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Smart birthday reminders in Slack

Get ready for your co-worker’s birthday with smart reminders.

What’s it for?

Do you forget your coworkers' birthdays constantly due to your busy schedule? It's time for you to solve this problem. Today is the last day for forgotten birthdays and broken hearts. 

You can collect birthdays and celebrate them on time with the help of smart birthday reminders. Send your wishes either publicly or privately in Slack using Actioner!

How it works

  • Actioner sends an introductory message to the Slack channel selected for birthday celebrations and a direct message to users in this channel. Your team can add their birthdays through the notifications sent by Actioner, enabling you to effortlessly collect birthdays of your co-workers in Slack.
  • You can opt out of celebrations by keeping your birthday private.
  • The time to celebrate birthdays is entirely up-to-you. You can select your preferred celebration time during setup.
  • You can select when you want to remind your team of upcoming birthdays. Actioner sends reminders to your team about upcoming birthdays, a day and a week before and lets them prepare beforehand for the big day!
  • Actioner posts a congratulatory message on your celebration channel when it's someone's birthday and lets everyone join the celebration. Actioner also kindly reminds you of your teammate’s birthday through a direct message and lets you write your message and decorate it with a GIF, or use Actioner's ready made templates!🎂

How to get started

  1. Sign up to Actioner.
  2. Install Birthday app from Actioner app directory. 
  3. Connect your Slack workspace.
  4. Proceed to set up action Get started. Select your channel and the time you want to celebrate your office birthdays.
  5. Select if you want Actioner to send a welcome message to your celebrations channel and to send DM to your team about entering their birthdays.
  6. Choose whether to send your team reminders about other co-workers’ birthdays on their birthday or 1 day or 1 week before.

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 update the template birthday celebration messages?

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.