It's time to start giving recognition from the comfort of your own workflow! The Microsoft Teams integration enables you to use Bonusly to give recognition within Teams. 🎉 Our friendly Bonusly bot posts recognition for you, and helps out if you have any questions! First, you'll want to make sure the Microsoft Teams integration is added and set to the proper channel. Check out our article on Integrating Bonusly with Microsoft Teams for integration instructions.
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Giving recognition through Microsoft Teams:
There are two main ways to give recognition through Microsoft Teams: Using the Bonusly App's giving modal, or, through the giving commands and formulas with the Bonusly bot.
Using the Bonusly App's giving modal
Go to your team's channel in Microsoft Teams where you have Bonusly integrated. Start a conversation and in the chat box, type the command, "@Bonusly give" to bring up the giving modal.
The giving modal will pop up into the channel's feed, allowing you to select one of following options:
Give Recognition
Claim an award
Pick an award
Make a donation
Go to the Bonusly site
Click on the "Give Recognition" button to be prompted with everything you'll need to enter in to give. You'll enter the following:
Amount - Points you are giving to each recipient
Recipients - User(s) you are recognizing
Message - Reason you are giving
Hashtag - Your company value hashtag(s)
Once you've completed all those fields and are ready to post the recognition, click on "Give" to have your recognition posted!
Your recognition will now show up in your team's channel feed and is reflected on the Bonusly site.
Using the giving formula
When you give recognition in Microsoft Teams, you have to prompt the Bonusly bot by typing “@Bonusly” and selecting the bot first to make sure it's hyperlinked:
Next, type in the details of your recognition. All together, the formula for giving is:
@Bonusly +amount-of-points @user Reason for giving #don't-forget-the-hashtag
The four components after "@Bonusly" are:
+amount-of-points: Enter the amount of points you would like to give.@user-you're-giving: Identify who(m) you'd like to give recognition to.Reason for giving: This is how you show your appreciation!#don't-forget-the-hashtag: Share the company value that is best embodied by your co-workers' hard work.
When typed out as an actual recognition, it reads as:
@Bonusly +10 @dan for a great Microsoft Teams integration! #teamwork
When you're ready to send the recognition, hit "enter" or the send button! The recognition will now post in your company's announcement channel, and also on the Bonusly website. 🎉
You will also receive a notification from the Bonusly bot that your recognition has gone through, and it will let you know how many points you have left in your monthly allowance:
Add on to a recognition post
With the recognition feed flowing through your team's channel, you can see what everyone is getting recognized for! Even better, you can add on to a recognition post in Microsoft Teams! Just click on the "Add on" link at the end of a recognition post. This will take you to the Bonusly site where you can add on to the recognition. Once posted on Bonusly, it will post in Teams as well!
Types of commands for the Bonusly bot:
The Bonusly bot is here to help! You can type in your direct message or team's channel for help on writing a recognition post, and it always guides you if something isn't quite right about your recognition post format. 👍
How do I bring up the giving modal?
Type @Bonusly give into the chat box of a new conversation and click the send button to bring up the giving modal.
What's the formula to give recognition? I need some help!
Type @Bonusly help if you’re not sure what the format for giving recognition is. The bot will reply with the giving formula along with examples, suggested hashtags, and some users you can give to.
Who can I give recognition to?
Type @Bonusly users to get a list of who you can give recognition to:
Did I give the recognition correctly?
If your recognition is incorrect, the bot will tell you what went wrong!
That's it! You’re all set and ready to give recognition in Microsoft Teams! 🎉
FAQs
Why can't I give recognition even though I used @Bonusly?
The '@Bonusly' text must be hyperlinked for the bot to work and give recognition. Be sure to type in the text instead of copying and pasting for giving to work! 😊
Why can everyone see my allowance balance when I give recognition from the announcement channel?
The Bonusly Microsoft Teams integration is set up so teams can bring Bonusly seamlessly into their workflows. In order to achieve that, we provide users with their balance every time they give recognition. This reduces the need to go to the Bonusly website to check allowance balance availability. If you do not want your allowance balance public, you can give a bonus in your Direct Message with the Bonusly bot.
I'm not finding all the features listed here, what can I do?
We're currently on version 2.0.0 of the Bonusly app in Microsoft Teams. If you are on an older version, refer to our article on upgrading the Bonusly app to experience the latest features!
Questions? Send us a note to [email protected]; we'd be happy to help!
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