Sessions for bbcon 2026
Below is a current list of sessions being presented at bbcon 2026 in Columbus.
The full schedule of these sessions will be available later this summer. Please check back frequently as these are subject to change. The conference agenda builder will launch in early September.
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| Name | Speakers | More Info |
|---|---|---|
| Developing a Comprehensive Campaign Rooted in Strategy | Elizabeth Calderon, Mulgrave School | |
| Blackbaud Award Management™ Best Practices | Brian Davis, University of North Carolina Asheville Aaron Wachholz, Blackbaud | |
| Connected Systems, Stronger Outcomes: Building a “Right Tool for the Job” Ecosystem Without Creating New Silos | Jessie Salpeter, National Park Foundation | |
| Cybersecurity Updates and Best Practices for Non-Profits | Rob Lewis, Blackbaud Chuck Miller, Blackbaud | |
| Campaign Prospecting Made Easy in Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT® | Shelley Weifenbach, Blackbaud Michael Quevli, Blackbaud | |
| Change Without the Chaos: How to Become a Change Management Leader | Linda Miller, Rowan University Cara Morris, Blackbaud Inc. Ryan McNulla, Rowan University | |
| Data Doesn't Give Hugs, But It Can Save Your Soul | Kat Beanland, International African American Museum Heather Kellerman, South Carolina Aquarium | |
| Build It Right: A Practical Guide to Launching Grant Programs | Jason Kelliher, Blackbaud | |
| Close With Confidence: Guided Reconciliation + Healthier Books in Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT® | Regina Okonkwo, Blackbaud Russel Fulfor, Blackbaud Heather Johnson, Blackbaud | |
| Agentic Payments: What's Here, What's Coming, and What It Means for Your Organization | Mina Mistry, Blackbaud | |
| Beyond Global Change: Mastering Imports for Mass Updates in Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT® Webview | Wendi Brazell, Brazell Consulting Russel Fulfor, Blackbaud | |
| Common Records Engine - Connecting Student Management & Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT® for a True Total School Experience | Jenn Haley, Blackbaud | |
| A+ Reporting: Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT® Strategies using Imperfect Data to create VSE & DASL Reports | Christy Turner, Blackbaud | |
| Collaborate for Success - Breaking Down Silos at Susan G. Komen | Bruce Baughman, Susan G. Komen Tina Shelton, Susan G. Komen | |
| From Stuck to Strategic: When to Engage a Technology Partner | Stu Hawkins, Red Arc Kevin Wood, NPact Joel Weinbach, Reporting Xpress/RaiseTell Wadih Pazos, Esgenio | |
| Unlocking the Power of Queries in Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT® | Orion Petrie, Blackbaud Laura Ngan Tian, Blackbaud | |
| Fundraising + AI = Results: Rewriting the Donor Journey | Marleen Lucas, Blackbaud Lauren Enlow, Blackbaud | |
| Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT® Super User Panel: Real Problems, Real Solutions, Real Fun | Carlene Johnson, Next Level Database Services Sunshine Reinken Watson, Barker & Scott Consulting Dan Snyder, Bennington College Amy Barker, Omatic Software | |
| Digital Fundraising Solution | Ron Fontenot, Blackbaud Michele Wright, Blackbaud Linton Myers, Blackbaud | |
| Innovation Incubation | Michele Wright, Blackbaud Linton Myers, Blackbaud Ron Fontenot, Blackbaud | |
| Get Your Cold Dead Hands Off Of OLX | Cara Morris, Blackbaud Inc. Krista Matia, Blackbaud Inc. | |
| Getting Started with Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT® Portal | Lacey Kruger, Blackbaud | |
| Mobile-First Fundraising: Rethinking P2P Fundraising for Long-Term Growth | Kathy Kempff, Nuclavis Bruce Baughman, Susan G. Komen Mackenzie Giancarlo, oswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Maggie Gibbons, Make-A-Wish® America | |
