Giving a Kudos Recognition Message

When you're ready to give recognition, follow these 8 steps for using the message editor. You'll be recognizing great work in no time!

Step 1: Access the Message Editor

Click on the Give Bar at the top of the Home or Me Page.

Step 2: Select the Level of Kudos

Begin by selecting the level of Kudos you’d like to give (TY: Thank You 5 pts, GJ: Good Job 10 pts, IM: Impressive 20 pts, EX: Exceptional 50 pts).

Step 3: Fill in the To Field

Type your colleague's name in the To field and it will auto-populate. Select the correct name by clicking on it. You can add multiple people to this field, as well as groups, departments, and location names to recognize an entire team. You can send messages to everyone in the organization by typing, All, and external Kudos by typing an email address — external Kudos will not have points attached to them.

Step 4: Write a Message Recognition

Your message can be simple or more descriptive of the specific effort and subsequent outcomes. You may include URLs in your message. With an allowance of up to 1000 characters, feel free to be creative!

Step 5: Add an Attachment or Sticker (Optional)

You can attach up to 10 files from your computer or mobile device to your message, such as a picture or a document (Max of 150MB total), and you can also include a video approximately 5-minutes in length.

Note: You may not have this ability, depending on your organization's settings.

Click Add a Sticker and select a sticker to personalize your message. You can add as many stickers as you'd like, but they must be selected one at a time. 

Step 6: Associate Qualities to Recognition

Select qualities that support the Kudos message. At least one quality must be selected before the Kudos message can be sent.

Step 7: Select a Privacy Setting

You can keep your message Public so it appears on the Kudos Wall or make it Private so that it can only be viewed by the receiver and the sender.

Note: You may not have this ability, depending on your organization's settings.

Step 8: Click to Send!

The recipient(s) will immediately receive an email notification of your message. If you kept your message Public, everyone will be able to view and comment on the message.

We hope this helps! If you have any questions, please post a comment below and one of our friendly team members will be happy to assist you.