About the Contest

Dates

The contest will run from June 16-30, 2021. Courses must be watched during this time frame (previously watched courses do not apply).

The Prize

Each member of the winning team gets to pick a new book of their choice! (up to $200 total)

How to Win

A team will be designated as “top learners” if all team members complete the LinkedIn Learning course/pathway selected by their team.

• If more than one team achieves top learner status, then the team with the highest total number of team members completing the chosen pathway/course will be the winners.

Feedback from past "Top Learners" contest

“Our team found the training very useful and timely for the work we are doing. All of us can immediately incorporate things learned into our projects. We found the assortment of training sessions to be wonderful and appreciate the opportunity for the free training.”

“I kept seeing the notifications for LinkedIn Learning but didn't do anything about it until the contest was announced. What a great way to entice people to sharpen their skills at work. The skills I learned will not only help me at work but also personally.”

“I will take more courses. I like that they are free, have so many topics to choose from and how they are a great tool for professional development.”

How to Participate

Create a team

• Gather coworkers or other colleagues that want to explore a professional development theme together and form a team.

• The more people on your team, the greater chance you have to win.

• Designate one person as the “Team Learning Captain.”

Decide what professional development content to explore

Choose from:

• Project Management Simplified 
• Comparing Agile versus Waterfall Project Management
• Scrum: the Basics
• Excel Quick Tips
• Excel Power User Challenge
• Supporting Allyship and Anti-Racism at Work
• Confronting Bias: Thriving Across Our Differences
• Diversity Recruiting
• The Employee’s Guide to Sustainability
• Microsoft Teams Tips and Tricks
• Managing Conflict
• Deescalating Difficult Situations
• Having Career Conversations with Your Team
• Time Management
• Supporting Your Well-being
• If you had something else in mind that isn’t included in this list—contact Jasmine Laine. Together, we can find an appropriate course or pathway that will work for this challenge.
• Each of the above choices is roughly 1-2 hours long. Some are courses and some are learning pathways (collection of videos from various courses). 

Register for the Learning Contest

• Registration requires the names of team members, the name of the team captain, and the professional development theme to be explored. (Register here!)

Watch courses in LinkedIn Learning

• Team members report to the Learning Captain when they have completed the course. 
• Courses must be watched from June 16-30. Courses watched previously in LinkedIn Learning do not count toward the contest (but good for you for taking advantage of this resource on your own!)

Report your results

• At the end of the contest, OOLD will ask Team Learning Captains to enter the name of each team member who completed the course/pathway and share some overall impressions of how the learning challenge went (i.e. were the courses valuable? What did the team learn together?)