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New Hire Cohort Connections
Help new hires meet people starting around the same time. Donut creates camaraderie among new hires, and helps them knowledge-share and navigate as they onboard into your company.
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Template Details
Templates make it easy to launch new Donut channels in Slack with just a few clicks.
Channel Presets
• Intros every 1 week
• Groups of 3
The presets are recommendations, and the channel settings are fully customizable.
Benefits:
• Team building for remote and hybrid teams
• Strengthens employee engagement
• Slack intros to randomly connect team members
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Peer Mentorship
Create deeper cross-team connections by assigning peers for a 1-hour mentorship session once a quarter, inspired by Buffer.