June 2025
Feature Spotlight
Bonusly MS Teams App Experience
What’s New?
3 ways of giving recognition in the flow of work - in the search bar (new!), on the home tab (new!) and in Bonusly chat.
Teams-specific recognition channels, so team members can follow and add-on directly to colleagues’ recognition without leaving where they work.
Native MS Teams notifications so you never miss an important milestone or an announcement or … and all notifications can be personalized.
A central app home tab to directly nominate a colleague, or give an award, as well as quick links to all less frequent Bonusly actions.
Register below for our office hours session. Can't make it? Don't worry we'll have more options coming in Q3!
Mobile Giving Experience
Mobile-friendly give box including video and other actions on the bottom action bar on the main feed
AI-powered real-time feedback and auto population of the givebox text with:
Transcript summary
The recipient of the recognition (matches user to recent recipient)
Points mentioned
Hashtags mentioned
Admin Feature Updates
Custom Reward Description Formatting
Admins are now able to include formatting in their custom reward description. Formatting includes bold, italic, underline, new lines and links. To see the formatting menu, highlight the text and a popover menu with options will show. The description will show when the reward details are opened on the Rewards page.
Incentives Admin Page:
Say hello to the new and improved incentive admin pages!
The redesigned pages should look very familiar coming from the recently updated Celebrations and Nominations pages.We've made a big effort to clean up the confusing parts of the old form, so you'll see updated and detailed menus for:
Eligibility/Audience configuration
Points budget and quantity/claim limits
Recognition post and incentive module previews
Approval Process configuration
Upload CSV for Awards
Award givers now have the ability to upload a CSV of email addresses when giving an award. This makes award giving easier when giving to a large custom group of people!
Light Email Customization
Admins now have the ability to make the following customizations in emails:
Choose to use their company logo in user facing emails
Change the Welcome email subject, header, body and button text
Change the Invite email subject, header and body (button text is not customizable)
These new settings can be found on the Admin > Company > Account settings page in the Email Customizations section.
Upcoming Events
May 2025
Feature Spotlight
Video Recognition
Recognition isn’t one-size-fits-all—and it definitely doesn’t only happen during stand ups or status updates. Sometimes, the magic happens at odd hours, in different time zones, or on the move. A product ships quietly overnight. A sales rep lands a deal between meetings. A warehouse crew hits a target before most of the office even logs on.
These are the moments that deserve to be seen, heard, and felt. With Bonusly’s new video recognition, teams can capture the energy of those wins in real time—and share them in a way that’s personal, flexible, and built for how work really happens today.
Video recognition is now available to all users, visit your home feed to test it out or check out this article to learn more: Using video to give recognition
Incentives Enhancements
Incentives play a key role in driving positive team behaviors—and now they have a dedicated place to be celebrated. Introducing a new way to showcase incentive activity directly on your company’s home feed, giving all recognition the visibility it deserves.
With our latest update, all redeemed incentives are now highlighted in a centralized space within the recognition feed. This keeps your team informed and inspired, without overwhelming the rest of your team recognition.
Motivate. Recognize. Repeat!
Admin Feature Updates
Announcements
Company Announcements has moved to a new spot!
Desktop: Announcements now appear in a compact widget on the right side of the home page. Click on the announcement to open a new window showcasing all of the details.
Tablet + mobile: Announcements are accessible from the top navigation menu.
Admin Promoted Rewards
Admins now have the ability to change promoted rewards on the home page. We’ve included multiple options to give you maximum flexibility! Update your settings on the Rewards Catalog page by clicking the Manage Promotedbutton.
NominationsAdmin Tools > Recognition > Nominations
Sort your favorite submissions: Sort starred users on the review screen to generate a quick list of top nominees for an event.
More visibility and clarity of nomination events: New description tool tip in all submission forms for increased visibility and clarification of nomination programs.
Increased flexibility for event timing: Start and stop nominations on the same day and close immediately when needed.
Report Subscriptions
Bonusly admins can subscribe to each admin report on a monthly or quarterly basis. Report CSVs will generate and be emailed on the 3rd of the month following the end of a month/quarter.
