2021 Atlassian Community Year in Review

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Community Members, 

As we countdown to 2022, it's important to take a moment to reflect on the amazing achievements and unforgettable moments that happened on our community in 2021.

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17.6 million is a lot of folks! And we appreciate every single person who visits and contributes to our community. We also want to recognize the folks who went above and beyond in 2021!

Standout Leaders:

• Most visits: @Hana Kučerová 3,652 visits
• Most group engagement: @Jimmy Seddon 92 posts
• A+ Author: @Laura Holton _ACE Rotterdam_ 42 articles published
• Top Answerer: @Nic Brough -Adaptavist- 1,371 solutions
• Extra amazing events: @Andree Lindenblatt _AC Cologne_Dusseldorf_ + @Krimo Khermane + @Maxine Kröll from Cologne

Standout Members:

• Most visits: @milynnus 1,869 visits
• Most group engagement: @Vanessa Becker 47 posts
• A+ Author: @Andreas Springer {Actonic} 65 articles published
• Top Answerer: @[deleted] 587 solutions
• Extra amazing events: @Vikramjit Singh with 38 check-ins and @Karuna Chimmiri with 28! 

Standout Atlassians:

• Most visits: @Deepak Kumar 761 visits
• Most group engagement: @Christine P. Dela Rosa 39 posts
• A+ Author: @Tanguy Crusson 26 articles published
• Top Answerer: @Michael Pryor 104 solutions
• Extra amazing events: @Kate Clavet 10 events and @Tanya Gordon 8 events

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We already gave a shoutout to our wonderful Community Leaders from Cologne, but let's also hear it for Berlin and Nairobi! 

Berlin-Brandenberg Leaders: @Joerg Mueller-Kindt , @Lo Voelsen 

Nairobi Leader: @Michael Kimathi _AC Nairobi_ Kenya_ 

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Okay - so it's clear that we got a lot of done in terms of connecting, sharing, and learning this past year. But perhaps just as importantly, we had a ton of fun doing it! Here's a look back on some of the contest and campaigns that went down in 2021:

Customer Love Month: Of course February is all about showing our customers how much we 💙 them

Confluence love poem by the inimitable @Verónica Rivas 

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JSM June: We tapped into our inner rockstars to literally write the first ITSM Platinum single

@Daniel Ebers created this beautiful high velocity masterpiece

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Meet-less May: A reminder for all to go meet-less with Confluence

@Danyel Franco , among others, goes meet-less!

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Jira July: A month long celebration of Jira! 

Here's @Dave Liao enjoying some Dunkin' in celebrating of National Jira Admin Appreciation Day 😂. 

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THE ATLYMPICS: The first-ever Atlympics lined up nicely with another renowned sports competition

He is Atlympian @Kishan Sharma  showing off his new hardware!

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Collaboratory: Community members donned lab coats in August to crack the perfect Teamwork equation

@Preston VanSanden working his magic at the Collaboratory Happy Hour where Confluence scientists sipped "Collabinis" and "Pina Collabas." Shout out to Jerry Garcia Pedraza, @Kythera of Anevern , and @Amanda Barber for sharing the love on social!

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Apptoberfest: We said "Prost" to Marketplace Apps during October 

The Foxly team really got into the Apptoberfest spirit 🍻👞🥨 Apptoberfest 👉 Prioritizing Octoberfest Pub Crawl with Foxly 🦊

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Premium week: For teams who aren't afraid to dream big!

@Anna Sakhno was one of the many Community members who aced the Premium Week quiz! 

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The Great Atlassian Bake Off: The most delicious Community challenge yet

Congratulations to @Nikki Zavadska _Appfire_ for winning "ACE Baker"

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Confluence Holiday Workshop: Confluence elves and Community members spread holiday cheer and gratitude

Move over, Bing Crosby, @Laura Holton _ACE Rotterdam_ wrote the next big holiday hit!

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We can't talk about 2021 without mentioning Groups, which had a record breaking year in terms of traffic and engagement. The Welcome Center kept its crown from last year as most active, followed by two new groups: Teamwork Lab and Speaker Bench. 

Shoutout to these Group's Leaders:

Welcome Center: @Jimmy Seddon , @Erica Moss

Teamwork Lab: @Fabienne Gerhard , @Christine P. Dela Rosa

Speaker Bench: @Sharon Tan@Cassie Mayes 

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Thanks for another amazing year, Atlassian Community! Here's to 2022 🥂

Bridget + The Atlassian Community Team ❤️

[Nikki Zavadska _Appfire_]

👏👏👏 What a crazy year this was!

