Kudos Korner

+Positive Feedback for Teams

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Inspiration

NARSSS works in construction, a challenging and high stress work environment. To combat negativity and build team morale, she started Kudos Korner for her construction team with a submissions box made out of a donut box and handed out slips of paper to everyone weekly. Once a week the anonymous kudos were emailed to the team on a running thread. This exercise created many inside jokes, references, and laughs for the team to look back on.

this-is-fine made it real.

What it does

Kudos Korner incentivizes teammates to send anonymous messages of encouragement and kindness called kudos to their teammates to show their appreciation for others’ good work. With virtual work environments having become the norm for many organizations and work relationships experiencing more distance than in an in-person setting, people are experiencing increased mental health challenges like feelings of loneliness and depression. Kudos Korner fills the gap between remote teams by bringing teammates together in a centralized portal full of work-related compliments - kudos.

How we built it

  1. Kudos Korner was built on the DJango framework in Python.
  2. We used the default SQLite Database that Django uses for our prototype.
  3. We developed our own CSS stylesheet to make our web pages unique.

Challenges we ran into

  1. Linking the organization page to the user page.
  2. We ran out of time to make the login page work.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

  1. Picking up new tools quickly.
  2. Creating a functioning prototype of our concept.
  3. Working together as a team of strangers!

What we learned

  1. Learned how to use Git and Github to collaborate on projects.
  2. Learned Django framework in 48 hours.
  3. Improved our CSS/HTML skills.
  4. Built confidence in communication and presentation skills.

What's next for Kudos Korner

  1. To be able to expand the system to take on companies of hundreds, even thousands of employees.
  2. Premium content, like exclusive statistics and features.
  3. A more complex weighted ranking system.
  4. Message constraints and profanity filters to prevent spamming and keep your kudos inbox in check.
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