The Celebration Award is designed to automatically recognize important milestones such as birthdays, work anniversaries, first days, and other significant events. It creates customizable posts tailored to each occasion, ensuring that every milestone is celebrated across the organization. With options to schedule and personalize posts, the Celebration Award makes it easy to foster a culture of acknowledgment and positivity.
How to Set up
To create a Celebration Award, fill out the following form sections in the award Settings page:
- Rules and conditions - automate awards for birthdays, work anniversaries (with standard or custom milestone programs), and new hires at key onboarding milestones, such as their first day, month, 3 months, or 6 months
- Recognition post - Public or Private
- Who should receive this award? - Entire organization or Specific team(s)
- Visibility - Who can see this award listed in the user panel Awards Page
- Notify by - Configures automated recognition notifications to be sent via Microsoft Teams or Slack
Rules and Conditions
The Rules and conditions section allows you to define the specific milestones that trigger a Celebration Award. This ensures that recognition is automated and tailored to important events in an employee’s journey. The following conditions are available
Birthday
Automatically send recognition to celebrate employees’ birthdays.
Customize the points allocation and recognition message to ensure a consistent and meaningful birthday acknowledgment.
Anniversary
Celebrate employees’ work anniversaries with flexible recognition options:
- Standard Program: Send the same points and message for every anniversary.
- Custom Program: Configure unique points and messages for specific milestones, such as 1-year, 5-year, or 10-year anniversaries. This option lets you scale recognition for major achievements.
New Hire
Welcome new team members with automated awards during key moments in their onboarding journey. Choose from four predefined time periods:
- First Day: Recognize employees on their first official day to make them feel welcomed.
- First Month: Celebrate their one-month milestone to reinforce their positive onboarding experience.
- First 3 Months: Acknowledge their contributions as they complete their probationary or introductory period.
- First 6 Months: Celebrate half a year of success as they integrate fully into the team.
Recognition Post
The Recognition Post section allows you to configure whether the award will be shared as a public post or remain private.
A new See Preview feature lets you preview how the post will appear before publishing, ensuring it aligns with your preferences. Additionally, you can choose from three customizable background options to enhance the visual appeal of the post.
Who should receive this award?
In this section, you can specify who is eligible to receive the award. Options include targeting:
- all users across the organization; or
- all users within specific teams
Visibility
The Visibility section lets you control how and where the award is displayed within the platform. The Show in awards page setting determines if the award will appear on the user-view Awards page, making it accessible for users to see and interact with. Additionally, the Who can see this award setting allows for precise targeting of award visibility. You can choose between two options:
- People who can use - limited to those with access to manage the award; or
- Custom - enables you to target visibility to everyone in the organization, specific teams, or selected local and HR admins
Notify by
The Notify By section allows you to configure how automated recognition notifications are sent when a new Celebration Award is published. You can choose to notify recipients and stakeholders through Microsoft Teams or a Slack channel, ensuring that recognition moments are highlighted in the communication platform your organization uses most.