A guide to share with your team.
👋 Hey team, we’ve got a new tool called Doozy that we can use to connect and celebrate each other. It’s a great way to get to know each other better, and to make sure we’re all feeling appreciated. Here are some of the things you can do with Doozy: Polls, Surveys, Birthdays, Shoutouts, Time-off announcements, Icebreakers and Trivia, Team socials, Quizzes, Icebreakers, and more! 🚀 Phew that’s a lot! Have a play around today by searching for the Doozy app in Slack and clicking Start activity.
🎉 Work anniversary shoutouts are here! 🥳 We’re excited to share that Doozy will now help us celebrate your work anniversaries in the #general channel! On your milestone day, the team gets a chance to shower you with well-deserved kudos, cheers, and maybe a few GIFs for good measure. 🎊 Here’s what you can expect: On your big day, get ready for some love, recognition, and probably way too many emojis from your teammates! 🙌 Got questions or fun ideas for making work anniversaries even better? Let me know! Otherwise, get ready for more reasons to celebrate together. 🚀
🎉 Birthday shoutouts are coming to Slack! 🎂 Thanks to Doozy, we’re rolling out birthday announcements in the #general channel. On your special day, the team will get to celebrate you—expect some virtual confetti! 🥳 Here’s how it works: We’ll try to grab your birthday info from your HR system if it’s available. If not, you’ll get a quick prompt from Doozy to enter your birthday yourself. Don’t want your birthday announced? No worries—you can opt out in just a click, or just DM me and I’ll sort it for you, no questions asked! Questions? Ideas for fun birthday traditions? Let me know! Otherwise, get ready for a little more cheer in your Slack feed. 🎈
❓ Hey team, did you know that you can use Doozy to create and post quizzes? It’s a super fun way to test your knowledge and have a bit of friendly competition with your teammates. 💡 Why not create an engineering quiz, or product quiz to test your colleagues on how well they know what you know! 🚀 To get started, search for “Start a Doozy” in Slack, then click Create Quiz.
📊 Did you know that you can create a poll with @doozy? 🚀 Just type/doozy poll
in a channel to create and send an instant poll, e.g./doozy poll “Your question” “Answer 1” “Answer 2” “Answer 3”
😶 Add “anonymous” at the end if you want people’s responses to come in anonymously
📊 Did you know that you can create advanced polls with @doozy? You can create a poll with multiple choice answers, emoji scales, ratings and more. 🚀 To get started, search for “Start a Doozy” in Slack, then click Create Poll.
📋 Did you know it’s super easy to create a multiple-question survey, and send it to a channel or directly to individuals in Slack? 💡 Surveys are a great way to get feedback from your team, or to gather information for a project or event. 🚀 You can create a survey by searching for “Start a Doozy” in Slack, then clicking Create Survey.
🎊 Did you know that you can use @doozy to celebrate any event or occasion? 🎉 You can create a virtual card that can be signed by the whole team, and share it with the birthday person or anniversary person. 🚀 To get started, search for “Start a Doozy” in Slack, then click Celebrations > Custom Card.
📣 Did you know that you can use @doozy for sending shoutouts to teammates? 📋 Doozy will keep track of all the shoutouts that are created, and we’ll aggregate them at the end of the month and share our favourites!
💬 Are you keen to get to know the team a bit better? @doozy can post daily icebreaker questions in a channel to get us talking 🧊 You can choose from General icebreakers or e.g. Social Wellbeing-themed icebreakers 🚀 To get started, search for “Start a Doozy” in Slack, then click Icebreakers.
🤯 Did you know @doozy can post daily trivia questions in any channel? 📅 The theme will vary every week to keep people on their toes. 🚀 To get started, search for “Start a Doozy” in Slack, then click Trivia.
😎 Did you know @doozy can host team socials with games and quizzes built in?
🚀 Just type /doozy social
to launch a room in a new browser window, with or without video, and add in games and quizzes of your choice.