Meeting shout-outs

Why it works

Meetings are already on everyone's calendar, so there's nothing new to remember. Thanking someone out loud, in front of the team, feels more personal than a message, and it shows everyone what good work looks like on your team.

Ending a meeting on thanks also changes its mood. People leave with energy instead of a to-do list.

How to run it

Choose the version that fits your team.

At your weekly team meeting

1. Add it to the agenda. Make "Shout-outs" the last 5 minutes of every weekly meeting.
2. Ask one question. "Who helped you this week?" Let 2–4 people answer.
3. Send the karma. After the meeting, everyone who was thanked out loud gets karma in the team channel, so the thanks stays visible.

At your daily standup

1. Keep it to one thank-you. At the end of the standup, one person thanks someone for help since yesterday.
2. Rotate. A different person gives the shout-out each day.
3. Or go async. If time is tight, post a thread after the standup and let people add thanks there.

Message templates

Shout-outs (5 min): Who helped you this week? Name the person and what they did.

Shout-outs from today's meeting!

Karma to [Name] for [what they did], and to [Name] for [what they did].

Missed the meeting? Add your thanks in the thread.

Standup shout-out: who helped you since yesterday? Reply with karma below.

How Karma helps

Thanks said out loud is easy to forget once the call ends. With Karma, every shout-out becomes karma tied to a company value, visible to the whole team. People who missed the meeting still see who was recognized and why. Learn more about peer recognition in Karma.

How to measure

After a month, check in Culture analytics:

• how much karma your team sends on meeting days compared to other days;
• how many different people receive karma after meetings;
• whether people who rarely speak up in meetings now give thanks too.

Free FigJam template

Use our Meeting Agenda Template and add Shout-outs as the last item.

Common mistakes

• Letting it run long. Keep it to 5 minutes, or it starts to feel like an extra meeting.
• The same people every week. Ask quieter teammates directly from time to time.
• Thanks that stay in the meeting. Post the karma afterwards so the recognition is visible and counted.

Frequently asked questions

Related habits

★Good first habit

• Every Friday
• 10 min

Friday karma shower

10 minutes every Friday to thank everyone who helped you this week.

• Every week
• 2 min

Thank someone new

Once a week, thank a person you haven't thanked before.

• Every week
• 5 min

Behind-the-scenes thanks

Notice the work that usually goes unseen.