Hello!

Hi. I'm Azadi Sheridan and I'm really excited to become a blogger!  I've been at Blackbaud for almost five years now, and have used versions of The Raiser's Edge for almost a decade.

I'm going to write my blog (or rather I plan to write my blog) from a couple of points of view: I'm a former (and every now and then current as I love it) consultant and project manager for Blackbaud, which has provided me with the opportunity to meet hundreds of Raiser's Edge users (I'll post something about what we do in the future); I'm currently a managing consultant for Blackbaud Europe, which gets me involved in the dozens of projects my team are working on from training on The Raiser's Edge to consulting on Blackbaud NetCommunity to the myriad things we do for The Patron Edge, Blackbaud Direct Marketing, Blackbaud Text Messaging and some of other the new technologies we are rolling out. My third angle is as Chair of the Institute of Fundraising Technology Special Interest Group where I get to volunteer to help deliver talks, webinars and conferences on technology for the not for profit sector.

I particularly want to share some stories about not-for-profit software in the UK and mainland Europe to help tell you about the great innovations we are developing and implementing.  I also want to be able to give an insight to working life at Blackbaud so you've a better idea of who we are.

So, expect some variety and the occasional random thing. I'm a non-techie at heart who loves the Not For Profit sector and I have a habit of a) getting excited about stuff I've seen with, for  or from clients and b) getting excited about stuff that I've had to learn in order to keep up with the pace of change in IT and the Internet. I really hope to share that and to get some comments back on this site or by email.