| Power Up Your Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT®: Automation Strategies That Level You Up | Shelby Lewis, Summer Search Hallie Guiseppe, Alvernia University Nicole Holt, Preble Street Dan Snyder, Bennington College | |
| Strategic Planning and Fiscal Sustainability for Nonprofit Finance Leaders | Paul Preziotti, Johnson Lambert LLP A. Michael Gellman, Fiscal Strategies 4 Nonprofits | |
| From Messy to Meaningful: A 90-Day Data Hygeine Sprint in Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT® | Amy Matthews, Blackbaud Allison King, Blackbaud | |
| Smarter Online Giving, Powered by AI | James Henderson, Blackbaud Lacey Kruger, Blackbaud | |
| From “We Don’t Use It” to “We’ve Got This”: Progress-Driven Blackbaud Altru® Adoption That Lasts | Kalai TaiHook, Blackbaud | |
| Change Without Fear: How to Automate the Burden Without Automating the Mission | Bill Walsh, IBW Solutions Erin Stender, Omatic Software | |
| Taking Your Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT® Budget Process to the Next Level | John Varadian, Zobrio, Inc. Matthew Kreutzer, Zobrio, Inc. | |
| Managing & Reporting for Time Based Grants with Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT® | Peter Saul, Capital Business Solutions Robbie Pollock, Capital Business Solutions | |
| Enterprise Intelligence in Action: Data, Insights, and AI with Blackbaud CRM (Panel) | Brandon Winchester, Blackbaud Julie Vargo, The Ohio State University Shannon Maitland, University of Arizona Foundation Mary Vega, University of Arizona Foundation Paul Watkins, Indiana University Foundation | |
| Fix the Friction: How Funders & Nonprofits Can Work Better Together | Angela Finley Hunter, The Imlay Foundation Laura Sonnee, Blackbaud Nichols Condon, Blackbaud | |
| From Transactions to Intelligence: Meet the Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT® Financial Agents | David Farah, Blackbaud Regina Okonkwo, Blackbaud Heather Johnson, Blackbaud | |
| Mission Over Manual Work: How Living Beyond Breast Cancer Reclaimed 1,000s of Hours a Year Through Centralization of Their Imports and Automations | Tim Bowden, SmartTHING Sandy Thomas, Living Beyond Breast Cancer | |
| Building and Advancing an Effective Data Governance Program & User Outreach for Blackbaud CRM | Christina Provost, University of Nebraska Foundation Jenifer Alonzo, Blackbaud | |
| Making Blackbaud Luminate Online® Sing: Practical Innovation, Smart Tweaks, and a Peer Model That Scales | Charles Lehosit, RKD Group Karen Sievewright, hjc Matt Fryman, Carry the Load | |
| From Data to Decisions: Smarter Reporting in Blackbaud Grantmaking | Chrissy Haskell, Blackbaud Henry Wiencek, Blackbaud | |
| What's Next For Gift Processing | Anthony Gallo, Blackbaud | |
| Turning Benchmark Insights into Fundraising Strategy | Dominic DeRiso, Blackbaud Tasha Thomas, The Ohio State University Katherine Brown, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center | |
| Making Payments Easier with Non-Blackbaud Applications | Mina Mistry, Blackbaud | |
| Moving Bank Reconciliation into Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT®: The Time is Now! | Maire Moriarty, Blackbaud Marie Broek, Blackbaud Andrew Alter, Blackbaud | |
| Making Your Campaigns, Funds, and Appeals Work for You: Designing for Smarter Reporting with Raiser's Edge NXT Dashboards | Wilson Sarosa, International House at UC Berkeley | |
| Recognition Programs in Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT®: From Setup to Stewardship (Without the Headaches) | Daisy Alarcon, Blackbaud | |
| The Reviewer Experience: Building an Organized and Engaging Scholarship Review Process | Marcela Goings, Southeastern Louisiana University | |
| Presenting Impact Edge for Grant Reporting: Measure Outcomes, Improve Oversight, Tell the Story | Francisco Lopez | |
