# Evergreen

> Evergreen is a peer-to-peer employee recognition app for Slack and Microsoft Teams. Colleagues recognise each other's work by giving tree seeds, the seeds are planted as real trees, and the web dashboard reports both the recognition and the resulting climate impact back to the company.

The full text of every article and customer story below is also available as one file at https://www.evergreen.so/llms-full.txt.

## Product

- [Evergreen](https://www.evergreen.so/): What the product is: recognition given as tree seeds inside Slack and Microsoft Teams, planted as real trees.
- [Pricing](https://www.evergreen.so/pricing): $3.99 per active user per month. Only users who have interacted with Evergreen are billed; no credit card and no setup costs to start.
- [ESG](https://www.evergreen.so/esg): How Evergreen is used against Environmental, Social and Governance commitments, and the UN Sustainable Development Goals it maps to.
- [Our purpose](https://www.evergreen.so/our-purpose): The company's stated goals by 2027 and the reasoning behind planting trees for recognition.
- [Schedule a demo](https://www.evergreen.so/schedule-a-demo): Book a walk-through of the product.
- [Contact](https://www.evergreen.so/contact): Contact form and direct email address.

## Customers

- [Customer success stories](https://www.evergreen.so/case-studies): Index of the customer stories listed below.

## Customer stories

- [Worklete](https://www.evergreen.so/customer-success-stories/worklete): One of the things Worklete loves about Evergreen is how easy it is to use. Implementing the app was very simple, and within just a few days, their entire team had embraced using Evergreen.
- [Kent & White](https://www.evergreen.so/customer-success-stories/kent-white): Kent & White is currently one of the fastest growing insurance brokerages in Atlantic Canada. However, fast growth comes with its own set of challenges.
- [Wunderdog](https://www.evergreen.so/customer-success-stories/wunderdog): Wunderdog wanted to take their employee recognition program to virtual form. (It's called "Doggomedals" – And we love it as it's so unique.)
- [Nitro Games](https://www.evergreen.so/customer-success-stories/nitro-games): Nitro Games have been one of the most active teams on Evergreen since the day they integrated Evergreen to their culture.

## Resources

- [Employee recognition: the complete guide](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition): What employee recognition is, why it works, the types, how to build a program, what to say, and how to measure it. Links every guide on the site.
- [Blog](https://www.evergreen.so/blog): Index of every article listed below: employee recognition, engagement, retention, company culture and ESG.
- [Practical Guide to Employee Recognition](https://www.evergreen.so/ebook/practical-guide-to-employee-recognition): Free ebook covering how recognition drives engagement, what to avoid, and how to build a recognition programme.

