VIDEO: Five Ways to Creatively Express Your Gratitude With the Latest Technology

Each day is a gift. It's a gift where you have an opportunity to show up better than the day before, help those in need, and return the gift of gratitude to those who lift you up. Here are my tips.

Watch this livestream video recorded from the St. Louis County Library Clark Family branch for a deeper explanation and demonstration.

You get better with the help of other people. No man or woman is an island. There was a teacher, a mentor, and a guidance counselor who once challenged you to show up better. Can you remember who? Can you remember when?

Your Rolodex of connections in print, a CRM, or stored as social media connections deserve a thorough review. Either your family or current workplace team deserves some recognition. Or you may need to apologize for how you unproductively showed up. In this post, I summarize five ways where you can express gratitude. Please add your own, as a comment below.

The best way to schedule these team gratitude videos is to schedule a Zoom meeting with clear expectations. The first might require some extra effort. Add it to your team-building process. And in the future the time required will be less to make team gratitude videos.

ChatGPT can be your friend in more ways than one. This productivity tool can help write songs, poems, and letters to express gratitude to your team. View the sample prompts and output from the livestream session.

The lost art of writing the thank you note can be elevated to the 21st century with some creative options where you can either print your own or send a digital postcard.

Since almost everyone has a smartphone, it’s easier than ever to create digital compilations, celebrate your team, and support them.

Here’s an example Spotify playlist, photo album volunteering at the St. Louis Area Food Bank, and video thanking the St. Louis Shock professional pickleball team.

Progress reports mostly make more sense to the creator than the recipient. It’s easy today to pull up a progress report, record a screen capture video, and share a private link with the recipient to hear the reasoning behind the grade.

Watch this quick video with a quick introduction to Loom and an example report.

What will you do to express your gratitude?

In this post, I’ve shared five different alternatives. Many of them don’t cost any money. Or if it does, it won’t break the bank. I encourage you to share examples where you show gratitude towards those on your team. Leave a comment with a link or photo for me to see.

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Have a blessed day!