Upcoming Events
Best Practice Series | Flash Points
Tuesday, June 10, 2025 11 am MT
Register Here
Best Practices Series | New MS Teams Experience
Thursday, June 26th, 2025 1 pm MT
Register Here
Releases Coming Soon!
Dedicated Incentives page in your Admin tools
New MS Team Experience
Light Email Customization
Admins will have the ability to lightly customize emails in three ways on the Account settings page:
Use your company logo in all user facing emails
Customize the Welcome email contents
Customize the Invite email contents
April 2025
New Support Center in the Bonusly app!
It's easier than ever to get in touch with support and get the latest updates from the Bonusly team! Directly within the Bonusly app Admins can:
Submit a direct request for support from our team by submitting a message
Get updates on the Bonusly status page for any scheduled maintenance or service interruptions
Get the complete list of new releases and feature enhancements in the Bonusly newsfeed
Feature Releases
Subscribe to Admin Reports! Administrators can now subscribe to receive reports on a monthly or quarterly basis using the new subscriptions page! Click here to learn more in our Help Center!
The New Celebrations experience gives Admins more control over design, management, and visibility of their celebration program. Check out the new celebrations landing page!
Upcoming Events
Resources
📺 On-demand webinar: Panel Discussion: Rethinking Leadership: How to Empower Managers to Actually Succeed
💡Trending article: What Makes a Great Manager? Maybe That's the Wrong Question
📝 NEW Customer story: How JS Perkins Build a Recognition-Driven Culture That Scales
📍On-demand best practice session: Video Recognition
March 2025
Upcoming Events
📅 COMING SOON! Semi-annual Customer Experience Survey. We are launching our first CX Survey of 2025, which gives Bonusly customers an opportunity to provide valuable feedback about your experience with Bonusly. This helps us to implement a data-driven approach to investing and prioritizing how we increase the value you get from Bonusly. Keep an eye out, email coming soon!
📅 Webinar: Recognition Done Right: A Fireside Chat on What Works, What Doesn't and What's at Stake.
March 27, 2025 | 1pm ET. Register here
Resources
📺 On-demand webinar: A Job Well Done: Bridging the Gap between Recognition and Performance
📝 Customer Story: Reinforcing Core Behaviors Through Recognition: Teleport's Approach
📍On-demand Best Practice session: Nominations and resources
February 2025
A company's ability to thrive isn't just about knowledge anymore; it's about the strength of relationships. We've entered the relationship economy, where the strength of human connection defines high performance. The most effective teams aren't just the smartest— they're the most connected. That's why we created the 2025 State of Recognition report—to better understand how recognition drives connection, and ultimately, business success.
Upcoming Events
📅 Employee Appreciation Day: March 7th
The Bonusly team has some exciting plans in store for Employee Appreciation Day! Interested in being a part of it? Share a simple 30 seconds to 1 minute video of what #RecognitionDoneRight means to you and send it to [email protected] to be included in the fun! To say thanks, we'll send a $25 Amazon gift card to the first 10 people who share a video!
📅 Webinar:The Relationship Economy- Where Human Connection is the New Capital | March 4th 1 pm ET Register here
📅 Bonus Edition Panel Discussion: Recognition Done Right vs. Recognition Done Wrong | March 25th 2 pm ET
More information and registration link coming soon!
Resources
📺 On-demand webinar: Ready to Transform Engagement Beyond Recognition? Here's Where to Start
💡Trending article: The Future of Work is Built on Relationships with Bonusly CEO, Charles Hough
📝 Resource: 2025 Compensation Guide from Betts Recruiting
📍On-demand Best Practice session: Team Recognition and Group Giving [Check this one out for ideas for Employee Appreciation Day]
Release Recap
We're excited to announce our newest program in Bonusly, nominations!
Available in all Bonusly products
Learn more: Make Every Contribution Count: The Case for a Strong Nomination Program
You're invited: Best Practice Webinar | Nominations March 20th 2 pm ET Register here
More visibility for company values: Now the description of a company value hashtag will always show up when hovering over the hashtag anywhere in Bonusly, not just the trending list giving your teams a better understanding of what it means to embody your companies core values. Available in all Bonusly products
Just Talk Feedback for Managers: Giving feedback just got easier - just hit the mic button to record your message. Bonusly will transcribe for you and even ask if we can help to improve! Available in Bonusly Achieve