| What Grantmakers Actually Want AI to Do | Francisco Lopez | |
| The Race to the End Zone: Driving Boarding School Alumni Participation Through Generational Segmentation and Flawless Data | LaDona Lanphere Fazio, St. Mark's School | |
| No More Spreadsheet Gymnastics: Reporting with Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT® | Katie Turner, Blackbaud Cindy Trachta Gross, Blackbaud | |
| From Spreadsheet Chaos to Live Dashboards: Managing $12M in Federal Grants with Power BI & Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT® | David Oduro, Gulf of Maine Research Institute | |
| Spend Less Time in AP with Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT®: AI-Assisted Invoices, Payment Automation + What’s Next | Hallie Hurwitz, Blackbaud Eric Brown, Blackbaud Heather Johnson, Blackbaud Traci Capraro, Blackbaud | |
| Identifying and Managing Prospects with Blackbaud Altru® and Blackbaud ResearchPoint™ | Steffanie Brown, Blackbaud Jessica Pierce, Blackbaud | |
| Winning Where It Matters: Leveraging Connected Workflows for Financial Aid, Enrollment, Billing & Accounting to Power the Business Office | Jenn Haley, Blackbaud | |
| So, You Inherited a Blackbaud eTapestry® Database: Your Next Steps to Clean, Confident Data | Beth Colton, Blackbaud | |
| Query, Lists, Mailings and the New Export in the Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT® Web View: What Do We Do Where? | Bill Connors, Bill Connors, CFRE | |
| Query, Set, Go! From Import to Export in Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT® | Danielle VanHorn, BB David Springer, BB Todd Yellin, Blackbaud | |
| Making Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT® Your Own: A Hands‑On Demo of SKY Add-in Customizations | Alex Wong, Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | |
| From Award Letter to Renewal: Building a Reporting Rhythm That Protects Grant Funding | Kellie Swikoski, YWCA Kalamazoo Angela Braren, Instrumentl | |
| Stop Reporting, Start Leading: From Data to Decision for Nonprofit Leaders | Stephanie Skryzowski, 100 Degrees Consulting | |
| Do Good And Prosper: The New Strategy Behind High-Impact Organizations | Stephanie Skryzowski, 100 Degrees Consulting | |
| The Science of Checkout: Using AI to Optimize the Moment of Giving | Ryan Wittenberg, Blackbaud Jake Gaston, Blackbaud | |
| From Insight to Impact: How War Child Canada Uses AI Powered Analytics to Reignite Donor Engagement | Kimberley Côté, Blackbaud DeeAnn Sagar | |
| The Human Side of Technology: Driving Adoption Through Culture Change | Topher Lovell, Wolf Conservation Center Carlene Johnson, Next Level Database Services Robin Kuehn, Wolf Conservation Center Elizabeth Johnson, The Putney School | |
| Set the Table, Not the Buffet: A Hands‑On Data Visualization Workshop for Nonprofit Leaders | Alicia Eastvold, Your Part-Time Controller Eric Johnson, YPTC | |
| Month-End Close Optimization: From Chaos to a 10-Day Close in Nonprofit Finance | Ashton King, Local Office on Aging Inc | |
| From Metrics to Mission: Storytelling with Dashboards | Amy Matthews, Blackbaud Allison King, Blackbaud | |
| Unified View in Practice: A Migration Playbook for Teams Moving off Database View | Maria Smith, Blackbaud, Inc | |
| What Are Agents, Actually? | Leah Wilson-Duff, Blackbaud Tim McVicker, Blackbaud | |
| Meet Your Data Health Agent | Amelia Helm, Blackbaud Sam Venable, Blackbaud | |
| Reconciliation Revolution: AI Bringing Transparency to Blackbaud Integrated Payments™ Reconciliation | Poornima Rao, Blackbaud Heather Templeton, Blackbaud | |
| From Adoption to Impact: National Park Foundation’s Blueprint for High Value Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT® Usage | Jessie Salpeter, National Park Foundation | |
