# donut.ai > AI-optimized mirror of donut.ai containing 50 pages totalling 26,356 words of clean markdown content, structured data, and semantic HTML. Original source: https://donut.ai/. Last updated: 2026-06-15T01:58:42.338Z. Each page is available as HTML (with JSON-LD structured data) and Markdown (text-only, ideal for LLMs and RAG). ## Homepage - [Ready to build stronger teams?](/content/site-root.html): Donut is an employee experience platform that helps you automate and scale people programs, right in Slack (417 words) ## Articles & Blog Posts - [**Enter Gatheround — A Structured Tool for Creating Engaging Live Sessions**](/content/blog/donut-acquires-gatheround/index.html): Donut acquires Gatheround, an interactive video platform, laying the groundwork to add live events to its scalable employee experience programs. (867 words) - [1. [New Hire Onboarding](https://www.donut.com/solutions/onboarding/)](/content/blog/5-employee-programs-journey-hubs-benefits/index.html): Boost workplace engagement with Donut's Journey Hubs. Learn how centralizing info for 5 key employee programs enhances efficiency and clarity. (811 words) - [blog/introducing-donut-shoutouts/index.html](/content/blog/introducing-donut-shoutouts/index.html) (1 words) - [blog/ontra-onboarding-playbook/index.html](/content/blog/ontra-onboarding-playbook/index.html) (1 words) - [Key Takeaways](/content/blog/get-early-access-to-donut-shoutouts/index.html): Shoutouts was built for busy teams who want to make recognition meaningful without adding another tool or process. (749 words) - [**🎯 1\. Make It a Weekly Ritual**](/content/blog/9-creative-ways-to-recognize-teammates-in-slack-with-donut-shoutouts.html): Discover simple yet effective ways to boost team morale and performance with Donut Shoutouts in Slack. Learn how to recognize teammates, build a culture of appreciation, and motivate your team daily. (613 words) - [**1\. Donut Shoutouts**](/content/blog/best-employee-recognition-platforms-2026/index.html): Compare top employee recognition platforms for 2026 and find the right fit based on features, setup, and team needs. (2,297 words) - [Employee Onboarding Tools](/content/blog/best-employee-onboarding-tools-2026/index.html): Find the best employee onboarding tools of 2026 to automate manual tasks, accelerate time to productivity, and drive new hire engagement. (2,206 words) - [The emotional and business impacts of organizational change](/content/blog/navigating-organizational-change/index.html): Communication is the key to navigating moments of organizational change. Here's how teams can practice better, more open communication today. (1,327 words) - [Executive pressure is on to use AI effectively](/content/blog/why-ld-is-the-key-to-winning-the-ai-skills-race/index.html): Leaders and workers want to learn how to use AI. L&D could be the key in building AI skills and closing the AI knowledge gap. (1,182 words) - [**People-First, Always**](/content/blog/how-axios-puts-its-people-first-even-while-working-remotely.html): Axios employees inspired a culture of visibility, transparency & connection while transitioning to working fully remotely. (1,447 words) - [Slack Moment #1: Welcoming New Hires](/content/blog/3-ways-to-turn-everyday-slack-touchpoints-into-strategic-wins.html): Slack is where work happens. Here’s how to use it to drive alignment, motivation, and stronger team performance. (782 words) - [A remote-first company built to last](/content/blog/buffer-remote-team-connection-donut-case-study/index.html): Learn how Buffer strengthens remote team connection and cross-team collaboration with Donut Intros in Slack. (988 words) - [**1: Be Specific**](/content/blog/5-ways-to-make-team-shoutouts-more-impactful-with-examples.html): Learn how to write better recognition messages with five tips and examples that help boost performance and build lasting habits. (523 words) - [Retention and the Recognition Effect](/content/blog/why-employee-recognition-drives-business-results-and-how-to-get-it-right.html): Discover how a culture of recognition leads to happier teams and better business outcomes, and learn how to get it right. (765 words) - [Mentorship Archives – Donut](/content/blog/category/mentorship/index.html) (190 words) - [Use Donut to support your hybrid team](/content/blog/7-ways-to-support-your-hybrid-team/index.html): You may have remote-friendly tools in place already, but what about policies that support your hybrid team thrive? (928 words) - [Belonging & Connection Archives – Donut](/content/blog/category/connectivity/index.html) (249 words) - [**What is Agentic AI?