Welcome to The Spotlight!

Welcome to The Spotlight. This is Nicholai, and if you have The Patron Edge or The Patron Edge Online, I'm sure we've spoken at least once or twice. I'm currently the Product Lead at Blackbaud for all things PE-related and I've supported this program through 16 major versions.

First off, this blog is for you. It is for all of the people who use The Patron Edge to run their back offices and want to squeeze a little more out of it, whether to increase your audience, improve relationships with your patrons or just make running the back office a little easier. I've gained a lot of knowledge in my experience working with this product over the last three years and now we finally have a method to spread that knowledge.

That being said, some of the information I want to share isn't always officially "supported" but if you have a certain amount of technical savvy and a willingness to do some homework you'll be able to do most things without too much trouble.

My hope is to post two or three times a week with advice about PE, PEO, and anything else that's on my mind. I supported The Raiser's Edge for a year so I may occasionally throw something in from that side of the world. I'm still feeling out the blogging thing, so things may be a little rocky at first. Just bear with me and I promise you'll learn something useful.

So enjoy your stay, leave some comments and let's get started!