Academy

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Free Training for Bloomerang Users of All Levels

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We believe that technology should be the least of a fundraiser’s concerns. Learn from our team of fundraising and technology experts. Apply best practices for donor engagement and retention in your Bloomerang database.

Classes are free, and run from 45-60 minutes. Beginners classes focus on getting you up and running, while Intermediate and Advanced classes help you reach the potential of your database.

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Upcoming Sessions

Intermediate Reports and Filters 1

Intermediate

Join us for a deep dive into our more complex filters and report templates with our Intermediate Reporting Series. In Part 1, learn how to harness the power of nested filters, filter reports and columns for year-over-year giving comparisons, report on cumulative giving, first-time donors, one-time donors, and more! We’ll also look at how you can report on different kinds of data together.

Tue 12/11 – 1:30 pm eastern

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Intermediate Reports and Filters 2

Intermediate

Join us for a deep dive into our more complex filters and report templates with our Intermediate Reporting Series. In Part 2, learn how to reference a report in a letter, email, or another report, filter for multiple criteria, report on relationships, filter for specific constituents, and more!

Tue 12/13 – 11:00 am eastern

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Year-End Tax Receipts

Advanced

Join instructor Diana Otero for an in-depth look at using both email and letters to produce itemized year-end receipts for your donors’ tax purposes.

Tue 12/17 – 2:30 pm eastern

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Fri 12/20 – 11:00 am eastern

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Past Sessions

  • Beginner
  • Intermediate
  • Advanced
  • New User Orientation
  • Adding and Editing Constituents
  • Adding and Editing Timeline Information
  • Creating and Processing Letters
  • Creating and Sending Emails
  • Reports and Filters
  • Settings and Custom Fields
  • All About Pledges
  • Become a Bloomerang Task Master
  • Donor Engagement Surveys
  • Get Started with Online Giving
  • Gift Entry Guru
  • Imports 101
  • Intermediate Acknowledgement Letters
  • Intermediate Reports and Filters Part 1
  • Intermediate Reports and Filters Part 2
  • Optimize Your Online Presence with Bloomerang
  • Solicitation Mailing
  • Bloomerang + DonorSearch Integration
  • Bloomerang for Benevon
  • Bloomerang for Capital Campaigns
  • Document a Custom Development Plan
  • Donor Cultivation
  • Donor Recognition for Annual Reports
  • Event Tracking in Bloomerang
  • Events That Raise Money
  • Giving Tuesday Tips and Tricks
  • Grant Tracking
  • List Segmentation
  • Membership Tracking
  • Prepare Year-End Tax Receipts
  • Recapture Lapsing Donors
  • Use Bloomerang as a Major Gifts Officer
  • Volunteer Tracking
  • Weeding the Garden: Database CleanUp Tips
  • Year-End Giving

Don’t just take our word for it.

I took the “Creating Letters” session awhile ago, but needed a refresher as we haven’t done thank yous through Bloomerang yet. We’re about to start doing thank yous through Bloomerang, so this was an excellent refresher. Thank you!

bloomerang academy classesJanise Gray, Director of Grant Recipient Services, Equestrian Aid Foundation

Dorothy is a well organized instructor who knows her stuff. Concise, well-sequenced class that presented just the right amount of information…no information overload. Thanks so much!

bloomerang academy beginners classesRoy Mueller, Executive Director and Chief Development Officer, Friends of the Children's Museum at La Habra

Definitely need to retake the “Adding and Editing Timeline Information” class as it was filled with so much great information. Dorothy is a great teacher – thank you!

bloomerang academy beginners classesChristine Hockin-Boyd, Executive Director, Garland Area Habitat for Humanity

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