Your own words
AI does not write, complete or rewrite a colleague’s message.
Recognition days · Coming up
World Kindness Day.
Name who helped.
World Kindness Day falls on 13 November. Use it at work to thank a colleague for something they did, without a compulsory activity or a public vote.
AI checks. Human review. Your own words. ↓World Kindness Day
13 November, every year
Place
Official dates and details ↗Worldwide
World Kindness Day
Kindness people can choose.
Keep the day voluntary. A person can thank a colleague privately, contribute to a group card or choose not to join an activity.
- 01
Thank someone directly
Choose a colleague whose help you remember. A private card suits someone who would rather read their thanks than receive applause in a meeting.
- 02
Include the people behind the scenes
Look beyond the team presenting the finished work. Reception, facilities, support and the colleague who covered an absence may have made it possible.
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Make practical room for kindness
Offer time to help with a handover, cover a task or explain a process. Keep any extra work voluntary and agree it with the people affected.
- 04
Skip the public ranking
A count of who received the most thanks can become a popularity contest. A card can recognise a person without comparing them with their colleagues.
- 05
Keep the thanks in their own words
Let contributors write what they noticed. Do not ask a machine to supply sentiments or make everyone use the same sentence.
The organiser’s list
Keep it optional.
One organiser, an agreed recipient and a writing link are enough for a card. The day does not need to become a company-wide exercise.
- Ask rather than assign participation.
- Check whether the recipient prefers private thanks.
- Invite colleagues who know the person.
- Keep personal details out of the writing link.
- Give the card without adding a request.
AI safety checks
People write.
AI checks.
The check looks for threats, abuse, sexual content, spam and exposed private details. Flagged notes are kept off the card for a person to review.
How the checks work ↗A person can correct it
Company cards have a spam folder for managers and admins. On a card bought without an account, the creator reviews set aside notes through their manage link.
The limits are clear
AI can miss a note or flag one wrongly. If the check is unavailable, writing still works.
Check the data policy
Notes are sent to TypeSafe for the check. Names and card access codes are left out of that request.
Read the privacy notice ↗From an occasion to a card
Give them
everyone’s words.
- 01
Create the card
Pick a cover, name the recipient and choose when it opens. You can buy one card without a company account.
- 02
Share the writing link
Colleagues contribute in a browser. Each person writes and signs their own message.
- 03
They open it on the day
The messages arrive together in one card. The recipient reads it on their phone.
For repeated birthdays, work anniversaries, welcomes and leaving days, use a company account with Slack and BambooHR.
See the plans ↗Questions
When is World Kindness Day?
13 November every year, according to the World Kindness Movement.
Do we need a company account?
No. You can buy one card without an account. Company plans are available for regular workplace occasions.
Does the card need a public ceremony?
No. The recipient can read it on their phone. You choose how to share the reading link.
Thank the person you thought of.
Checked 30 September 2026.