January 2025: Your Kudos Monthly Update

What we're talking about this month:

  • 🎉 Ideas for Employee Appreciation Day
  • Start planning for 2025
  • AI Revolution at Work: How HR Will Lead the Way

2025 Celebrations Calendar

It can be challenging to remember all the important days worth celebrating or acknowledging throughout the year, so we created this helpful tool to make it easier.   

Our yearly curated calendar is designed to inspire impactful initiatives that foster teamwork, well-being, and growth.   

Stay ahead with timely reminders for team-building ideas, recognition programs, and diversity celebrations, ensuring your strategies align with the meaningful moments that matter.

Kudos Updates

🎥  Send Video Recognition Through Your Mobile App   

Did you know you can send a video recognition message through your Kudos mobile app? Video recognition is a personal and impactful way to celebrate your team’s achievements. Whether it’s a quick selfie video or a polished production, it brings recognition to life, showcasing your appreciation in a dynamic and memorable way.  

Culture Enhancer

🎉 How to Celebrate Employee Appreciation Day

Employee Appreciation Day is around the corner – on Friday, March 7, organizations around the globe dedicate this day to celebrating and recognizing their teams.  

To help jump start your planning initiatives, here are some resources and ideas to get you started: 

We’ll have more Employee Appreciation Day ideas and assets for you as we get closer to the day. As always, your Client Success Manager or support@kudos.com is here to help you plan your culture initiatives.  

February 2025 Kudos Banners

Here are your February 2025 banners for your Kudos platform. You can select one of these banners, or create your own, and upload it right into Kudos. Learn more about uploading a banner into your Kudos platform, or how to customize your theme in this support article.   

💰 Review Your Kudos Rewards Funding 

The start of the year is an excellent reminder to review your Kudos Rewards funding balance. You can follow this support article on how to add funds and manage your Kudos Rewards account. 

Tip of the Month

🚀 Start Planning for 2025

Now is the time to start mapping out your 2025 recognition initiatives: 

  • How to Incorporate Recognition Into Your Workflows: This worksheet offers tips on how leaders in your organization can introduce recognition into their everyday workflows to help build a habit of recognition.  
  • Training for Managers: Kick off January with a training session for your managers and leaders to ensure everyone is up to date on their Kudos platform and the impact recognition has on their teams.  

Our team is here to help you! If you would like to speak to a Client Success Manager to help plan your 2025 culture initiatives, please reach out to your CSM or support@kudos.com.  

Include Kudos in Your Onboarding Process   

When new team members join your organization, include these resources to help onboard new hires to your Kudos platform:

  • Kudos Recognition Guide: a quick overview of what Kudos is, what the different recognitions levels are and how to send a recognition message.  
  • Kudos Mini-Guide for Managers: this guide offers tips for managers on how to keep recognition top of mind for their teams. 
  • Kudos Recognition Bingo: encourage new hires to complete items in their Kudos Recognition Bingo card.  

Top Picks for You

AI Revolution at Work: How HR Will Lead the Way 

Many HR leaders spent 2024 exploring different AI technologies, understanding the impacts they have on their people and organizations and adapting to the uncertainty that came with this new way of working. AI is here to stay, and its potential is massive. HR is truly the driving force behind this AI revolution, and it’s critical for HR leaders to lead this, be prepared, and normalize it.   

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