Contribute/Recognition/Toolkit

Recognition Toolkit

We should all be recognizing. We should all be recognized.

Every team and individual at Mozilla has their own unique way of recognizing contributors. Below, find some common recognition tools and also a worksheet for figuring out how to recognize appropriately. Feel free to add your own!

Ways to Recognize

What	Where	Description
Email	Your email	Send a simple email. Say thanks.
Lovebomb	lovebomb.me	Tell your buddies that you think they rock, are awesome and deserve a big ol’ love bomb. This app is a Hackasaurus experiment created by @iamjessklein and @toolness in 2011.
Monday Meeting	Weekly Updates	Add your entry to the 'Friends of the Tree' or 'Introducing New Volunteers' section to recognize someone doing great work or a new contributor.
Note	Your local post office	Either standalone, or part of package with something else, write a note of thanks on a postcard or greeting card. The personal touch counts.
Gear	Gearstore	Show folks you care by sending them awesome Mozilla swag!
Badges	Open Badges for Mozilla contributors link goes here	Badging is an amazing way to make people feel good. Learn more about open badging and how it can support your community
Events	Everywhere	When contributors are just so super awesome that you want to see them in person and hang out, you can invite them to an event! See the upcoming list of Mozilla Reps led events
Credits	Everywhere	Add people who are doing awesome work to the Mozilla credits
Spotlight	the Blogosphere, Email-land, video-world	Spotlight contributors in a blog post, in an email to a group, or on the about_mozilla/contributions about:Mozilla newsletter! Alternatively, spotlight contributors in a video spotlight!
Thank on Social Media	twitter, facebook, tumblr....	Thank a contributor on social media: twitter, facebook, tumblr, etc.
Sponsored Travel or Trip to HQ	Mozilla Offices all around the World	Sponsor a contributor to come to an event
Get Crafty	the knitting needles of committed crafters	Give contributors an awesome Crafty gift, like the ones found [crafty here]
Linkedin Recommendation	Linkedin	Leave a linkedin recommendation for contributors with their permission

How do I know what kind of recognition is appropriate?

There is a new function on Mozillians that will allow you to see how contributors like to be recognized. This checklist will help you know how to recognize contributors across the organization.

Recognition Worksheet

Recognition is an art, not a science. Before recognizing contributors, please ask yourself the following questions:

1. Who am I recognizing? (a group of people, an individual?)

2. Why are they receiving recognition? Is it from me or is it from my team?

3. What kind of recognition am I choosing and why?

• Have I checked their Mozillians profile to make sure that what I chose was what they wanted?

4. Is this form of recognition fair to other contributors doing the same thing?

5. Is this in line with our mission and the ways that Mozilla recognizes? (see above)

6. Does this fit in with conversion points? (link here)

Comments

While we honor all comments from the Mozilla community, what we are most interested in learning is what kinds of recognition are appropriate and inappropriate in your culture, community, and geographic location and are inviting comments only on the toolkit on this page. Recognition is not the same in all cultures, and we want to ensure that we recognize people appropriately as a global community. Please tell us: where you come from what works in your culture what would be an inappropriate gesture of recognition if you can, please educate us on why

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