Setting Up & Sending Shoutouts
CultureBot makes it simple to celebrate teammates and build a culture of appreciation directly in Slack. With Shoutouts you can recognize peers in seconds and keep positivity flowing across your team.
What are Shoutouts? Sometimes referred to generally as kudos, praise, props, or recognition, there are also other "app specific" names given for employee appreciation sent through Slack, Teams, or other workplace software, like Tacos, Fives, or Karma.
Shoutouts work right out of the box in Slack and Teams.
Sending A Shoutout In Slack
You can send a "Shoutout" from any Slack channel.
- Go to the channel of your choosing
- Type "/shoutout" and choose "Shoutout" from the menu that appears
A modal screen will pop up to compose your Shoutout:
- Type: What you want to praise someone for/about
- Give to: Select one or more people to shoutout
- Channel: The channel where you want the shoutout posted
- Reward Points to give: *If set up for your organization, you can give reward points
- Shoutout message: Your message
You can make the shoutout anonymous (i.e. it is posted from "CultureBot" or the custom name of your bot), or you can leave this unchecked and make the shoutout from you personally. You can also choose to leave the graphic out and send the Shoutout as only text.
Sending A Shoutout in Teams
You can send a "Shoutout" from any area in Teams.
- When composing any message, press the + icon
- Select "CultureBot"
From here, the shoutout popup will appear or you will need to select "Shoutout" and trigger the pop up.
Composing your Shoutout from here is very simple and straightforward:
- Type: What you want to praise someone for/about
- Give to: Select one or more people to shoutout
- Reward Points to give: *If set up for your organization, you can give reward points
- Shoutout message: Your message
You can make the shoutout anonymous (i.e. it is posted from "CultureBot" or the custom name of your bot), or you can leave this unchecked and make the shoutout from you personally. You can also choose to leave the graphic out and send the Shoutout as only text.
That's it. There are many ways to customize Shoutouts and make them more productive for your organization. Such as:
- Creating Custom Shoutout Images (to match your brand)
- Set up "Shoutout Day" or Shoutout Reminders)
- Activate Peer Rewards to tie rewards to Shoutouts