## Recognition message examples

- [Recognition messages by occasion](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition-messages): Index of the example message pages below.
- [12 Messages for When Someone Went Above and Beyond](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition-messages/going-the-extra-mile): Twelve ways to thank a colleague who went further than the job asked, written to name the specific thing they did rather than praise them in general.
- [Complimenting a Presentation: 10 Message Examples](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition-messages/great-presentation): Ten messages for a colleague who gave a great presentation, demo or talk, each naming what the audience took away rather than saying it was great.
- [Congratulations on a Certification: 10 Messages](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition-messages/earning-a-certification): Ten congratulation messages for a colleague who earned a certification or finished a course, naming what it cost and what it changes for the team.
- [Employee Appreciation Messages: 13 Specific Examples](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition-messages/employee-appreciation): Thirteen employee appreciation messages for managers and colleagues, each built around a specific observation instead of general praise.
- [Employee of the Month Messages: 10 Examples](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition-messages/employee-of-the-month): Ten employee of the month announcements that give a reason, plus what makes the award land badly when it does not.
- [End of Year Messages to Your Team: 12 Examples](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition-messages/end-of-year): Twelve end of year messages to a team that name what actually happened this year, for managers, peers and whole companies, with what makes each one land.
- [Farewell Messages for a Colleague Leaving: 13 Examples](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition-messages/farewell): Thirteen farewell messages for a colleague who is leaving, for the ones you worked with closely and the ones you barely knew, with what makes each one work.
- [Farewell Messages for an Intern: 10 Examples](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition-messages/intern-farewell): Ten farewell messages for an intern finishing their placement, written to be worth keeping at the start of a career, with what makes each one work.
- [Parental Leave Messages for a Colleague: 10 Examples](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition-messages/parental-leave): Ten messages for a colleague starting maternity, paternity or adoption leave, covering the handover as well as the baby, with what makes each one work.
- [Project Completion Messages: 12 Ways to Mark a Launch](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition-messages/project-completion): Twelve messages for the end of a project or a launch, covering the team, the individual, and the launches that did not go to plan.
- [Promotion Congratulation Messages: 12 That Aren’t Generic](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition-messages/promotion): Twelve promotion messages for colleagues, reports and peers, each naming the work that earned it rather than congratulating the title.
- [Recognising a Deadline Met: 10 Message Examples](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition-messages/hitting-a-deadline): Ten messages for a colleague or team that hit a hard deadline, naming what it took rather than congratulating the date, with why each one works.
- [Recognising a Sales Win: 10 Message Examples](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition-messages/sales-target): Ten messages for closed deals, hit targets and the quarters that did not go to plan, written to credit the work rather than the number.
- [Recognising Attention to Detail: 10 Messages](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition-messages/attention-to-detail): Ten messages for colleagues who caught the thing everybody else read past, and how to credit precision without sounding like a performance review.
- [Recognising Behind-the-Scenes Work: 10 Messages](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition-messages/behind-the-scenes-work): Ten recognition messages for the work nobody sees: maintenance, preparation and the fixes that stopped a problem from ever happening, with why each lands.
- [Recognising Composure at Work: 10 Messages](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition-messages/staying-calm-under-pressure): Ten messages for colleagues who stayed steady during an outage, a difficult customer or a bad quarter, and what to say about it.
- [Recognising Cross-Team Work: 10 Messages](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition-messages/cross-team-collaboration): Ten messages for colleagues who worked across team boundaries, where the effort is invisible to both managers and credited by neither.
- [Recognising Good Leadership: 10 Message Examples](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition-messages/leadership): Ten messages for managers and informal leaders, written around what they did rather than the qualities they are said to have.
- [Recognising Great Customer Service: 12 Message Examples](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition-messages/great-customer-service): Twelve messages for support and service teams, built around what the person actually did for a customer rather than generic praise for attitude.
- [Recognising Initiative at Work: 10 Message Examples](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition-messages/taking-initiative): Ten messages for colleagues who did something nobody assigned them, written to credit the judgement rather than the effort.
- [Recognising Knowledge Sharing: 10 Message Examples](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition-messages/sharing-knowledge): Ten messages for the people who write things down, answer the same question patiently, and teach the rest of the team what they know.
- [Recognising Process Improvements: 10 Messages](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition-messages/improving-a-process): Ten messages for colleagues who made something at work less painful, from a script that saved an afternoon to a meeting that stopped happening.
- [Recognising Remote Employees: 10 Message Examples](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition-messages/remote-team): Ten recognition messages for distributed teams, where nothing is overheard and unnoticed work stays unnoticed.
- [Retirement Messages for a Colleague: 12 Examples](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition-messages/retirement): Twelve retirement messages for a colleague, from the person who trained you to the one you shared a corridor with for a decade, with why each works.
- [Thank You for Covering for Me: 10 Messages](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition-messages/covering-for-a-colleague): Ten thank you messages for a colleague who covered your work while you were away, ill or on leave, each naming what they carried and why it works.
- [Thank You for Organising the Team Event: 10 Messages](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition-messages/organising-a-team-event): Ten thank you messages for the colleague who organised the offsite, the party or the leaving drinks, naming the work behind the day and why each lands.
- [Thank You Messages for a Mentor: 12 Examples](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition-messages/mentoring): Twelve thank-you messages for a mentor or a manager who taught you something, built around the specific lesson rather than general gratitude.
- [Thank You Messages for Helping a Colleague: 12 Examples](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition-messages/helping-a-colleague): Twelve ways to thank someone for helping a teammate or covering for you, written around what the help actually cost them.
- [Thank You Messages for Your Manager: 12 Examples](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition-messages/thanking-your-manager): Twelve thank you messages for a manager that name a specific decision rather than praising a title, for reviews, departures, hard weeks and ordinary Tuesdays.
- [Thank You Messages to the Whole Team: 12 Examples](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition-messages/thanking-the-whole-team): Twelve thank you messages to an entire team, for launches, hard weeks, quarter ends and ordinary Fridays, each naming what the team actually did.
- [Thanking Someone After an Incident: 10 Messages](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition-messages/incident-response): Ten messages for the people who handled an outage or a production incident, covering the fix, the communication and the write-up afterwards.
- [Welcome Back Messages After Leave: 10 Examples](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition-messages/returning-from-leave): Ten messages for a colleague returning from parental leave, illness or a sabbatical, written to be useful rather than only warm.
- [Welcome Messages for a New Team Member: 12 Examples](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition-messages/new-team-member): Twelve welcome messages for a new starter’s first day and first weeks, written to be useful rather than only friendly.
- [Work Anniversary Messages: 14 Examples for Every Milestone](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition-messages/work-anniversary): Fourteen work anniversary messages you can actually send, sorted by how long someone has been there and who is writing, with the reason each one works.
- [Work Birthday Messages: 12 That Are Not Just Emoji](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition-messages/employee-birthday): Twelve birthday messages for colleagues, from close teammates to people you barely know, written to sound like a person rather than a calendar reminder.