The community events surpassed my expectations this year 🤩 so much variety. Can't wait for what 2022 is going to bring us 🚀

[Bridget]

@Nikki Zavadska _Appfire_ thanks for coming along for the ride! So impressed by all of your accomplishments this year. 

[Laura Holton _ACE Rotterdam_]

What an awesome year @Bridget + The Atlassian Community Team 🤩  🥳

I can't tell you how much fun I've had sharing solutions, writing articles and cooking up Confluence inspired Christmas songs... I'm still humming away to "Merry Confluence Everyone" 

Thank you for making it such a great year as both a member and a Community Leader, very excited to see what 2022 has in store ✨

[Bridget]

@Laura Holton _ACE Rotterdam_ our Community wouldn't be the same without you! I also have Merry Confluence Everyone stuck in my head 😅

[Luke Hostetler]

Thank you all for making 2021 such a great year!

[Mandy Ross]

What an incredible year! I love this post and I love the Atlassian Community! 

[BiancaE]

So much stuff happened this year!! It's great to see it all in a beautiful (and delicious) recap like this. We couldn't have done it without all our amazing community members!!!

[Bridget]

@BiancaE very apt given the Atlympics! 

[Dave Liao]

🙏 2021 was better because of you all, and I can't wait for 2022!

[Erica Moss]

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

@Nikki Zavadska _Appfire_  - that cake.   My last job, before moving to Adaptavist, was with a small media company that ran on cake (and daleks). 

If you wanted something doing, you would go ask the team who would do it, and the response was always "yes, but write me a Jira issue, so it can be tracked and we can write notes, and flip it to a Confluence page if it's an interesting one, and and and"

If you wanted something doing quickly though, you had to have cake to offer

But there's a problem - when someone makes such a good-looking cake, you don't want to ruin it by eating it.  But I want to eat it.  Argh!

[Ollie Guan]

Congratulations to the community and all partners, 2022 will be better!🍻

[Kishan Sharma]

2021 was such a happening year in the Community! Looking forward for many more amazing events in 2022.

Glad to be part of the Atlassian Community 💙

[Fabienne Gerhard]

All KUDOS to @Christine P_ Dela Rosa ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[Krimo Khermane]

Whaaaat? Extra Amazing Events! This made my day! 🥳🥳🥳 And I'm sending BIG KUDOS to my amazing co-leaders @Andree Lindenblatt _AC Cologne_Dusseldorf_ @Maxine Kröll and the help of this amazing community to make 43 events happen.

Congratulations to the community and all partners - you achieved a lot this year.

[Aldo Díaz]

siuuu

[Andy Gladstone]

What is the word for retroactive FOMO? ROMO (regret on missing out)? Well, reading through this I have serious ROMO for 2021. After becoming more active in Q4, I see now what 2022 can and will look like and I am PUMPED!

Thank you to all of the amazing community leaders, content contributors, writers and collaborators that I have had the privilege of interacting with in the community this year!

[Stan Gromer]

This is an awesome year in review post!

[Monique vdB]

@Andy Gladstone you win "best meme" 😆

It's been a truly outstanding year in the Atlassian Community! Thanks @Bridget for recapping it all for us.  And thank you to every single member and Atlassian and Leader and partner for being here!

[Patrícia Fortunato Montenegro]

What a great year that I have had with all Community! I'm so glad about it. 🤩

Seriously, you made my days at work even better! I can't wait for 2022 and all the special moments and occasions that we're going to live on together! ❤️

And yes, this post is a gift to my heart. 🙏🏽

I wish you all a happy and lovely holiday! 😃

[John Funk]

What a fantastic year filled with so many accomplishments in an otherwise yucky 12 months across the world. But the Atlassian Community was LIT and full of encouragement and adding hope as questions were answered, articles read, and LOTS of fun was shared all around. 

Thanks to everyone for playing your part and here's to an even better 2022!

[Kristin Lyons]

I loved seeing the roundup come into my mailbox with my yearly totals! 

[Kristján Geir Mathiesen]

Wow- some amazing stats to read! Well done everyone.

[Kate Clavet]

What an amazing wrap-up, so nice to see all this in one post!😃

[Mary W]

This was great for 2021. Loved the poem. It can only get bigger and better in 2022. :)