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Celebrate office birthdays in Slack

Bring birthday celebrations to Slack with the best fun experience.

Celebrating office birthdays in Slack has never been this fun! Actioner brings birthday celebrations to your Slack workspace by offering the best fun experience.

What’s it for?

Start getting a LOT of greetings and best wishes from everyone on your special day! Actioner’s Celebrations app lets your team celebrate office birthdays in Slack and ensures everyone to get a proper b-day celebration - whether they are working at the office or remotely.

How it works

Actioner collects all birthdays in your preferred Slack channel by sending your co-workers an introductory message and prompting everyone to enter their own birthdays (with an option to keep your birthday private.) When it's your coworker's birthday Actioner sends you a message with quick action button to send your birthday wishes.

2. You can select at what time you want to celebrate your office birthdays. You can select when you want to remind your team of upcoming birthdays.

How to get started

  1. Sign up to Actioner.
  2. Install Celebrations app from Actioner app directory.
  3. Connect your Slack workspace.
  4. Proceed to setup and run Set up a new team.
  5. Select the channel you want to celebrate office birthdays.
  6. Choose the time to get celebration messages.
  7. Enable Send an introduction message to channel option if you would like Actioner to send an introduction message to your channel.
  8. Enable Send DM to users in this channel to enter their birthdays option if you would like Actioner to send direct messages to users in this channel.
  9. Choose whether to send your team reminders about other co-workers’ birthdays on their birthday or a day or a week before.

By following these steps, you will be ready to celebrate birthdays with Actioner's Celebrations app. Enjoy celebrating your special days with a lot of greetings and gifs from in your team channel you choose.

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Frequently asked questions

Is it possible to turn on and off birthday reminders?

Yes, during Birthday app setup you can select the reminders you want to get in Slack. Available options are:

  • Remind on birthday
  • Remind one day before
  • Remind one week before

Also, each user can manage reminder notifications for themselves through 🔕Manage reminders button on the notification sent by Actioner.

Can I keep my birthday or anniversary private?

Yes. After setup, Actioner will send a message to collect birthdays. The action button will allow you to add your birthday or anniversary, you can select the option to keep your birthday or anniversary private on the apppearing screen.

Is my age visible to others?

No, your birth year or your age are not disclosed in celebration notifications.

Do you have the option to add custom celebration dates?

Yes, you can create your own celebration dates and optionally schedule it to repeat every year.

How can I see the upcoming birthdays?

In Slack, you can run the action named Upcoming birthdays.

Call Actioner from shortcuts in Slack, or simply type '/actioner' and start typing Upcoming birthdays. Then, select the user(s) or the month.

How can I see the upcoming anniversaries?

In Slack, you can run the action named Upcoming anniversaries.

Call Actioner from shortcuts in Slack, or simply type '/actioner' and start typing Upcoming anniversaries. Then, select the user(s) or the month.

Can I update the birthday messages sent to celebrations channel?

If you are an app admin, you can update the messages sent to channel. Go to the action named Congratulate birthday in channel and update the messages in the function named BirthdayMessage.

Can I change birthday celebration templates?

If you are an app admin, you can update the pre-built birthday celebration templates. Go to the action named Choose a bday message and update the messages in the function named BirthdayMessage.

💡You can also send your own message privately.