What does Professional certification mean to you?

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  • Michelle Foster 3
    Michelle Foster 3
    Fourth Anniversary First Comment

    You already do everything you can to help others in our current database. I know you will continue to do the same in RE/NXT.

  • Sarah Cassidy
    Sarah Cassidy
    Fifth Anniversary Photogenic First Comment Activity: First Reply
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    Love the comments - and agree: achieving professional certification will be empowering and will help me to better support my colleagues.

    (Hopefully earning more Queen of the World days - a temporary, lighthearted designation we give to members of our team who solve sticky Blackbaud challenges.)

  • Cherise Callahan
    Cherise Callahan
    Third Anniversary First Comment

    Earning Professional certification would mean to me, that my skills in Raiser's Edge NXT are qualified, proficient and specialized at an expert level to receive the corresponding accreditation.

  • JoAnn Strommen
    JoAnn Strommen Community All-Star
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    I don't know everything about all aspects of RE / RE NXT but professional certification indicates that I have a solid grasp of the software. If I need some credibility, it's there to back me up.

  • Cherise Callahan
    Cherise Callahan
    Third Anniversary First Comment
    JoAnn Strommen‍ Very accurate! But the great thing is know that you have a vast knowledge that is backed by that certification! :-) The reassurance of that credibility would be everything.
  • Karen Stuhlfeier
    Karen Stuhlfeier Community All-Star
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Likes 500 Comments Photogenic

    I've been managing RE databases for about 17 years and I take the Professional certification test every year. It doesn't take me long to do and I maybe get one wrong and it really bothers me that I get one wrong. That could lead me to dismiss the test, but our finance department recently got FENXT and I decided to take the fundamentals classes and test. I took the classes and took the test and passed - but not being familiar with accounting work it wasn't that easy. I think that we sometimes have worked in RE for so long that while it seems easy to us - it's not that easy to others just starting out. Having Professional certification in RE is a really good thing and be proud of it!

  • Susan Chomsky
    Susan Chomsky
    Tenth Anniversary 100 Comments 100 Likes Photogenic

    Having the appropriate certifications for my job is a boost for my portfolio/resume. I am considered the super-user for our team and have the credentials to boot.

  • Mike Adams
    Mike Adams Blackbaud Employee
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    Congratulations to winners @Brent Troth and @Daniel Bayer! Your SWAG will be coming soon! And a big thanks to all the contributors! Invitations to an exclusive webinar will be coming for those who were Pro Certified by Sept 1st.

  • Brent Troth 2
    Brent Troth 2
    Tenth Anniversary 100 Likes 10 Comments Photogenic

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=top6rTkXYJw


  • Anna Zimmerman
    Anna Zimmerman
    Fifth Anniversary 10 Comments 25 Likes Photogenic

    Did I miss out on the Q & A :( I'm professionally certified! My certification gives me more credibility amongst my colleagues!

  • Brent Troth 2
    Brent Troth 2
    Tenth Anniversary 100 Likes 10 Comments Photogenic

    Swag Arrived!! WooHoo! And just when I was missing BBCON swag!

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