## Company values

- [Company values, described as behaviour](https://www.evergreen.so/company-values): Index of the value pages below.
- [Accountability](https://www.evergreen.so/company-values/accountability): Accountability is saying what you did, what happened, and what you are changing, before anybody asks.
- [Adaptability](https://www.evergreen.so/company-values/adaptability): Adaptability is changing course quickly when the reason is real, and asking for the reason when it is not given.
- [Candour](https://www.evergreen.so/company-values/candour): Candour is saying the accurate thing at the moment it is useful, rather than the comfortable thing or the same thing later in private.
- [Clarity](https://www.evergreen.so/company-values/clarity): Clarity is saying the one thing the reader needs, in the order they need it, and leaving out everything that would have made you look thorough.
- [Collaboration](https://www.evergreen.so/company-values/collaboration): Collaboration is doing the extra work that makes a shared outcome possible, most of which is translation and none of which is meetings.
- [Courage](https://www.evergreen.so/company-values/courage): Courage is saying or doing the thing that is right and personally costly, at the moment it still matters.
- [Craftsmanship](https://www.evergreen.so/company-values/craftsmanship): Craftsmanship is doing the version that will still be good when somebody else has to touch it.
- [Curiosity](https://www.evergreen.so/company-values/curiosity): Curiosity is asking the question that has not been asked, at the point where the answer can still change what happens.
- [Empathy](https://www.evergreen.so/company-values/empathy): Empathy is noticing the position somebody else is in and changing what you do because of it.
- [Generosity](https://www.evergreen.so/company-values/generosity): Generosity is spending your own time on somebody else’s problem without expecting the ledger to balance.
- [Gratitude](https://www.evergreen.so/company-values/gratitude): Gratitude is naming, specifically and in public, what somebody else did for you, close enough to the event that it still changes something.
- [Humility](https://www.evergreen.so/company-values/humility): Humility is being accurate about what you do not know and what you did not do alone.
- [Inclusion](https://www.evergreen.so/company-values/inclusion): Inclusion is arranging ordinary things so that the person least likely to be in the room can still take part: when the meeting is, where the dinner is, how the decision gets written down.
- [Innovation](https://www.evergreen.so/company-values/innovation): Innovation is changing how something is done so that it works better, and then getting other people to adopt the change.
- [Integrity](https://www.evergreen.so/company-values/integrity): Integrity is doing the thing you said you would, and the correct thing, when there is a cheaper option and nobody is checking.
- [Learning](https://www.evergreen.so/company-values/learning): Learning is visibly changing what you do because of something you found out, and leaving a trail that lets the next person skip the part you had to work out.
- [Ownership](https://www.evergreen.so/company-values/ownership): Ownership is carrying a problem to the point where it is solved, including the parts that belong to somebody else.
- [Patience](https://www.evergreen.so/company-values/patience): Patience is choosing to explain, wait or repeat as many times as the situation actually requires, at the pace the other person can use, without charging them for it.
- [Pragmatism](https://www.evergreen.so/company-values/pragmatism): Pragmatism is choosing the option that is good enough for the actual situation, and being explicit about what was given up.
- [Reliability](https://www.evergreen.so/company-values/reliability): Reliability is doing what you said, when you said, often enough that nobody has to check.
- [Resilience](https://www.evergreen.so/company-values/resilience): Resilience is staying effective through a bad stretch, and being honest about when the stretch has gone on too long.
- [Respect](https://www.evergreen.so/company-values/respect): Respect is treating other people’s time, work and circumstances as though they cost as much as your own, especially when they have less power than you.
- [Sustainability](https://www.evergreen.so/company-values/sustainability): Sustainability is choosing the option that costs less in resources, energy or waste when a cheaper-for-you option was available and nobody was going to check.
- [Transparency](https://www.evergreen.so/company-values/transparency): Transparency is defaulting to the open version: a public channel rather than a DM, a decision written down rather than remembered, and the reasoning included.
- [Trust](https://www.evergreen.so/company-values/trust): Trust is doing what you said you would without being checked, and extending the same assumption to others before they have proved it.

