🏆 Make Recognition a Daily Habit
Shoutouts helps your team easily celebrate each other’s wins and contributions—without ever leaving Slack.
It’s simple to use, fun to give, and makes appreciation visible across the company. Add custom rewards to tie recognition to perks that motivate and fit your team’s culture.
📈 Why Use Shoutouts?
✅ A part of your team’s daily flow in Slack
✅ Drives real-time recognition, not just quarterly awards
✅ Makes appreciation visible and contagious
✅ Reinforces your culture and values through custom rewards
📝 Beta Details
Shoutouts is currently free to use during our beta period. After the beta, Shoutouts will be available as part of Donut’s Premium plan.
Want to share with your team?
Just send them this one-pager!
Questions? You can reach us at support@donut.ai
⚙️ How It Works
1. Set It Up
Choose a custom emoji for shoutouts (like 🍩 or 👏)
Name your team’s points (e.g. Kudos, High-Fives)
Pick the Slack channel where shoutouts happen
Set how many points each person can give weekly
2. Add Rewards
Create custom rewards (gift cards, swag, time off) or choose from prebuilt templates.
Set the name, image, description, and point cost
Limit availability or quantity if needed
3. Assign Admins
Decide who can manage shoutouts
Donut Account Admins are automatically Shoutout admins and cannot be removed.
4. Launch
Set up a private fulfillment channel—this is where Donut will send messages whenever someone redeems a reward, so you can easily track and fulfill requests.
Announce the program in your chosen Slack channel so your team knows how how to give shoutouts and what emoji to use.
Once your program is live, giving shoutouts is easy: Just post in the channel, tag a teammate, and include the emoji.
Example:
“Great job on the launch @jenny and @rohan! Have 2 Donuts each! 🍩 🍩”
Jenny and Rohan each get 2 Donuts, which they can later redeem for rewards.