Featured Resources
Check out a few of our favorite K–12 resources below or search by resource type or topic above to find the right content for you!
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Read NowHow to Hold a Successful Giving Day for Your School
Should your school run a stand-alone giving day or participate in #GivingTuesday? Get the answer to this question and many more in this complete giving day guide.
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How to Design the Best Private School Website
Private school website redesigns don't have to be long, arduous projects. It takes planning to avoid the mess, and this guide is packed with everything you need to know to stay a step ahead.
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2:03Watch VideoThe Parent Experience at a Blackbaud Connected School
What does it mean when you partner with Blackbaud to connect your whole school? See what parents at Brookwood School in Thomasville, Georgia have to say.
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Read NowThe Connected Student Enrollment Experience
The expectations of private school parents have never been higher. Create a strong first impression with a connected student enrollment experience by utilizing Blackbaud K–12's software solutions.
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Supercharged Millennial Fundraising: An Advanced Guide to Engaging Young Alumni in Development
In this eBook from Joe Garecht, you'll learn in-depth strategies to get millennials invested in your school's fundraising programs.
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57:41Watch VideoA Look Inside the Total Economic Impact Report for St. Paul’s Episcopal Day School
Watch this recorded webinar from Forrester Reseach to learn how St. Paul's Episcopal Day School realized a 26% increase in revenue and much more with Blackbaud K-12's school management solutions.
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ReadInfographic: The Total Economic Impact of Blackbaud’s Cloud Solution for K-12 Schools
See how one school realized a 63% ROI in the first year, reaped over $485,000 in cost savings, and boosted revenue over $125,000 with Blackbaud's Cloud Solution for K-12 Schools.
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Summer Sprint: Tackling That School Marketing Project Before September
An eBook to help select, plan, and successfully complete a private school summer marketing project, as well as a contest to win a free trip to Blackbaud K-12's 2019 User Conference—what's not to love?
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ReadThe Connected Admissions Office at Archbishop Moeller High School #Podcast
Learn about the efficiencies Archbishop Moeller High School gained by connecting its admissions office through Blackbaud K-12's enrollment management, tuition management, and accounting solutions
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ReadWhat If Hogwarts School Was Connected?
In celebration of Children's Book Week, Blackbaud K-12 is supporting Every Child a Reader. We're also reviewing how Hogwarts School could benefit from our school management solutions.
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Caution: Moving Content — How to Plan for Responsive Web Design
It’s not easy to design a private school website when you don’t have the content in advance. This will help you create content that provides the most flexibility for responsive web design.
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ReadThe "ON" Product Navigation is Getting a Usability Makeover
Learn how the product development team at Blackbaud K-12 is reworking the "ON" navigation to improve usability and boost efficiency for users completing administrative tasks.
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It's All in Your Head: Why Heads of School are Critical to Marketing Success
In this free eBook, Chuck English reviews the new realities of private school marketing that only heads of schools have the credibility and authority to successfully address.
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School Website Landscaping Checklist
Is your school's website getting overgrown and outdated. Check out these website landscaping tips to keep your site flourishing.
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Read NowEnhancing Student Learning and Grading with Rubrics
Rubrics are on the rise in K–12 education and this eBook explains why your school should be grading with rubrics, outlines how to implement these assessments, and provides resources for teachers.
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ReadThe Year of the School Website: Top Design Trends for 2018
Learn how the evolution of design styles, the growing impact of SEO, and the necessity for responsible design decisions will impact private school website design trends in 2018.
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ReadHow Smart are Your School’s Enrollment Contracts?
After releasing an essential integration between our enrollment and tuition management systems, Blackbaud K-12 is at it again with new online admissions improvements for schools.
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ReadHas the Home Page Video Fire Been Extinguished?
The full-browser video has been a popular trend in private school website design, but this technique may now extinguish the admission pipeline. Learn why.
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Read6 Admissions-Boosting Website Calls-to-Action for Schools
Is your school's website properly converting Admissions traffic into inquiries? Learn how to fine-tune calls-to-action so that prospects take the next step.
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ReadAdmissions Scheduling Enhancements are Underway for EAP Schools
Schools participating in Blackbaud K-12's early adopter program for Admissions Scheduling are benefiting from a better admin experience. See what's coming soon for all onBoard full-edition schools.
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Read Now10 Questions You Need to Ask to Strengthen Your School’s Website Admissions Content
Yes, content is king, and the Admissions section rules private school websites. Learn how to attract and convince prospective families with these tips.
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ReadIs This the End of “Free” Facebook for Schools?
Facebook is currently testing a new format in select markets that removes “brand” posts from users’ news feeds. What will this mean for your school? Let's discuss, here.
