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- Users who are designated as award givers and Global Admins 👩‍💻🧑‍🔧

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What are Manual Awards?

Giving Awards

Giving Non-templated Awards

Giving-templated Awards

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Manual Awards allow you to create company-funded awards, which means your company is recognizing individuals instead of recognition coming from peers. Before you can give an award, one of your Bonusly admins will need to create Manual Awards in your Bonusly account, which you can read about here.

There are two types of Manual Awards: templated and non-templated.

Templated Awards have pre-set information to standardize recognition for specific amounts and events. You won’t need to customize the message each time, so a quick and easy template makes it simple to recognize company-wide initiatives.

Non-templated Awards allow you to customize the message each time new recognition is given, making it easy to tailor the message and recognition amount.

If you have permission to give out awards, you will see a highlighted box below the recognition box with a button to Award someone. When you click on the button, any awards available for you to give out will show up.

First, you'll see Non-templated Awards followed by Templated Awards. Plus, on the right-hand side, you'll see the available budget for that award, so you know how much you can give out!

To give out a Non-templated Award, select the award you would like to give and then click the Next button.

Now you can customize the award just like you would a recognition post, except by giving an award, the points will come from the award budget, not your personal giveable allowance! 🎉

To send the award, click the Award button in the lower right corner. The award recognition will post to the homepage and notify the user they've received an award!

To give out a Templated Award, select the award you would like to give and then click the Next button. The recognition amount and reason are already in the draft post and cannot be changed in a Templated Award. All you need to do is add in the person or people you'd live to give the award to and click the Award button. Easy, right?! 🔥

Just like the Non-Templated Award, the recognition will post to the homepage and notify the user!

That's it! Now you can start giving standardized bonuses from the company for specific contributions and events! 🎉

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