**](/content/blog/agentic-ai-and-the-future-of-onboarding/index.html): Donut’s agentic AI builds onboarding plans from your docs and goals—automating tasks, check-ins, and reminders directly in Slack. (545 words) - [Meetings](/content/blog/allyship-by-lifelabs-learning/index.html): What does allyship really mean? Here's how to kickstart discussions on your team about racial justice and equity. (399 words) - [Employee Engagement Tactics for High-Growth Teams](/content/blog/employee-engagement-tactics-for-high-growth-teams/index.html): Learn four tactics—founder AMAs, listening tours, stretch roles, and real-time peer recognition—that boost employee engagement during rapid scaling (463 words) - [Learning & Development Archives – Donut](/content/blog/category/learning-development/index.html) (229 words) - [Employee Recognition Archives – Donut](/content/blog/category/employee-recognition/index.html) (159 words) - [News & Updates Archives – Donut](/content/blog/category/news-and-updates/index.html) (118 words) - [Team Gathering Archives – Donut](/content/blog/category/team-gathering/index.html) (149 words) - [privacy/index.html](/content/privacy/index.html) (1 words) - [dpa/index.html](/content/dpa/index.html) (1 words) - [terms/index.html](/content/terms/index.html) (1 words) - [templates/index.html](/content/templates/index.html) (1 words) - [Enter your company or team size, and we'll estimate how much Donut will cost](/content/pricing/index.html): Learn about Donut's pricing and how each plan helps your team connect, grow, and scale crucial people programs. (1,009 words) - [Employee Onboarding Archives – Donut](/content/blog/category/onboarding/index.html) (245 words) - [Automatic people programs equals huge cost savings:](/content/roi-calculator/index.html): Maximize savings with Donut! Our ROI calculator shows organizations their potential yearly gains from automating people operations. (417 words) - [Built to fit your team](/content/platform/shoutouts/index.html): Donut Shoutouts automates employee experience programs. Easily build and scale onboarding, learning and development, and mentorship programs. (306 words) - [Introduce teammates to build camaraderie and productivity](/content/platform/channels/index.html): Donut Channels helps employees develop meaningful connections through automated intros, water cooler topics, and celebrations - all in Slack (449 words) - [Leading brands use Donut for improved team building, collaboration, and creativity](/content/solutions/collaboration/index.html): Enable collaboration and gathering across teams. Donut helps your employees meet their peers, celebrate milestones, and spark conversations. (482 words) - [Leading brands use Donut to create faster, automated, and scalable employee onboarding processes](/content/solutions/onboarding/index.html): Automate and streamline employee onboarding. Donut introduces new hires to the right connections and delivers timely information via Slack. (385 words) - [Team Members](/content/about/index.html): Donut is a group with a shared passion to help people connect, and the insight that strong relationships are the key to strong teams. (261 words) - [Leading brands use Donut to build engaging, scalable learning and development programs](/content/solutions/training/index.html): Offer your employees learning opportunities and keep your manual effort low using automated training programs with Donut Journeys. (423 words) - [How it Works](/content/platform/gatheround/index.html) (375 words) - [Leading brands use Donut to automate and scale their employee mentoring programs](/content/solutions/mentorship/index.html): Build and automate an engaging, valuable mentorship program with Donut. Give your teams the tools and opportunities for growth and development. (366 words) - [Customer Stories Archives – Donut](/content/blog/category/customer-stories/index.html) (244 words) - [Make your collaboration sessions even better](/content/platform/integrations/index.html): Integrate productivity tools like Slack, Zoom, and Human Resources platforms like Workday to automate workflows and boost team efficiency. (390 words) - [Leading brands use Donut to automate and scale their belonging and inclusion programs](/content/solutions/belonging/index.html): Donut helps foster belonging via conversations, meetings, and more. Create a collaborative and inclusive culture where everyone feels welcome (424 words) - [Why Employee Recognition Drives Business Results (And How to Get It Right)](/content/resources/index.html): This is your one-stop-shop for all the articles, toolkits, and more that'll help you create a culture of collaboration and trust. (367 words) - [[Agentic AI and the Future of Onboarding](https://www.donut.com/blog/agentic-ai-and-the-future-of-onboarding/)](/content/blog/index.html): Get the Hole Story on the Donut blog! (325 words) - [Help your team go the distance with brain warmups](/content/platform/figjam/index.html): Use any of Donut's nine free warm-up exercises using Donut for FigJam to level-up your creative meetings. (385 words) - [Introduce teammates and empower them to connect](/content/platform/microsoft-teams/index.html): Automate introductions and foster connections with Donut for Microsoft Teams. Ramp new hires quickly, break down silos, and create a culture of retention. (378 words) - [Leading teams use Donut to recognize their employees](/content/solutions/recognition/index.html) (309 words) - [Increase employee productivity while decreasing time spent on people programs with Donut Journeys](/content/platform/journeys/index.html): Donut Journeys automates employee experience programs. Easily build and scale onboarding, learning and development, and mentorship programs. (407 words) ## Resources - [Full Page Index](/index.html): Browse all cached pages with rich metadata - [About This Cache](/content/about.html): Methodology, technical details, and usage guidelines - [XML Sitemap](/sitemap.xml): Machine-readable sitemap for crawler discovery - [Robots.txt](/robots.txt): Crawler directives