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Employee appreciation and shout-outs

20 minutes 15 slides, 9 liveFree Free template

A live shout-out session: a kudos wall on phones, people's-choice awards by word cloud, and 12 appreciation ideas for the rest of the year.

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Shout-outs

Time to say thank you, out loud and by name

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Employee appreciation ideas are ways to thank people for their work, from weekly kudos to peer-voted awards. This pack runs a live shout-out session: a kudos wall people fill from their phones, four people's-choice awards decided by word cloud, and twelve ideas to keep appreciation going all year.
Time
20 minutes
Includes
Kudos wall, 4 awards, 12 ideas
People
5 to 300
Plan
Free

Updated October 4, 2026

The questions

  1. 1Shout-outs
  2. 2One word for this team this year live
  3. 3Kudos wall: who helped you recently, and how? Use their name. live
  4. 4A small moment when a colleague made your week. What happened? live
  5. 5The team awards
  6. 6The calm in the storm: who keeps their head when things go wrong? live
  7. 7The secret weapon: who quietly makes everyone's work better? live
  8. 8The fixer: who do you go to when you're stuck? live
  9. 9The welcome committee: who made you feel at home here? live
  10. 10If your name hasn't come up yet, it's not because nobody noticed. Managers: your turn.
  11. 11Appreciation ideas: everyday
  12. 12Appreciation ideas: bigger moments
  13. 13Which appreciation idea should we try next?Weekly kudos round 路 Peer-nominated awards 路 Time back after big pushes 路 Learning budget 路 Volunteer day 路 Wins wall live
  14. 14How appreciated do you feel for the work you do here? live
  15. 15Thank you, all of you

How to run it

  1. 1Run it in an all-hands or team meeting during appreciation week, or on Employee Appreciation Day.
  2. 2Give the kudos questions a full two minutes. Read a good handful of answers aloud, names included.
  3. 3For the awards, the biggest name in each word cloud wins. Have small prizes or certificates ready.
  4. 4Check that nobody is left out: if someone's name hasn't come up, the manager adds a shout-out of their own.
  5. 5Use the vote on appreciation ideas to plan the next quarter, and send the kudos to everyone in the summary.

Questions people ask

What are good employee appreciation ideas?
Specific, regular thanks works best: a weekly kudos round, handwritten notes, peer-nominated awards, time back after a big push, a learning budget and a wins wall.
What should you do for employee appreciation week?
Run a shout-out session where everyone thanks someone by name, hold peer-voted awards, and launch one appreciation habit that continues after the week ends.
How do you give a good shout-out?
Name the person, say exactly what they did, and say what difference it made. Specific thanks lands far better than 'great job, everyone'.

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  • Results, decisions and actions in the summary
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