## Recognition glossary

- [Employee recognition glossary](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition/glossary): Index of the term definitions below.
- [Appreciation versus recognition](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition/glossary/appreciation-vs-recognition): Recognition acknowledges what somebody did; appreciation acknowledges who somebody is. The first is tied to a contribution and can be earned; the second is about a person’s value to the group and is owed regardless of output.
- [Culture of recognition](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition/glossary/culture-of-recognition): A culture of recognition is a workplace in which noticing and acknowledging colleagues’ contributions is a normal, frequent, unprompted behaviour at every level, rather than something that happens through a scheme or on a schedule.
- [Employee Appreciation Day](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition/glossary/employee-appreciation-day): Employee Appreciation Day is an unofficial observance on the first Friday of March, created in 1995, on which employers are encouraged to thank their staff; it is widely marked in the United States and increasingly elsewhere.
- [Employee of the month](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition/glossary/employee-of-the-month): Employee of the month is a recurring award in which one employee per month is singled out for exceptional performance, traditionally announced publicly and marked with a photograph, a certificate or a small prize.
- [Employee recognition](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition/glossary/employee-recognition): Employee recognition is the act of acknowledging a specific contribution or behaviour at work, in a way the person can see, whether it comes from a manager, a colleague or the organisation as a whole.
- [Formal recognition](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition/glossary/formal-recognition): Formal recognition is recognition delivered through a defined process, such as an award scheme, a service milestone or a nomination programme, with rules about who is eligible, who decides and what is given.
- [Informal recognition](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition/glossary/informal-recognition): Informal recognition is acknowledgement given without a process behind it: a thank you in a channel, a word after a meeting or a note on somebody’s desk, sent when the giver noticed something rather than when a scheme required it.
- [Intrinsic versus extrinsic motivation](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition/glossary/intrinsic-vs-extrinsic-motivation): Intrinsic motivation is the drive to do something because the activity itself is satisfying; extrinsic motivation is the drive to do it for a separate outcome such as pay, praise or avoiding a penalty. Recognition can feed either, depending on how it is given.
- [Kudos](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition/glossary/kudos): Kudos is informal praise or credit given for a specific achievement, and in workplace software the word has come to mean a short public message of thanks sent to a colleague, often through a dedicated channel or tool.
- [Monetary recognition](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition/glossary/monetary-recognition): Monetary recognition is recognition with a cash value attached, such as a bonus, a gift card or redeemable points, given in response to a specific contribution rather than as part of salary.
- [Non-cash incentives](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition/glossary/non-cash-incentives): Non-cash incentives are rewards for performance or contribution that have no direct monetary form, such as time off, experiences, development opportunities, symbolic gifts or public acknowledgement, used in place of or alongside cash bonuses.
- [Non-monetary recognition](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition/glossary/non-monetary-recognition): Non-monetary recognition is acknowledgement of work that carries no cash value: public thanks, a handwritten note, time off, a more interesting assignment, or a symbolic reward such as a tree planted in the recipient’s name.
- [Participation rate](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition/glossary/participation-rate): Participation rate is the percentage of eligible employees who gave at least one recognition within a set period, usually a month, and is the standard measure of whether a recognition program is being used across the organisation rather than by a few.
- [Peer-to-peer recognition](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition/glossary/peer-to-peer-recognition): Peer-to-peer recognition is recognition given by a colleague rather than a manager, usually in public and usually for something the manager was not in the room to see.
- [Points-based recognition](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition/glossary/points-based-recognition): Points-based recognition is a program design in which each act of recognition carries a number of points that the recipient accumulates and later redeems for goods, gift cards or experiences from a catalogue.
- [Public versus private recognition](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition/glossary/public-vs-private-recognition): Public recognition is delivered where colleagues can see it, such as a channel or a meeting; private recognition is delivered to the recipient alone. Each has effects the other lacks, and the right choice depends on the person and the message.
- [Recognition bias](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition/glossary/recognition-bias): Recognition bias is the systematic tendency for recognition to go disproportionately to certain people, such as those who are more visible, closer to the manager, in customer-facing roles or from majority groups, regardless of the distribution of good work.
- [Recognition budget](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition/glossary/recognition-budget): A recognition budget is the amount an organisation allocates each year to recognising employees, covering rewards, any platform or tooling, awards and events, and typically expressed as a figure per employee or as a share of payroll.
- [Recognition fatigue](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition/glossary/recognition-fatigue): Recognition fatigue is the point at which recognition has become so frequent, generic or ritualised that recipients and observers stop registering it, and each new acknowledgement carries no information and produces no response.
- [Recognition frequency](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition/glossary/recognition-frequency): Recognition frequency is how often an individual employee receives recognition, measured in the interval between acknowledgements, and it is the variable most strongly associated with whether recognition changes anything.
- [Recognition platform](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition/glossary/recognition-platform): A recognition platform is software that lets employees give, receive and view recognition, typically inside a chat tool or intranet, and that records the activity so the organisation can see who is being recognised and how often.
- [Recognition program](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition/glossary/recognition-program): A recognition program is a deliberate, organisation-wide structure for recognising employees, defining who can recognise whom, for what, through which channels, with what rewards, and how the results are measured.
- [Recognition reach](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition/glossary/recognition-reach): Recognition reach is the percentage of employees who received at least one recognition within a set period, usually a month, and it measures how widely recognition is distributed rather than how much of it there is.
- [Service award](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition/glossary/service-award): A service award is recognition given at a fixed tenure milestone, such as one, five or ten years with an employer, traditionally in the form of a gift, certificate or ceremony marking the length of service itself.
- [Shoutout](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition/glossary/shoutout): A shoutout is a brief public acknowledgement of a colleague, usually posted in a team channel or said aloud in a meeting, that names the person and something specific they did.
- [Social recognition](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition/glossary/social-recognition): Social recognition is recognition delivered in a shared space, such as a team channel or a company feed, so that colleagues beyond the giver and the recipient can see it and react.
- [Spot award](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition/glossary/spot-award): A spot award is a one-off reward, usually cash or a gift card, given by a manager soon after a specific and unusual contribution, outside any scheduled bonus or review cycle.
- [Top-down recognition](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition/glossary/top-down-recognition): Top-down recognition is recognition given by somebody with authority over the recipient, typically a line manager or senior leader, and it carries weight because it comes from the person who sets expectations.
- [Total rewards](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition/glossary/total-rewards): Total rewards is the complete set of things an employer provides in return for work, encompassing pay, benefits, wellbeing, development, and recognition, treated as one package rather than as unrelated line items.
- [Values-based recognition](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition/glossary/values-based-recognition): Values-based recognition is recognition that explicitly connects a colleague’s action to one of the organisation’s stated values, so that each acknowledgement also says which principle the behaviour was an example of.