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ReadBe a Hero with These 4 Interactive LMS Features
Learn about four key features in Blackbaud's learning management system (LMS) that will create stronger connections between students, teachers, and parents.
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ReadA Simple Strategy for Engaging Your School's Board in Fundraising
Learn how to build trust and engage the school's board of trustees in development efforts with these tips from fundraising consultant Joe Garecht.
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Read NowWebsite Content Workbook: Improving the Six Most Important Pages of Your School’s Website
Ready to spark some website content magic? Let’s get started.
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ReadBack to School Features Not to Miss
Our Product Teams have been hard at work have been hard at work in the first half of the year developing new functionality in the “ON” Products based on feedback from YOU in the K-12 Community.
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ReadTips for Taking Classroom Discussions Online
An online discussion isn’t a replacement for an in-class conversation. Rather a well structured online discussion is a valuable extension of an in-class activity.
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1:35Watch VideoBlackbaud K-12 UC 2017 At-A-Glance
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ReadDon’t Let the Summer Slip By: Top Tips to Position Your School’s Content for the Fall!
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Read3 Smart Summer Projects for School Marketers
By Emily Cretella
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ReadBlackbaud SKY UX is Here for K-12 Schools!
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ReadWhy You Should De-centralize Content at Your School
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ReadWhy No One Is Clicking Your School Website’s Calls-to-Action
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Read NowLe Jardin Academy Selects Blackbaud for their Development Needs
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ReadRubrics EAP is Underway!
One big step closer to releasing interactive assignment rubrics in onCampus!
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ReadSummer Camp Follow-up: Cultivating Your Audience for Admission
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ReadMaking the Most of Your 225th: Media Strategy for a School's Big Anniversary
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ReadBlackbaud “ON” for Small Schools
A Student Management System Created for Lower Enrollment Schools
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Read4 Ways to Use Formative Assessments in Your Classroom
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ReadIs Your School’s Marketing Driven by Data?
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ReadUnderstanding Your School’s Donor Universe
By Joe Garecht
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ReadLeadership in the Small Independent School: A Conversation with Head of School Greg Bamford
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ReadMake this the Best Fundraising Year in Your School's History
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Read3 Big Marketing Moves For Small Schools (With Even Smaller Budgets!)
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Read NowSKY Reporting in the “ON” Products: Your School’s Data at Your Fingertips
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ReadHow To Write an eBook Your Dream Family Will Love
By Emily Cretella
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ReadWhy Your School Needs a Content Strategy – and How to Implement It
By Dr. Jim Cianca
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ReadSchedule Maker 2.0 is Around the Corner! What Can You do to Prepare?
Schedule Maker 2.0 is currently in our Early Adopter Program phase and General Availability is planned for April.
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ReadUse onCampus to Tame the Handout Headache
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Read NowSmall, Fast, and Warm-Blooded: Leadership in the Small Independent School
By Greg Bamford (@gregbamford), head of school at Watershed School, an innovative, small, independent school in Boulder, Colorado.
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ReadThe Secret to an Awesome About Us Page? Make it About Them.
Your About Us page is the place readers click when your site has intrigued them enough to prompt them to learn more about you. For that reason, it needs to be perfect. It needs to reflect
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ReadEnrollment Management: It’s about more than filling seats! #PODCAST
In this episode of the Get Connected Podcast, we welcome Brendan Schneider, Director of Advancement at Sewickley Academy, to discuss the need for schools to embrace enrollment management.
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Read3 Reasons to Use Instagram Live at Your Private School
For boarding and private schools, Instagram has been a tremendous tool for connecting with students and parents as well as prospective families.
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Read NowCreating a Robust Alumni Fundraising Program: Events, Monthly Giving, and Annual Appeals
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ReadThe Major Mistake with Your School’s Online Story (& How To Fix It!)
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ReadThe Key Challenge Facing a Head of School Search Committee #PODCAST
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ReadHow to Develop a Tactical Fundraising Calendar for Your School
By Joe Garecht, nonprofit fundraising consultant, author and speaker, and founder of The Fundraising Authority.
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Read NowData-Driven Marketing Strategies: Using Data to Get Your School’s Message Heard
Stacy Jagodowski
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Read7 Ways to Increase Inquiries on Your School Website
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Read NowCultivating Alumni: Communicate Effectively with Them to Create Lifelong Donors
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3:36Watch VideoAshley Hall faculty renews its focus on the students with help from Blackbaud solutions.
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Read NowThe Art of the Ask: How to Ask Major Donors for Large Gifts to Your School
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ReadWhat Can You Learn from Your Website in 8 Seconds or Less? #PODCAST
Competition to stand out online is fierce — the importance for schools to articulate their value and demonstrate fit is paramount when marketing to prospective families. Heightened admission...
