[Closed!] Announcing the Jira Align Early Advocate limited edition badge!

[#1]

Hello and Happy New Year to our Jira Align Community Collection visitors!

The Jira Align community is growing quickly, and we’re excited about all the great content that has been posted so far. To kick off the new year and encourage even more participation, we wanted to offer you the opportunity to earn a special, limited-time badge - the Jira Align Early Advocate Badge! Between 1/6/2020 and 2/7/2020, you will have the opportunity to earn this special badge by simply:

1. Posting at least one question, article or discussion in the Jira Align collection, and

2. Posting at least three comments or answers on existing questions, articles or discussion in the Jira Align collection, and

3. Post at least one Jira Align collection article or discussion to your LinkedIn or Twitter account, and

4. Watch the Jira Align collection

Let us know when you’ve completed these requirements in the comments on this post, and we’ll hook you up with your shiny, new, limited-edition badge. Looking forward to seeing you fill up the Jira Align collection with amazing content in 2020!

[Peter Jessen]

Hi @Mandy Ross - I think I qualify. 🤔Thanks, Peter

[Kat]

First of June to second of July? You are promoting this well in advance!

*sigh* I know I have to translate the date format. 

Hmm - 7 February deadline huh? This looks doable and I do need another badge.

[Mandy Ross]

Hi @Peter Jessen , thank you for all your great contributions so far in the Jira Align collection! We will always consider you the original early advocate in our hearts based on your extensive contributions, but for the purposes of this particular badge challenge, the requirements must be met within the specified timeframe:

Between 1/6/2020 and 2/7/2020, you will have the opportunity to earn this special badge

I hate to be a stickler, but rules are rules and regardless of how much I plead with them, the community overlords don't allow for exceptions when it comes to badge-earning. Anyhoo, based on your existing track record, I have complete faith that you'll be able to earn this in no time at all! 

[Jodi LeBlanc]

Hi @Mandy Ross love this new badge challenge and I just completed all 4 requirements :) I am new to Jira Align but watched a webinar and read some great articles in the collection as a result of this badge challenge :) Also, here's my LinkedIn post:

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6620074899505508352/

Have a wonderful rest of your day!

Jodi

[Mandy Ross]

Congrats @Jodi LeBlanc  for being the first to earn the Jira Align Early Advocate badge!! 

[Peter Jessen]

Hi @Mandy Ross

I missed the timeframe sentence, probably because I'm on vacation in Cancun and was enjoying a rum and Coke while reading and replying to your post.

Cheers,
Peter

[Jodi LeBlanc]

That's amazing @Mandy Ross - thanks so much! :)

[Mirek]

@Mandy Ross- What is someone do not have a LinkedIn or Twitter account (and do not want to have such an account)?

[Peter Jessen]

Hi @Mandy Ross - I think I'm number 2. Here's my LinkedIn post - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/peterjessen_jira-and-jira-align-integration-issue-story-activity-6620355957413203968-Zgv8. I attribute my tardiness to @Jodi LeBlanc's speed and my vacation slow down. :-)

[Mandy Ross]

Well done @Peter Jessen ! You are the second awardee of the Jira Align Early Advocate Badge! It should show up in your profile shortly. Congratulations and THANK YOU for your contributions to the Jira Align collection!

[Kat]

I started working on this badge and I feel a bit intimidated.

Jira Align is an enterprise product on a scale I have limited exposure to. In NZ we talk of large enterprises as those with over one hundred employees with more than 99% of NZ enterprises being smaller than this size. 

I have shared a discussion on Linked In and will continue to make comments and posts where I can interact authentically. I have a couple more weeks to explore. :)

[Tim Keyes]

G'day @Mandy Ross

I have completed the Tasks!

Cheers!

Tim

[Mandy Ross]

@Tim Keyes  Awesome! You are now the third person to earn the JAEA badge!

[Mandy Ross]

@Mirek the objective of social shares is to bring in more visitors to the collection who may not have ever been to the Community before. so if you can come up with something that meets that goal (email an article to people? something like that), I'm good with it! 

[Mandy Ross]

@Kat thanks for getting to know Jira Align! It is a pretty big system meant for companies over 500 pp, so it takes awhile to get used to what it's all about. We appreciate your efforts!

[FUN MAN ANDY]

@Kat : Chapeau 🎩 to you for simultaneously making me laugh (the calendar dates joke) and think seriously (NZ Enterprise facts!) You're so awesome! ✨👏

[FUN MAN ANDY]

@Mandy Ross :
One order of yummy Avocado Badge for me please!! 🥑🎫

1. Fun Man Andy's Jira Align Question (so awesome!!) ❓

2. Check my stats 📈

3. LinkedIn post and Twitter post 📝

4. Watching 👀

5. BONUS! I sent this announcement to my Rotterdam ACE members as an e-mail

[Deepanshu Natani]

Hi @Mandy Ross 

I have completed all the 4 requirements. Can I get the badge?

Link to my linkedin post: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/deepanshunatani_get-to-know-jira-align-faq-activity-6621001190522085376-88Pk

[Mandy Ross]

@FUN MAN ANDY Bravo avocado! Bravocado? I happily award you the 4th JA Avocado badge!

[Mandy Ross]

@Deepanshu Natani Congrats! You're the 5th person to earn the Jira Align badge! 

[FUN MAN ANDY]

@Mandy Ross : #BRAVOCADO ! Genius!! 😂 🌟

You just established 2020's meme of the year... and it's only the 10th of January!! 🤩👏

Thanks for the badge! 🙏😇

[Ollie Guan]

New Year's first badge challenge, here we go!👏

@Mandy Ross 

I have completed the Tasks!

https://twitter.com/GuanOllie/status/1215559221128785920

[Tom O'Connor]

@Mandy Ross I too have completed the tasks for the early adopter Jira Align badge!  I'm looking forward to getting more involved in this community and learning from others!

[Tim Keyes]

Go Tom!

[Mandy Ross]

Congrats @Ollie Guan  and @Tom O'Connor for completing the Jira Align Early Advocate badge! Bravocado!