Connect around the watercooler, anywhere
Connect serendipitously for virtual coffee, peer learning, DEI discussions, and more.We all need friends at work. Having authentic relationships with our colleagues makes us more productive, 7x more engaged, and increases our happiness as much as a $100,000 raise [*].Over 12,000 teams like Okta, Betterment, Gitlab, Zapier, and InVision have used Donut to make millions of connections among teammates across departments, office locations, and continents.Donut introduces people who don’t know each other well on teams of all sizes via direct messages, and encourages them to meet in person or virtually for a variety of programs:  • Social + watercooler: facilitate daily conversation prompts in channel, virtual coffee meetups, CEO coffee lotteries, and lunch roulette  • Remote employees: create remote team lunches, daily donut meetings, and cross-department introductions  • Learning: run peer mentorship programs, code review pals, and sales demo buddies  • DEI + ERGs: organize discussion groups on diversity, equity, and inclusion and support employee resource groups  • New hires: connect new hires through onboarding buddies, new hire lunches, or job shadowingIt’s easy to launch connections programs right in Slack with Donut. Start with one of our pre-built programs, or create your own with features that allow you to: Customize your group size, frequency, and introduction message Break the ice with conversation starters in channels or DMs Prompt discussion in Slack channels with Watercooler topics Automatically welcome new teammates and invite them to join your Donut channel(s) Schedule meetings seamlessly via Slack using our Google Calendar and Zoom integrations Pair across groups (introduce marketing to engineering) or launch a lottery Get detailed reporting on the connections your team is makingLearn more about how teams use Donut to make connections and increase collaboration →Need a hand? Give us a shout at support@donut.ai and we’d be delighted to help.[*]