| From Transactions to Relationships: Using Blackbaud Altru® to Tell a Clear Constituent Story | Stephanie Jordan, The Health Museum | |
| The Risk You're Not Managing - Data Governance Essentials | Jennifer Walen, Greater Washington Community Foundation | |
| Powering Better Giving Today, Preparing for AI Tomorrow: How Blackbaud Gets Payments Right | Thomas Forgione, Justgiving Tom Hedges, Justgiving | |
| Surviving and Thriving with the Grantmaking Applicant Portal Transition | Nick Mills, Blackbaud Paula Lentoni, Mott Philanthropic | |
| How to Scale Your Organization’s Marketing Strategy with AI-Powered Tools | Amy Bridges, Transylvania University Carrie Watkins, Blackbaud Kimberley Martin, Blackbaud Emily Martin, Transylvania University | |
| Where There's a Will.... Planned Giving in Blackbaud eTapestry® | Gardiner Miller, Mammoth Hospital Foundation Judith Youngblood, WIST Data Solutions Christopher McGown, Peak 9860 | |
| The Myth of Perfect Data & How to Build Trust in What You Have | Shannon Knight, Knight Analysis & Solutions Amy Teague, Knight Analysis & Solutions | |
| Practices Making Perfect: Sharing What Works to Reach Scholarship Applicants | Maya Rosman, Wake Tech Foundation Ann Sinclair, McCoy College of Business, Texas State University Emily Wampler, Indiana State University Lacey Price, Sam Houston State University | |
| From Data to Dialogue: Building a Scalable Discovery Process for Leadership Giving | Rachel Svetanoff, USA for UNFPA Steffanie Brown, Blackbaud | |
| Scaling Prospect Intelligence in Blackbaud CRM with Generative AI | Thomas Haley, University of Nebraska Foundation Amanda Hartman, University of Nebraska Foundation Wadih Pazos, Esgenio Cameron Oelke, University of Nebraska Foundation Gethin James, Blackbaud | |
| Precision Over Volume: How Hebrew Union College Uses a Data-Driven Approach to Unlock Major and Planned Gifts—Even Globally | Patrick Leary, HUC-JIR Marleen Lucas, Blackbaud | |
| Strong Endowment Stewardship: Strengthening Oversight, Reporting, and Trust | Susan Smith, Blackbaud | |
| Due Diligence with Urgency: A Grantmaking case study from the Center for Disaster Philanthropy | Audrey Kidwell, Center for Disaster Philanthropy Ryan Turner, Blackbaud | |
| Learn How Susan G. Komen is Utilizing Blackbaud Integrated Payments to Improve Their Fundraising Efforts | Katie Manion, Blackbaud Bruce Baughman, Susan G. Komen | |
| Evolving Your Architecture: Positioning Blackbaud CRM for What’s Next | Andrea Avtjoglou, Blackbaud Brandon Winchester, Blackbaud Jason Metcalfe, Blackbaud | |
| From AI Innovation to Advancement Impact: How Executive Leaders Turn Capability into Performance | Timothy Cerato, Boston University Jason Metcalfe, Blackbaud Elie Sirotta, Boston University | |
| Donor Cover Without the Fear: How to Decide What Is Right for Your Organization | Nichols Condon, Blackbaud Bruce Baughman, Susan G. Komen Jessie Salpeter, National Park Foundation Arthur Weinkofsky, Central Park Conservancy | |
| Migrating from Online Express to Online Giving: A Practical Guide for Forms and Email | Samantha McGuin, Blackbaud Daisy Alarcon, Blackbaud Lacey Kruger, Blackbaud | |
| Online Giving: How Smarter Donation Forms Drive Conversion and Donor Value | Samantha McGuin, Blackbaud Stuart Malone, Blackbaud | |
| Lean Teams, Lasting Impact: Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT® Tips for Small Teams | Andrew Horrow, Finnovate for Good | |
| Beyond QuickBooks: Future-Proofing Your School’s Financial Operations | Jenn Haley, Blackbaud | |
| AI: Better Late Than Never. Everything You Were Too Afraid to Ask In October 2026 | Leah Wilson-Duff, Blackbaud | |
| You can't spell API without AI! | Micco Fay, Blackbaud | |
| Beyond the Form: Connecting Blackbaud to Modern Campaign Experiences | Matt Carlson, Gravyty |