Learning & Development Newsletter

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• Overview
• Newsletter Process
• Past Newsletters
  • Template

Overview

This page covers the process our Learning and Development (L&D) team follows for creating the quarterly L&D Newsletter!

To see currently availble editions of our L&D Newsletter, see our Learning Culture page.

Newsletter Process

The newsletter is live on the first Wednesday of each Quarter.

We build the newsletter in an issue in the Learning & Development Newsletter project. The process for the issue includes:

• The issue for the upcoming newsletter is opened at least three weeks before the publish date.
• Relevant stakeholders/contributors are tagged in the issue each month to provide content or review suggested content in the outline.
• Once the outline is complete, L&D team drafts the newsletter in a WIP MR.
• Reviewers provide feedback no later than 3 pm CT two business days before the planned go-live date to allow time for revisions.
• L&D Team announces the newsletter via slack on go live date.
• Once the newsletter goes live, the L&D Team sends a slack notification in the #whats-happening-at-gitlab, #learninganddevelopment, and #managers Slack channels
• Once the newsletter is live, the L&D team closes out the planning issue.

Past Newsletters

• FY21 Q4 Learning & Development Newsletter

Template

The following template is the typical template for each newsletter. When creating the newsletter, the template can be copied, pasted, and then filled in accordingly.

---
layout: handbook-page-toc
title: {add date - ex. FY21-Q3} L&D Newsletter
---

{add brief intro}

## Recap of Q[3]

* {add a bulleted list}

Past Live Learning sessions can be found on our [Learning & Development Page](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/learning-and-development/#live-learning). 

## Upcoming in [Q4] 

* {add a bulleted list}

Sign up for our upcoming Live Learning events in [Q4] by using [Signup Genius?]()

## Learning Spotlight 

* {add a bulleted list}

## Video 

[embed video]

## Department Spotlight 

* {add a bulleted list}

## Learn from Leadership 

* {add a bulleted list}

## Learner Spotlight  

* {add a bulleted list}

## Learning Tips 

* Set aside 2 hours per week to work on personal development
* {add a bulleted list}

## Other Enablement Initiatives

* {add a bulleted list}

## Discussion 

If you would like to discuss items related to this newsletter, please see the related [issue]().