Whether its Employee Appreciation Day or Admin Professional Day, Custom Celebrations are a great way to recognize a special event of your choosing.
Create a Custom Celebration
To create a Custom Celebration:
Navigate to the Bonusly Admin dashboard.
Click Recognition on the left-hand sidebar. Then, click Celebrations.
You will be directed to the Celebrations page. From here, you can manage your Celebrations.
Click the Create new button in the top right-hand corner of the Celebrations page. Then, select the Create your own option.
In the Create new celebration form, complete the following fields in the Basic Info section:
Name: Enter a name for the event (e.g., Nurses Appreciation Day).
Post on: Choose a date for the event.
Post Visibility: Choose a visibility option for the event.
Audience: Select the locations, departments, or teams to receive the Celebration post. To send the Celebration post to everyone, select Everyone. Please note, if multiple groups within a category are selected, all users of any selected group will receive a group celebration post.
Then, complete the Point settings section:
Amount in Points: Enter the amount of points to give out with the celebration. Enter 0 to send the celebration post without giving any points.
Complete the Post customization section:
Icon: Choose an icon image for the event.
Headline: Enter a short introduction for the event.
Message: Enter a short description or message for the event. Do not include @recipient, other group handles, or "+##" point amounts.
Image: Choose an image for the event post.
To preview your Celebration post, click the Preview button at the top of the Post customization section.
When you're done, click the Save button at the bottom of the page.
Edit or Deactivate Custom Celebrations
Custom Celebrations recur on a yearly basis. If you do not want to celebrate the occasion again the following year, you can deactivate the celebration on the Celebrations page.
To learn more about editing or deactivating your Custom Celebration, visit the Managing Celebrations article.