If you want to… | Use this program | Where it runs |
Connect teammates 1:1 or in small groups | Intros | Slack channel(s) you set up |
Spark ongoing conversation in a channel | Watercooler | Slack channel(s) you set up |
Automate birthdays, work anniversaries, and custom celebrations | Celebrations | Slack channel(s) you set up |
Recognize great work in a visible, lightweight way | Shoutouts | Automatically available in any channel Donut is in |
Automate multi-step programs (onboarding, training, mentorship, events, offboarding) | Journeys | Anchored to participants, delivered across Slack |
Donut programs at a glance
Intros
Connect teammates for virtual coffee chats, walks and talks, and more — across departments, or between employees and leadership. Frequency and intro logic are fully customizable, and calendar and video integrations make finding time easy.
✨ Tip: Have teammates fill out their Donut Profiles: fun facts, interests, and career highlights feed into AI-generated introduction messages.
Watercooler
Watercooler posts conversation topics in your Slack channel to spark async chats between teammates across time zones. Choose from hundreds of topics, create your own packs, or generate custom ones with AI to jump-start conversations between teammates across time zones.
✨ Tip: You can run Intros and Watercooler in the same Slack channel! See our DEI Mini Actions template for an example.
Celebrations
Celebrate the little moments to create big connections. Send automated messages for birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, and custom celebrations. Pick a channel, set your milestones, and import dates from your HRIS.
Shoutouts
Shoutouts lets teammates publicly recognize each other's wins right in Slack. Tag a teammate, add your team's Shoutout emoji, and celebrate wins in the channels you already use every day. Set point budgets and offer rewards like team swag or digital gift cards.
Journeys
Journeys automates multi-step employee programs from onboarding to offboarding. Build a multi-step program once and Donut sends the right messages, tasks, and intros to the right people at the right time. Start from a prebuilt template or a Blank Journey in the Donut dashboard.
🌟 On a premium plan? You also have access to Gatheround.
Donut's all-in-one video platform for running engaging onboarding, training, and coaching sessions. With AI-powered agenda creation and note-taking, Gatheround makes it easy to facilitate interactive learning alongside Donut Journeys.
If you have any questions or feedback, click the purple Donut button on the bottom right of your screen to open up a chat with our support team!