without the students having to apply and without you taking any time to force-apply them either. It also gives new awarding options (Deferred, Cancelled, & Final Disbursement) that help make the following year's renewal opportunity more specific. It also makes mass awarding easier for our Opportunity Admins. I would highly recommend it.
  • Deirdre Coburn
    Deirdre Coburn
    Fifth Anniversary Kudos 1 Participant Facilitator 1
    We have not set up renewals but I'm building up the courage to do so. I appreciate Mallorie Fonseca‍ reply as it gives me confidence to do it ?

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