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Celebrate volunteerism with #TeamUp4Good

This is a shout-out to the do-gooders. You know who you are. Tutors, mentors, grant writers, habitat restorers, care-package assemblers, and volunteer firefighters. You are the ones who don’t just care passively about your neighbors, your community, and your planet – you turn that passion into action. And this month, we want to celebrate you. […]

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Teamwork is really f*cking hard – here’s how to make it better

Society loves to celebrate and glorify the individual – Jobs, Musk, Lebron James. We all do it. But individuals don’t accomplish monumental achievements on their own. Success is driven by teams. From sending a rover to Mars to decoding the human genome or building driverless cars, teams accomplish far more than any single person ever could. Take […]

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Jira Core means business: introducing boards and mobile apps

A year ago, we redesigned Jira into 3 purpose-built experiences: Jira Software for software teams, Jira Service Desk for IT teams, and Jira Core for business teams. The reason for this change was two-fold: to deliver a better Jira experience based on team type and, as in the case of Jira Core, to give non-software […]

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You’ll regret missing Atlassian Summit 2016 – here’s why

Atlassian Summit is our biggest event of the year where our customers, partners, experts, and employees all converge together for three days of sharing success stories, learning product best practices, and having a lot of fun while doing it. And there is so much more to Summit than justawesome presentations and keynotes. Our team has […]

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A new way to use Confluence: employee training

This is a guest post written by Katerina Kolina, product owner of Quizzes for Confluence at StiltSoft. StiltSoft is an Atlassian Expert, and a Verified Vendor on the Atlassian Marketplace where they have 15 add-ons for Confluence, Jira and Bitbucket. Every team needs to be well-trained in order to succeed. Be it onboarding new team members, adjusting […]

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Become an Atlassian Certified Professional Jira Admin

Becoming an Atlassian Certified Professional not only means you will join the most elite group of Atlassian VIPs in the world, but it also means you’ll continue to be a top-notch Jira Admin throughout your entire career.

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5 things you’ll love about joining an Atlassian User Group – pizza & beer included

For nearly a decade, Atlassian customers from around the globe have come together to network, learn, and share ideas at local user groups. Today more than 10,000 people participate in Atlassian user groups, in over 25 countries. The ever-growing popularity of Atlassian User Groups speaks to the power of shared knowledge and best practices, as well as to the fun of the Atlassian community. Want to join in the awesome? Here are the essential deets about the world of Atlassian user groups and five things we think you’ll love about them.

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Hipchat Server 2.0 is here! Faster, more secure & more reliable

We’re excited to announce the official arrival of Hipchat Server 2.0! This new release ships with some key upgrades in security, controls, and flexibility. Hipchat Server runs on Ubuntu 14.04 to give customers a more stable, performant, and secure OS. We’ve also improved how upgrades occur, including a new offline upgrade capability. Read on to learn more!

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Inside Atlassian: how we use Jira Core for HR Project Management

The HR team at Atlassian was using excel and email to manage their projects. That is, until the bright-eyed Jira Core team approached ’em with a proposition: Implement Jira Core for them to manage their HR projects if they told us everything about the experience. Boom! We had ourselves a deal. And it was good one, because HR use cases typically involve onboarding and recruiting… but HR teams do so much more than that. Read on to learn about the results of the proposition, how the Atlassian HR team now uses Jira Core for HR project management to be more organized and in the know for all tasks, requests, and statuses.

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Stay informed (but not bombarded) with Confluence batched notifications

Confluence batched notifications send you more relevant email notifications. You still receive the information you care about most, but you receive fewer notifications. Read on to learn more, and while we’re at it, check out five tips on how to use Confluence to stay informed about changes to your work and making sure to get the right updates from your team and around your organization.

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Try using mind maps to plan your next project

Mind maps are a great way for visual learners and thinkers to brainstorm ideas, plan out projects, and tap into the creativity of the team. Plus, they’re collaborative. You can work through ideas and problems together, going from initial ideas to formalized plan as a team. If you’ve felt frustrated at the start of a project, you gotta check out these 3 ways you can use mind maps in Confluence to go from concept to solid project plan.

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Collaborate from anywhere with Confluence for iPhone

Teams need a way to work smarter. We think making teams smarter is the ultimate form of productivity. Our first mission to help teams work smarter was making it easy for anyone to create rich content in Confluence. But creating great content is only half the battle. All this rich content needed to be available beyond the confines of the desktop and office, so teams could keep moving projects forward. We needed to make it just as easy for any team member to contribute and build upon the content as it is to create it – from anywhere, on-the-go. That’s why we built the new Confluence for iPhone app.

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My life runs on Jira: an inventory system for carp fishing

By using Atlassian Jira (Core or Software) every day, I became crazy about wanting to “jiralyse” everything. As the product moves to being less and less linked to IT software development, it’s becoming easier and easier to use Jira not only for workflows and customer relationships but also for data analysis. Check out how I built a JIRA-based carp catches inventory system!

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Learn how Indeed’s HR processes are tracked using Jira

Indeed decided to extend their use of Jira to the HR team (and other teams), and they adopted the Jira best practices of their software teams to help their other teams get work done as efficiently as possible. Register for the webinar to learn more about Indeed, and how to implement Jira Core for your business teams.

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New to Hipchat? 3 first steps to get started

If you’re a Hipchat newbie, welcome! We’re super content to have you aboard. Hipchat is easy to use and set up, so don’t worry about reading tons of boring instructions. Just do these three steps, and you’ll be smooth sailing.