Birthday and work anniversary announcements

Purpose

1.1. Automate announcements of employee birthdays and work anniversaries to foster team morale, recognize tenure, and improve workplace culture.
1.2. Ensure timely, consistent messages via preferred communication channels (chat, email, SMS, workplace digital signage).
1.3. Reduce manual HR effort, eliminate missed dates, and unify messaging across offices or remote teams.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Scheduled check against HR database for matching birth or anniversary dates.
2.2. Employee date-of-birth or hire-date entry/update in HRIS.
2.3. Periodic calendar events via integrated staff directories.

Platform Variants

3.1. Microsoft Teams
• Channel Message API: Automate message posting in designated channels (sample: Graph API v1.0 /teams/{id}/channels/{id}/messages).
3.2. Slack
• chat.postMessage: Auto-send formatted announcements to team channels or user DMs.
3.3. Google Workspace (Gmail)
• Gmail API send: Program batch or single announcement emails to team/individuals.
3.4. Outlook 365
• Send Mail (Graph API): Trigger branded announcements directly to Outlook inboxes.
3.5. Twilio SMS
• Twilio Message API: Send SMS notifications for field staff or offline teams.
3.6. SendGrid
• Mail Send API: Delivers announcement emails with custom templates.
3.7. Asana
• Task Create: Generate team recognition tasks per event, tagging the relevant manager.
3.8. Jira
• Issue Create API: Log HR event tickets for weekly HR roundups.
3.9. BambooHR
• Webhooks: Execute event after birthday/anniversary detected in employee records.
3.10. Zoho People
• Schedules & Notification API: Webhook triggers for milestone reminders.
3.11. SharePoint
• Workflow/Logic App: Update digital boards and news feeds with staff mentions.
3.12. Google Calendar
• Calendar Push Notifications: Automate reminders/events for birthday/anniversary dates.
3.13. Facebook Workplace
• Graph API: Post celebratory updates on company newsfeeds.
3.14. SAP SuccessFactors
• Event Notification Subscription: Push announcement events to connected endpoints.
3.15. Monday.com
• Automations: “When date arrives, notify team/channel” workflow.
3.16. Trello
• Card Automation: Auto-create cards for upcoming celebrations in HR list.
3.17. Zoom
• Chatbot API: Push birthday/anniversary alerts in group chats.
3.18. Discord
• Webhook: Post announcement to internal company Discord channels.
3.19. HubSpot
• Workflows: Trigger automated email, internal note or deal update.
3.20. Notion
• API: Update internal team wiki with event shout-outs and highlights.
3.21. Intercom
• Message API: Send in-app messages to celebrate milestones.
3.22. Freshteam
• Automated Alerts: Configure notifications for key dates directly to HR teams.

Benefits

4.1. Boosts team engagement through consistent, timely recognition.
4.2. Frees HR from repetitive tasks, improving workflow.
4.3. Minimizes risk of missed recognition, standardizes messaging.
4.4. Easily scalable for multinational teams and remote environments.
4.5. Supports both public team-wide & private individual notifications.