Learning & Development Newsletter

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Overview

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

To see past editions of our L&D Newsletter, see the Past Newsletters section below.

The L&D Team is no longer creating new newsletters. For five quarters starting FY21-Q4, the newsletter went 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

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.

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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]().

Learning & Development Newsletter

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Overview

Newsletter Process

Past Newsletters

Template