Amanda Barber Community Champion

While the general idea of team building often stirs up collective groans, how else do you ensure your teams have a strong foundation? When team building is done right, it feels less like trust falls and more like fun! In my former career as a teacher, team building conjured up sighs and so many trust-fall-esque activities.…

Happy Friday, Community! (And Good Friday or Passover to those who celebrate!) Spring cleaning traditions exist across many cultures. In Persia, New Year happens in March, and celebrations begin with a thorough cleaning. In Thailand, the Songkran New Year in April includes cleaning inside and outside before engaging into…

Want to join in on creating some feel-good vibes and Friday fun for the first few months of 2026? Comment below to select a date. When it's your turn, you can create a discussion or article. 🤩 Check out past posts here! JanuaryJanuary 2 - Mahima_miniOrange January 9 - Trudy Claspill January 16 January 23 - Andrew Zimmerman…

Happy Friday, Community! For today's conversation, I want to know - how do you fill your cup? This week was pretty draining at work and home. I've been thinking about how rarely I spend time doing hobbies anymore and am trying to find time to fit more of that in! So, how about you - what do you do to make sure your battery…

Happy Feel Good Friday, Community! Today marks the "vernal" equinox - in the northern hemisphere, we're beginning spring; and the southern hemisphere is beginning fall/autumn! There are positive mental health changes associated with both spring and fall - I hope that you're all finding ways to feel good on this day of…

Hellooooo, community and happy Friday! This week, Atlassian announced widespread layoffs. For today's conversation, I'm just asking that folks check in on their ex-Atlassians on LinkedIn and send them your good vibes and/or job recs! 

Happy Friday, Community! For today's feel good Friday conversation, let's chat about your recent wins! Big or small - personal or professional - let's celebrate YOU!

Today isn't just Friday - it’s Pokémon Day! 🎒✨ On this day in 1996, Pokémon Red and Green launched in Japan, sparking a global phenomenon that turned us all into Trainers. Whether you’ve been around since the Game Boy era or just joined the Pokemon community recently, today is about celebrating the friendships and…

Happy Feel Good Friday, Community! It was a beautiful, spring-like week of sunny weather here in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. However, today has turned a bit gloomy and more wintery. Earlier this week, with the sun casting that warm glow, everything just felt brighter (pun intended) and cheerier! It got me thinking - what are…

Happy Friday, Atlassian Community! Pizzas were once a staple of our Friday evenings. As our kids have gotten older, we've started going out to eat together instead of ordering in, but pizzas are still a favorite of mine! I also remember enjoying Big Foot Pizza from Pizza Hut on Saturday nights with my cousins growing up!…

I'm nominating the Teamwork Collection as a #TeamChanger! (Okay, okay, and the awesome folks who are using said tools at my company - they're ALL Team Changers!) My team recently gained access to the entire Teamwork Collection, including Jira, Confluence, Loom, and Rovo. Several developers have quickly embraced these…

Hello Community! I want to share about my company’s transition from single apps (with different seat counts per app) to the Teamwork Collection. Last year, my company, Common Good Learning Tools, became certified as a Public Benefit company. In the U.S., that qualifies us as a social enterprise. We’re a small, primarily…

Sorry this is so late! It's technically still Friday here in the United States. This upcoming Monday is Martin Luther King, Jr. day here in the United States. It got me thinking about ways I enjoy giving back and supporting my community. Did you know... “Giving back has been shown to boost happiness, reduce stress, enhance…

I recently attended the Unplug for the Holidays with Atlassian Teamwork Collection webinar and LOVED seeing some of the tips and tricks the team shared. My team was SO lucky to recently upgrade to the Premium Teamwork Collection, so this will be a great way for me to get my feet wet with the new features as we head into…

Apparently, the third Friday of December is National Ugly Sweater day here in the United States. While I don't have any actual ugly sweaters, I do have a fun, holiday-themed Confluence sweatshirt from a few years ago and my new favorite holiday sweatshirt: Share your favorite holiday sweaters below - ugly or not! (Beauty…

Want to join in on creating some feel-good vibes and Friday fun? Comment below to select a date. When it's your turn, you can create a discussion or article. 🤩 Check out past posts here! NovemberNovember 7 - Barbara Szczesniak November 14 - Huwen Arnone _Deiser_ November 21 - Daria Kulikova_GitProtect_io November 28…

Happy Feel Good Friday, Community! As we head into the end of the year, I thought this might be a great time to reflect on something you've accomplished this year - professionally or personally (or both!) and let us celebrate YOU! 🎉 Selfishly, I'm hoping to get some ideas for what I'd like to accomplish in 2026. 🤪 I'll…

It's Friday in Sydney! I often hate those ice breaker type questions, especially when I don't get any time to plan ahead for my response. I stumbled upon one recently that gave me some warm fuzzies and thought I'd present it to the community. What is something you have accomplished as an adult that your younger self would…

Want to join in on creating some feel-good vibes and Friday fun? Comment below to select a date. When it's your turn, you can create a discussion or article. 🤩 Check out past posts here! July🎆July 4th: Mahima_miniOrange_SSO July 11th: @Patrícia Montenegro July 18th: @James O_Connor July 25th: Daria Kulikova_GitProtect_io…

It's *finally* Feel Good Friday, Community! For today, I'd love to hear about the causes you care about. In October, in the U.S., it's Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This particular cancer has impacted many people I am close to in recent years. (Friendly reminder to schedule your mammogram, ladies!) I also regularly…

It's Friday in Sydney! September 26th is World Tourism Day. For today's Feel Good Friday, I'd love to hear positive ways tourism impacts your life - whether its travelers visiting your local area or your favorite places to travel! (Need to add to my list of places to visit!)

It's Friday in Australia! (Happy Friday, Jr. to my U.S.-based community members!) Ahoy there, me hearties! Shiver me timbers, it be Feel Good Friday! An' a special one at that! It be Talk Like a Pirate Day here in the U.S., and there be naught better for the soul than a bit o' silliness. So here be some treasures to fill…

It's 5am in Sydney, so let's kick off Feel Good Friday! (This gives new meaning to the saying, "It's 5:00 somewhere") Today was the first day of the Wisconsin State Fair. While I won't be going this year due to too many other commitments, it's always fun thinking about my favorite parts of our local fairs! I usually make…

@Andy Gladstone helped us achieve the first goal in Likes for Trees (a whopping 50,000 likes which will help plant 50K trees!) with his July-kable series. Check out the posts here: July-kable Post Series: Episode I - Your Most Likeable Animal! July-kable Post Series: Episode II - Your Most Likeable Entertainment Art!…

I'm looking to create an automation that sums a custom field that is listed on subtasks to that custom field on their parent item. Lesson Count is a custom field (number) and the field would be edited for subtasks and rolled up to the Parent work item. Any ideas what's missing here? Thank you in advance!

I was wondering if there are any similar discounts available for Public Benefit Corporations as there are for non-profits? I'd love to get my small company to upgrade and use additional Atlassian products, but the cost is prohibitive. The company is run like a non-profit, but has B Corp status instead. I couldn't find any…

Happy Friday, all! I had a thought this week during a Pilates class - movement is like magic to me. It helps me think through problems I'm having and plays a part in being my best self - mentally and physically. For me, movement is a huge part of keeping my brain running on all cylinders. If I'm feeling stuck during the…

I’m excited to share a reflection on my journey as an Atlassian Community Leader Champion. TL;DR: The Atlassian Community is full of amazing people who know all sorts of goodies about the Atlassian stack, and more importantly - ways of working! You should join the community and/or consider becoming a Champion if cool…