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Write a shoutout they'll remember

A shoutout is not a status update. "Elbano ran the migration" says what happened. It does not say why it was worth saying out loud.
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  1. Say what they did

    Name the actual thing, in the detail that makes it theirs. "Our client report broke the night before the call, and Elbano stayed on it until the numbers were clean." Not "helped with the report".

  2. Say what it changed

    The difference it made to you, the team, or the customer. "He saved the meeting. The client renewed the next week." This is the part people skip, and the part they remember.

  3. Say thanks, last

    One short line at the end, where it has been earned. Thanks first and the reason after reads like a formality with the evidence bolted on.

  4. Take the name out

    The test before you send: if the message still works for anyone else on the team, it is not finished. Put back the detail only they would recognise.

  5. Send it

    Add Coins per recipient if you want to, tag a value, and click Send Shoutout. It posts in your channel, so the whole team sees what good work looks like here.

Good to know
Send it the same week. A shoutout has a short half-life: now it is a signal, five months later at a review it is a record.Praise the work, not the person. "You are such a positive force" is pleasant and evaporates. "You kept the standup calm the week everything was on fire" is something they can picture.Coins are optional, and so are values. The words are the part people screenshot.For where the form lives and the other two ways to open it, see Send a shoutout.
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