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Donut
Automates employee introductions, onboarding journeys, recognition, and connection prompts in Slack.
What it is
Donut is a Slack-based employee engagement tool for randomized introductions, recurring conversation prompts, celebrations, recognition, and automated employee journeys. Paid plans expand channels, participants, messages, HR integrations, and program controls.
Ways to use it
Ideas from real executive operations work. Take the ones that fit.
- Pair colleagues for recurring cross-team introductions.
- Send structured prompts into a team watercooler channel.
- Automate onboarding, training, or mentorship messages.
- Recognize colleagues with Slack-based shoutouts and points.
- Post birthday and work-anniversary celebrations.
Our take
Donut can create a dependable introduction rhythm for remote teams when there is a real reason for people to meet. Keep each program narrow, explain what participants should discuss, and review whether the same people are carrying the social labor.