## Recognition for teams

- [Employee recognition by team and industry](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition/for): Index of the audience pages below.
- [Employee Recognition for Agencies: What Works](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition/for/agencies): Recognition in creative, digital and PR agencies: billable hours, pitch weeks, the client who takes the credit, and the account team left out of the awards.
- [Employee Recognition for Customer Support Teams](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition/for/customer-support-teams): Recognition for support teams: what the ticket queue hides, how to thank patience without a CSAT score, and messages written for agents on a busy shift.
- [Employee Recognition for Education Teams: What Works](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition/for/education): Recognition for school and college staff: term time, cover lessons, exam season, teaching assistants, and why the evidence for a thank-you arrives years late.
- [Employee Recognition for Engineering Teams: What Works](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition/for/engineering-teams): Recognition for software teams: why launches get thanked and maintenance does not, what to do about on-call, and messages that name real engineering work.
- [Employee Recognition for Healthcare Teams: What Works](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition/for/healthcare): Recognition on wards and in clinics: shift handovers, patient confidentiality, the hierarchy between roles, and how to thank staff who never sit at a desk.
- [Employee Recognition for Manufacturing Teams: What Works](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition/for/manufacturing): Recognition on the factory floor: three shifts, line speed, safety, the gap between hourly and salaried staff, and how to thank people who cannot stop to read.
- [Employee Recognition for Nonprofits: What Works](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition/for/nonprofits): Recognition in nonprofits: why the mission is treated as the reward, what grant deadlines and year-end giving do to a team, and how to thank staff on no budget.
- [Employee Recognition for Remote Teams: What Works](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition/for/remote-teams): How to recognise colleagues you never see in a room: what remote work hides, the habits that surface it, and messages written for a distributed team.
- [Employee Recognition for Retail and Hospitality](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition/for/retail-and-hospitality): Recognition on the shop floor and in the restaurant: rotas, part-time staff, peak season, the employee-of-the-month poster, and reaching people with no inbox.
- [Employee Recognition for Sales Teams: What Works](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition/for/sales-teams): Sales already has a leaderboard. This covers what the quota board misses: clean handoffs, deals walked away from, honest forecasts, and people who never close.
- [Employee Recognition for Small Businesses: What Works](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition/for/small-businesses): Recognition in a firm of ten to fifty people, where everyone knows everyone and thanks is assumed: what the owner misses and how to start a habit without HR.
- [Employee Recognition for Startups: What Works](https://www.evergreen.so/employee-recognition/for/startups): Recognition at a startup: why founder attention runs out around twenty people, what launches and pivots do to credit, and how to keep thanks alive without HR.

