Connect around the watercooler, anywhere
Connect serendipitously for virtual coffee, peer learning, birthday and work anniversary celebrations, DEI discussions, and more.We all need friends at work. Having authentic relationships with our colleagues makes us more productive, 7x more engaged, and increases our happiness as much as a $100,000 raise [*].Over 15,000 teams like Okta, Betterment, Gitlab, Zapier, and InVision have used Donut to make 6+ million connections among teammates across departments, office locations, and continents.Donut makes connections across the organization, for teams of all sizes in three ways: by encouraging in-person or virtual meetups, asynchronous banter, and more festive birthday and work anniversary celebrations.Teams use Donut for a variety of purposes:  • Social + watercooler: facilitate daily conversation prompts in channel, virtual coffee meetups, CEO coffee lotteries, employee recognition for birthdays and work anniversaries, and lunch roulette  • Remote or hybrid employees: create remote team lunches, daily donut meetings, and cross-department introductions  • Learning: run peer mentorship programs, code review pals, and sales demo buddies  • DEI + ERGs: organize discussion groups on diversity, equity, and inclusion and support employee resource groups  • New hires: connect new hires through onboarding buddies, new hire lunches, or job shadowingIt’s easy to launch new Donut channels in Slack. Browse our library of templates to discover new use cases, or create a custom channel with features that allow you to::pencil2: Customize your group size, frequency, and introduction message:snowflake: Facilitate conversations with virtual icebreaker prompts in channels or DMs:potable_water: Prompt discussion in Slack channels with Watercooler topics:tada: Recognize employee birthdays and work anniversaries in a human, personalized way:speech_balloon: Automatically welcome new teammates and invite them to join your Donut channel(s):calendar: Schedule meetings seamlessly via Slack using our Google Calendar and MS Outlook integrations:cinema: Easily launch virtual meetups with Zoom, Google Meet, and MS Teams video integrations:hammer_and_wrench: Pair across groups (introduce marketing to engineering) or launch a lottery:dart: Make getting to know your colleagues fun with interactive features like Selfie Contest, Compliments, Conversation Starters, and Favorite Things:bar_chart: Get detailed reporting on the connections your team is makingLearn more about how teams use Donut to make connections and increase collaboration →Need a hand? Give us a shout at support@donut.ai and we’d be delighted to help.[*]