Time to kick off 🍻🍂 Apptoberfest '24🍻🍂 Join us next week!

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It’s time to celebrate because Apptoberfest is back and better than ever!

Hello! You may have already heard the news in App Central, but we wanted to make sure everyone in the Community got the memo! We are donating $5 for every attendee who joins the final Appy Hour event (read on to learn more), so let's make this Apptoberfest great and do some good!

This year, we're turning up the fun with exciting new additions that you won't want to miss. We're talking shiny new Community badges, awesome Atlassian swag, prizes, and an inspiring Atlassian Foundation campaign that lets us give back to both our digital and real-life Communities. Buckle up for a month packed with excitement and connection!

Here's what you can expect to see at Atlassian’s Apptoberfest and how you can participate: 

💬 Weekly Community Discussions

Where customers like you can submit experiences and read stories about apps for key products such as Jira, Jira Service Management, Confluence, and Bitbucket. The discussions will kick off with a weekly prompt focused on the following topics:

• October 1 - Apps for Marketing teams

• October 8 - Apps for Business teams

• October 15 - Apps for All teams

On each of the above dates, a discussion will kick off and you will have until to October 25 contribute to all of the conversations. Note, that there are badges and prizes up for grabs for the participants. Keep reading! 

🏆 App demo competition

 Vote for your favorite demo in each of the three categories! Each Community member participating will receive 1 vote per app category (marketing teams, business teams, all teams) for a total of 3 votes. Demos will be posted by our wildly creative Marketplace Partners from October 1st to October 18th. Voting will open on October 18th and close at the end of the day on October 25, 2024. We will have a winner in each category, and they will be announced the following week AND be entered into the finale Appy Hour Party.

🇪🇸 App Crawl in Barcelona

Customers attending Team ‘24 in Barcelona will have an opportunity to visit the Marketplace Booth to give a (video and audio) recorded pitch on their favorite Marketplace app. The first 10 customers to provide a video testimonial will receive a small gift of appreciation on-site.

In addition, for Apptoberfest participants attending TEAM in Barcelona, we’ll be handing out limited-edition vinyl stickers. 

 

🎉 Apptoberfest Appy Hour Party

 October 31st: (registration link coming soon)This is a final celebration capping off Apptoberfest! Join us for an ACE Event Appy Hour Party that will also serve as a demo battle for the 3 finalist apps. We look forward to seeing all participants in a live setting and holding casual Apptoberfest banter!

This year, we want to use Apptoberfest attendance for the greater good and include the Atlassian Foundation. For each individual participating in the Appy Hour Party, Atlassian pledges to contribute $5 to the foundation chosen by the winning demo recipient from a set of pre-selected options!

🎁 Let's talk about prizes! 

Between the engaging Community discussions and exciting demo competitions, a variety of exclusive Community badges will be available for you to earn! Below is an overview of the badges and the steps to obtain them:

Apptoberfest '24 Participant Badge: Awarded to Partners who submit a demo in the competition OR Customers who participate in 3+ relevant Community articles/conversations by commenting on the weekly discussion post

Das Volk Voter Badge: Awarded to customers and partners who “like” 3+ Demo posts (as part of the voting process, voters will be allocated 1 vote per app category for a total of 3)

Stand out Stein Partner Demo Winner Badge: Awarded to the 3 Partners who win the demo competitions in their category and are entered into the finalist demo battle

Bountiful Bavarian Badge: Awarded to the most engaged community members (Partners and Customers): Contribute to the 3 weekly app topic discussions with 6+ comments (total between all of the topics) between Oct 1 - Oct 25

München Mastery Badge: Awarded to the Partner Demo winner from all of Apptoberfest (1 WINNER)

The most engaged Community members and 3 partner app finalists will also receive Atlassian swag options to pick from including pickleball paddles, a luggage tag, or a fanny pack!  Keep an eye out throughout October for more details on prizes, dates, and other ways to get involved. The official kick off is October 1st! 

[Andy Gladstone]

Love the new badge designs and the re-vamped approach to the App grouping. Looking forward to the creativity of the Marketplace vendors in advertising their apps this year.

[Stephen_Lugton]

Thanks for this, it's a cool idea and I like the designs of the badges.  Luckily for me I deal with both Marketing and Business teams so the first 2 weeks will be useful.

[Tanya Botta]

I'm looking forward to this event!

[Teodora V]

For the first time this year, I won't be joining the challenge as a demo video creator, but I can't wait to see what others have in store for Apptoberfest. Marketplace folks are getting more and more creative 😍

[Annie _DevSamurai]

Yeahhh, I’m super excited! 🎉 Can’t wait to see all the creativity in the demo competition. It’s gonna be awesome!