Team building template

Gratitude round template

A short round where people thank someone for something specific they did, read aloud to them.

Free · Editable · Works with Claude and ChatGPT · Also in HR & people, Meetings

Preview of the Gratitude round template: its layout as it lands on the board
The template as it lands on your board, drawn from the template itself. Every part is editable.

How to use the Gratitude round template

  1. Start a board from it

    Use this template opens a new Freero board with the Gratitude round template on it (sign up free first). On a board you already have, open Templates in the toolbar and search for “Gratitude round”.

  2. Follow the instruction on the board

    “Be specific: what they did and what it made possible. Aim for everyone to be thanked at least once; the facilitator fills gaps.”

  3. Fill in each part

    • Thanks for your help Who helped you, and with what?
    • Thanks for your example Who did something you want to copy?
    • Thanks for the small things Little things that made a day better.
  4. Bring your team and your agents

    Invite people to the board or share a link, and work on it together live. The timer is in the top bar, private mode and voting in the board menu, and Claude or ChatGPT can join through Freero’s MCP server.

Use this template

Work on it with an AI agent

Connect an assistant once and it works on the board with you, with your permissions: by default it reads and proposes, and people decide.

  1. You ask: “Fill in the Gratitude round board from these notes.”

    What happens It reads the board, then proposes sticky notes for it. Nothing changes until someone on the board accepts them.

  2. You ask: “Group what we wrote into themes and list the actions.”

    What happens It proposes clusters with a title each and task cards for the actions, labelled with its name and yours.

Set it up for Claude, ChatGPT or any MCP client.

Bring your team and your agents to one board

Free to use, open source, and yours to host. No credit card, no seat count.