## Alternatives

- [Evergreen as an alternative to other recognition tools](https://www.evergreen.so/alternatives): Index of the comparison pages below. Every claim about another product is dated.
- [Achievers Alternative: Evergreen vs Achievers](https://www.evergreen.so/alternatives/achievers): Achievers is a quote-priced enterprise platform with a global marketplace and Workday ties; Evergreen is a Slack and Teams app that plants trees per seed.
- [Assembly Alternative: Evergreen vs Assembly](https://www.evergreen.so/alternatives/assembly): Assembly is $3 per user billed yearly with points, a catalogue and 77 HRIS syncs; Evergreen is $3.99 per active user, monthly, with a tree per three seeds.
- [Awardco Alternative: Evergreen vs Awardco](https://www.evergreen.so/alternatives/awardco): Awardco pairs points with an Amazon Business catalogue and packages from $3,000; Evergreen has no catalogue and plants a tree per three seeds.
- [Bonusly Alternative: Evergreen vs Bonusly](https://www.evergreen.so/alternatives/bonusly): Bonusly runs recognition on redeemable points and a gift card catalogue; Evergreen plants a tree for every three seeds. Pricing, fit and switching compared.
- [Bucketlist Alternative: Evergreen vs Bucketlist Rewards](https://www.evergreen.so/alternatives/bucketlist): Bucketlist Rewards is a quoted points platform with experiences and a setup fee for 200+ staff; Evergreen is $3.99 per active user with a tree per three seeds.
- [Cooleaf Alternative: Evergreen vs Cooleaf](https://www.evergreen.so/alternatives/cooleaf): Cooleaf, now an ITA Group product, bundles recognition with challenges, surveys and a storefront; Evergreen is a $3.99 Slack and Teams app that plants trees.
- [Guusto Alternative: Evergreen vs Guusto](https://www.evergreen.so/alternatives/guusto): Guusto sends gift cards priced per sender and recipient seat with monthly minimums; Evergreen is $3.99 per active user with a tree per three seeds.
- [HeyTaco Alternative: Evergreen vs HeyTaco](https://www.evergreen.so/alternatives/heytaco): HeyTaco and Evergreen both live in Slack and Teams and bill active users; tacos become gift cards and leaderboards, seeds become planted trees.
- [Karma Alternative: Evergreen vs Karma](https://www.evergreen.so/alternatives/karma-bot): Karma is a $3 chat bot where @name++ awards points for gift cards with a 10% fee; Evergreen is $3.99 per active user and turns three seeds into a planted tree.
- [Kudos Alternative: Evergreen vs Kudos](https://www.evergreen.so/alternatives/kudos): Kudos sells an enterprise recognition platform with points, nominations and a Veritree tie-in; Evergreen is a chat-native app planting a tree per three seeds.
- [Matter Alternative: Evergreen vs Matter](https://www.evergreen.so/alternatives/matter): Matter is a Slack and Teams kudos app with a free tier and coins for gift cards; Evergreen is one $3.99 plan for active users with a tree per three seeds.
- [Motivosity Alternative: Evergreen vs Motivosity](https://www.evergreen.so/alternatives/motivosity): Motivosity offers real-dollar rewards, an Amazon catalogue and a $3,000 annual minimum; Evergreen bills $3.99 per active user and plants a tree per three seeds.
- [Nectar Alternative: Evergreen vs Nectar](https://www.evergreen.so/alternatives/nectar): Nectar is a quote-priced recognition platform with points, an Amazon catalogue and SMS reach; Evergreen is $3.99 per active user and plants trees instead.
- [Workhuman Alternative: Evergreen vs Workhuman](https://www.evergreen.so/alternatives/workhuman): Workhuman is an enterprise recognition platform sold by demo for 500+ staff; Evergreen is a Slack and Teams app at $3.99 per active user that plants trees.
- [WorkTango Alternative: Evergreen vs WorkTango](https://www.evergreen.so/alternatives/worktango): WorkTango pairs surveys with points rewards on a 12-month quoted contract; Evergreen is a Slack and Teams app at $3.99 per active user that plants trees.