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ReadWhat’s the Makeup of the Perfect Private School Admission Team? #PODCAST
A couple of episodes back, we talked about the evolution of communications & marketing office in private schools. Today, we focus the lens on the admission office. Over the past 15 years, the...
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ReadTwo Private School Marketing Experts Get Tactical with Inbound Marketing #PODCAST
Have you heard? We recently publish a free e-book just for you, The Complete Guide to Inbound Marketing for Private Schools: A Step-by-Step Audit for Your Website. Written by Scott Allenby,...
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ReadWhat’s the Makeup of the Perfect Private School Marketing Team? #PODCAST
As someone who has worked with schools for more than 15 years, I’ve seen communication offices undergo some significant changes. From a single person office that may have been part of a...
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ReadGetting Ahead of Crisis Communications #Podcast
Listen to school marketing consultant Stacy Jagodowski discuss the crisis communication scenarios that schools should be prepared to handle.
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29:23Watch VideoGetting Smart About Payment Delinquency
Learn how Blackbaud Smart Tuition can help your school reduce delinquency and increase cash flow.
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Six Ways to Reduce Paper in the Classroom with Online Bulletin Boards
Review these tips to learn more about the time and paper-saving features of Bulletin Boards in Blackbaud’s learning management system.
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42:02Watch VideoThe Summer Marketing Sprint Contest Finals
Learn about the summer marketing sprint projects from three independent schools that were competing for a free trip to Blackbaud K-12's user conference.
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ReadHow to Engage Millennials in Private School Fundraising #Podcast
Joe Garecht discusses the importance of engaging young alumni in development early and offers strategies that appeal to millennials.
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58:01Watch VideoAn Integrated Enrollment and Tuition Management System
What if your admissions and accounting offices could seamlessly share data? It’s not too good to be true! Learn how our enrollment and tuition management solutions make it possible.
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ReadThe Bottom Line: Smart Tuition Saves Schools Time and Money
Learn how Blackbaud Smart Tuition provided St. Paul's Episcopal Day School with a 26% increase in cash flow and over $70,000 in cost savings per year.
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ReadDiversifying Your School’s Digital Marketing Portfolio #Podcast
Listen to Cheryl Fleming discuss why Sanford School utilizes Niche and other digital marketing initiatives to diversify the school's online branding.
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ReadApplying Made Easy with the Standard Application Online (SAO) Integration
Learn how the integration between Blackbaud K-12's admissions software and the Enrollment Management Association's Standard Application Online (SAO) is simplifying private school admissions.
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47:37Watch VideoBlackbaud ID is here!
Learn how your school can use BBID to connect to your preferred identity provider for centralized management, single sign-on, and two-factor authentication.
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Read NowSmart Tuition and Financial Edge NXT Integration
Learn how your school can end the frustration of managing separate school accounting, tuition, and billing systems that don’t truly “talk” to each other with Blackbaud Smart Tuition and Financial Edge
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ReadGetting Smart(er) About Tuition Management
Thanks to customer feedback, we’ve transformed the Smart Tuition product operations over the last year. Get caught up on the latest support and product updates here.
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ReadReady, Set, Go: Start Your Summer Marketing Sprint! #podcast
Episode 53 welcomes Emily Cretella, founder of Cursive Content Marketing, to discuss her new summer marketing eBook and the contest to win a free trip to Blackbaud K–12's 2019 User Conference.
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Read NowPrivate School Guide to SEO
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is not the same today as it was two years ago, last year, or even last month. Learn how private schools can optimize for success today—and tomorrow.
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59:14Watch VideoFinancial Edge NXT for Independent Schools
Learn why Blackbaud's Financial Edge NXT is the cloud accounting software solution for K-12 independent and private schools.
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49:12Watch VideoThe 2018 Q2 Blackbaud K-12 Roadmap for the "ON" Products and Smart Tuition
Watch the recorded webinar of the 2018 Q2 roadmap for Blackbaud K-12's "ON" products and Smart Tuition.
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27:47Watch VideoSummer 2018 Navigation Update
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ReadWhy are Heads of Schools Critical to Marketing Success? #PODCAST
In episode 51 of Blackbaud K-12's Get Connected podcast, guest host Chuck English interviews two dynamic heads of schools, Brad Weaver of Sonoma Country Day School and Dave Skeen of Harding Academy.
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Read NowSchool Management Platform
At the heart of Blackbaud’s educational software is our school management platform, the central database that stores and distributes constituent information throughout our solutions.
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Read Now2018 California Roadshow Product Roadmap ON and Smart
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