Custom celebrations in Slack

What’s it for?

Alongside birthdays and work anniversaries, there are a number of other special days you may wish to commemorate with your team. Actioner provides the option to include additional dates within your preferred channel. You can come together with all your team members to collectively celebrate various special days and events.

How it works?

Actioner notifies you about custom events in your preferred Slack channel. Your team can include specific days to be commemorated by selecting the Create a custom event workflow provided by Actioner. You have the flexibility to choose the preferred timing for the celebration.
During the dedicated custom celebration day, Actioner will share your message on your channel, enhancing them with lively GIFs to engage and involve everyone in the celebration.
Additionally, Actioner prompts you to repeat these custom event celebrations, ensuring that the commemoration takes place every year.

How to get started

Install Celebrations to your Slack workspace.
In Slack, call Celebrations (by typing /celebrations in any message box).
Select Create a custom celebration.
In the opening screen, enter the name of your event, your celebration message, the date and time of the event, and which channel to celebrate it.
You can celebrate your custom event with a GIF. For this, you can enable Add a celebration GIF option and enter a keyword for the GIF.You can also select to celebrate the event every year by enabling Repeat every year option.

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Celebrations

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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.

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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.

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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.

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💡You can also send your own message privately.

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Create custom celebrations in Slack