## Blog posts

- [Employee Recognition in Slack: A Practical Setup Guide](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/employee-recognition-in-slack): Set up employee recognition in Slack with clear channel rules, specific prompts, fair participation checks, and a launch plan your team can sustain.
- [Employee Recognition Metrics That Don’t Create Bad Incentives](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/employee-recognition-metrics): Measure employee recognition without rewarding spam. Use participation, reach, distribution, timing, and message quality to find what your programme misses.
- [35 creative employee recognition ideas](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/35-creative-ideas-on-how-to-recognize-employees): Thirty-five employee recognition ideas, from handwritten notes to a recognition wall, sorted by cost and effort so you can start this week.
- [Moving a recognition program from in-person to virtual](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/how-to-move-from-physical-to-virtual-recognition-program): How to move an employee recognition program from the office to online, what changes, what to keep and where the budget goes instead.
- [15 ways to give a coworker a shoutout (with templates)](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/15-creative-ways-to-give-shoutout-to-coworkers): Fifteen ways to give a coworker a shoutout, with templates for Slack, meetings and email, and a note on when each one fits.
- [How AI Can Revolutionize Human Resources: Benefits & Uses](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/how-ai-can-revolutionize-human-resources-applications-and-benefits): Discover how Artificial Intelligence is transforming Human Resources, from automating mundane tasks to predicting talent needs.
- [How to Build a Succesful Employer Brand? Tips & Examples](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/how-to-build-a-great-and-succesful-employer-brand-tips-examples): Discover how to measure and enhance your employer branding impact. Dive into key metrics and strategies for optimizing your talent attraction efforts.
- [Employee recognition 101: five things to know first](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/5-things-you-need-to-know-about-employee-recognition): Five things to settle before you start recognising people at work: who gives it, what counts, how often, where it happens and what to avoid.
- [How employee recognition supports DEI at work](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/how-recognition-promotes-dei-in-the-workplace): How employee recognition supports diversity, equity and inclusion when it is spread fairly, and how to check whose work goes unnoticed.
- [Creating an employee recognition program: step by step](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/how-to-create-employee-recognition-program-step-by-step-guide): A step-by-step guide to creating an employee recognition program: goals, budget, criteria, tools, launch and how to keep it alive.
- [Top 5 Tips On How to Be a Great Team Leader in 2023](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/how-to-be-a-great-team-leader-tips-for-new-managers): Discover tips, examples on how to be a great leader, and all the strategies to become a better manager and thrive results for your team.
- [Effects of employee recognition on retention and morale](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/what-are-the-effects-of-the-employee-recognition): How one piece of recognition compounds: the effects on morale, motivation, engagement, team dynamics and who chooses to stay.
- [5 companies with the best employee recognition programs](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/5-companies-with-the-best-employee-recognition-programs): Five companies with employee recognition programs worth copying, what each one does differently and what it has produced.
- [Why recognition programs fail (and how to fix them)](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/reasons-why-employee-recognition-programs-fail-and-how-to-ensure-its-success): The reasons employee recognition programs stall, from vague criteria to manager-only praise, and the fix for each one.
- [What is peer-to-peer recognition? Examples and templates](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/creating-a-culture-of-appreciation-peer-to-peer-recognition-templates-and-examples): Peer-to-peer recognition explained: why praise from a colleague lands differently, with examples and templates your team can use.
- [How to improve employee engagement in organizations with D&I](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/how-does-dei-impact-employee-engagement-in-organizations): DEI has a lot of benefits in the company, one of them, the increase of employee engagement. Discover here how it impacts on it and how to prioritize it at work.
- [Easy guide to identify a not engaged employee](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/easy-guide-to-identify-a-not-engaged-employee): Find out how to measure employee engagement in your team and how to identify an unengaged employee. Discover the steps to motivate your employees again.
- [Employee Retention: 5 Strategies for Retaining Top Talent](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/employee-retention-5-strategies-for-retaining-top-talent): Learn how to retain your top talent with these 5 strategies! From competitive compensation to work-life balance, discover ways to keep your employees engaged..
- [15 Team Building Activities to Increase Employee Motivation](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/15-team-building-activities-to-increase-employee-motivation): Elevate your work culture and boost employee motivation with 15 team-building activities. Learn how to create a positive work environment.
- [15 tips to Create a Great Employee Well-being Strategy](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/15-tips-to-create-employee-well-being-strategy-for-workforce-engagement): Prioritize employee well-being for a successful team! Check the tips on how to create a strategy that will improve your employee engagement.
- [How to identify talent engagement in the team? |Test Template](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/how-to-identify-the-talent-engagement-in-your-team-template-test): Improve your company's success with our employee engagement test. Assess your team's motivation and commitment to their work.
- [Creating a Great Workplace Culture with Psychological Safety](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/creating-a-great-workplace-culture-with-psychological-safety): Psychological safety refers to the ability of employees to feel comfortable expressing their thoughts and ideas without fear- Discover the benefits of it here.
- [How to create a positive Employee Experience](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/how-to-create-a-positive-employee-experience): Looking to improve your company's employee experience? Check out the 8 stages of creating a positive employee experience and how this impacts to retain talent.
- [Evergreen Product Update Q1/2023](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/evergreen-product-update-q1-2023): Discover the latest updates in our employee recognition software, that will help to improve your company culture and teamwork.
- [Easy Guide to Employee Retention: Strategies,Tips](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/a-guide-to-employee-retention-strategies-tips-and-best-practices): Discover proven tips, strategies, and best practices to improve employee retention and create a more engaged and loyal workforce.
- [12 ways to celebrate Earth day](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/12-ways-to-celebrate-earth-day): Discover 12 unique ways to celebrate Earth Day and show your love for the planet. From reducing plastic waste to planting trees, take action and make a differen
