Example: Kudos as holiday cards

The holidays are a perfect time to drive platform interaction with an easy, high-impact campaign! Forget mass emails—use the Kudos feature to turn recognition into a personalized, digital Holiday card that colleagues will genuinely appreciate.

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Why Kudos are the perfect digital holiday card

The holidays are all about connection! Using Kudos for your seasonal greetings is a high-impact, low-effort way to spread cheer:

  • Instant Joy, Saved Forever: A holiday Kudos brings immediate joy with a notification right on your intranet, and it's saved forever on the user profile Kudos tab. Over time, it transforms into a lovely "Year-End Highlight Reel" that users can happily reflect on.
  • Quick Team Recognition: Since Kudos can be sent to many people at once, it's a wonderful option for managers or team members who want to easily send a heartfelt holiday card to the entire team without any fuss.
  • Simple Engagement Boost: A limited-time, festive Kudos type creates a little buzz and urgency, leading to a massive spike in platform interaction right when you need it most.
  • High Visibility: Unlike chat or email, recognition shared through Kudos is very visible on your intranet. This enhances the recognition, making the thank-you feel more formal and broadly appreciated.

 

Checklist for setting up holiday card Kudos

Here's how to create a successful, festive campaign:

  1. Plan Ahead: Start planning your festive Kudos cards early to ensure they're ready for the limited-time campaign. We suggest keeping the Kudos type active throughout December.
  2. Prepare Your Designs and Titles: Collaborate with your team to develop at least five different holiday-inspired titles for your Kudos. Then, ask your marketing team to help create images to accompany each Kudos. Alternatively, you can use our example titles and assets!
  3. Create Custom Kudos: In the Administration, create custom Kudos types specifically for this campaign. Keep them deactivated until you're ready to publish. When you want to make them live, deactivate the other Kudos types you're currently using, or activate custom Kudos if you're using Haiilo's default Kudos. Learn more in Activating kudos.
  4. The Reminder: Post on the timeline in late November/early December, telling everyone about the campaign and that sending a Kudos is the perfect way to give their colleagues a personalized, digital gift and a positive memory to enjoy over the holiday break.

Example titles

Use these engaging, holiday-inspired titles for your temporary custom Kudos:

General & Formal

These warm, professional titles are perfect for organizations that prefer a broad, inclusive message that covers the whole year-end season.

  • Season's Greetings
  • Year-End Thank You
  • Holiday Appreciation
  • Warm Winter Wishes
  • Cheers to the New Year!
  • Best Wishes for the Season
  • A Note of Gratitude
  • Holiday Recognition

Fun & Festive

These titles focus on a lighthearted, playful, and fun end-of-year mood.

  • Hot Cocoa High-Five! ☕️
  • Jolly Good Work! 🧑‍🎄
  • The Winter Wonder ✨
  • Star of the Season 🌟
  • You're a Gift! 🎁
  • Gingerbread Genius 🍪
  • All the Jingle Bells! 🔔
  • Happy Holidays Helper 🤝
  • The Nice List Addition ✅

Example images

Use our example kudos images for the desktop and mobile app for your holiday cards. Choose from three sets of general images or one set with kudos titles. View a preview of all images here!

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