- [5 Steps how to be a Carbon-Neutral Company](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/steps-to-be-a-carbon-neutral-company): Learn about the concept of carbon neutrality and how to achieve carbon neutrality in your company.
- [7 tips on how to increase employee motivation](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/how-to-increase-motivation-at-work): Get inspired with these tips on how to increase motivation at work, including goal-setting, positive feedback, and well-being
- [Employee Appreciation Day: what it is and how to mark it](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/what-is-employee-appreciation-day-and-why-recognizing-your-employees-matters): When Employee Appreciation Day falls, where it came from and how to mark it in a way people remember past the first Friday in March.
- [How to Develop and Implement a Great ESG Strategy?](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/how-to-develop-and-implement-a-great-esg-strategy): Looking to develop and implement an effective ESG strategy for your business? This guide covers the key steps...
- [How to show appreciation to employees after layoffs](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/how-to-show-appreciation-for-employees-after-layoffs): How to show appreciation to the people who stay after layoffs, when morale is low and every gesture is read for sincerity.
- [10 thank-you note templates for your team](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/10-templates-notes-to-thank-your-team-for-great-work): Ten thank-you note templates for great work, anniversaries and everyday help, plus what makes a note worth keeping.
- [6 ESG examples driving success in business](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/6-esg-examples-driving-success-in-business): Discover how implementing ESG practices can drive business success. Explore 6 real-world examples of ESG in companies.
- [10 Reasons Why Talent Engagement is Important](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/why-does-talent-engagement-matter): Let's find out the benefits of employee engagement and tools for increasing it..
- [The 9 Best Strategies to Build a Teamwork Culture](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/9-strategies-for-building-and-sustaining-a-successful-teamwork-culture): Learn strategies to enhance collaboration, communication, and productivity to build a successful teamwork culture.
- [How to motivate employees and avoid quiet quitting?](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/how-to-motivate-employees-and-avoid-quiet-quitting): Let's understand what it means when someone quiet quits and some way to motivate your employees to avoid it.
- [9 Tips to increase Employee Engagement in 2023](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/9-tips-to-boost-your-talent-engagement): Employee engagement is about more than just employee happiness, it involves many factors, let's learn about it.
- [Evergreen Product Update H2/2022 🌳](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/evergreen-product-update-h2-2022): Since we published our last product update, we've been working on new features..Discover all of our Employee Recognition Software.
- [Why is employee motivation important?](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/employee-motivations-importance-in-the-workplace): Discover the crucial role of employee motivation and learn effective ways to inspire your team. Boost productivity today
- [Evergreen product update Q3/2021](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/evergreen-product-update-q3-2021): Read our quarterly product update and the recap of everything we've been working on for you in our Employee Recognition Software.
- [15 Ideas to Increase Motivation in the Workplace](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/15-excellent-ideas-to-increase-motivation-in-the-workplace): Discover how to boost motivation in the workplace, and make your employees engaged. Get the ideas to motivate your team and all the benefits that come with it.
- [Benefits of an employee recognition program](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/why-employee-recognition-program-is-important): What a formal recognition program adds that ad hoc praise does not: consistency, fairness, visibility, and the retention numbers that follow.
- [5 Simple Ways to Lead by Example in the Workplace](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/setting-the-trend-5-simple-ways-to-lead-by-example): Learn how to cultivate a positive workplace culture through your actions and behaviors to inspire your team to greatness.
- [Evergreen product update 🌳 Q1/2021](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/evergreen-product-update-q1-2021): It's been 3 months since we launched the major 2.0 update to Evergreen and now we have new and big features. Check them out.
- [How to build a culture of recognition: 4 habits](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/4-tips-on-how-to-give-recognition-at-work): Four habits that turn occasional praise into a culture of recognition, and what each one asks of managers and peers.
- [Why employee recognition matters: three reasons](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/why-is-employee-recognition-so-important): Three reasons employee recognition matters, with the research on morale, productivity and retention that backs each one up.
- [8 virtual employee recognition ideas for remote teams](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/4-pandemic-proof-ideas-for-virtual-employee-appreciation): Eight ways to recognise employees virtually, for remote and hybrid teams that never share a room, and how to keep them from feeling automated.
- [Evergreen 2.0 has been released! 🎉](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/evergreen-2-0-has-been-released): Our team has been working hard since we launched Evergreen back in the summer, discover what we bring you next.
- [How a culture of appreciation improves employee experience](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/how-can-a-culture-of-gratitude-improve-employee-experience): How a culture of appreciation changes the everyday employee experience, and the small decisions that build or undermine it.
- [5 Tips on How to Manage a Remote Team](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/how-to-manage-a-remote-team-in-2020): Maximize productivity and engagement with tips on how to manage a remote team effectively with these 5 tips.
- [3 ways to cultivate a strong Company Culture](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/guide-to-better-company-culture): Foster a strong company culture and improve employee satisfaction. Find here tips to create a positive work environment where all employees thrive.
- [Your Ultimate Guide to Achieve Carbon Neutrality](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/what-is-carbon-neutrality-and-why-does-it-matter): Learn about the concept of carbon neutrality and its importance in the fight against climate change.
- [How to give employee recognition: a short guide](https://www.evergreen.so/blog/guide-to-employee-recognition): What employee recognition is, when to give it and how to word it, in a short guide for managers and teammates who want to start today.

## Optional

- [Referral programme](https://www.evergreen.so/referral): 30% of the revenue a referral brings during its first six months.
- [Evergreen x 50Pros](https://www.evergreen.so/partners/50pros): Partner page: 30% off the first year for 50Pros customers.
- [Evergreen x Product Hunt](https://www.evergreen.so/partners/product-hunt): Partner page: 30% off the first year for Product Hunt members.
- [Evergreen x The People People Group](https://www.evergreen.so/partners/the-people-people-group): Partner page: 15% off the first year for members of The People People Group.
- [Privacy policy](https://www.evergreen.so/privacy-policy): What personal data Evergreen collects and how it is handled.
- [Terms of service](https://www.evergreen.so/terms-of-service): Licence and terms of use.