# New feature: Appreciations in Asana - Inside Asana > Celebrate wins, share encouragement, and have fun with your team with our new Appreciations, including unicorns, yetis, and more! Source: https://asana.com/inside-asana/appreciations ## New: Show your appreciation in Asana Showing appreciation for a team member’s hard work is one of the easiest ways to make them feel seen and valued. That’s why we’re excited to announce the launch of in-product Appreciations. Whether your team is distributed or slowly [returning to the office](https://blog.asana.com/2020/05/how-to-reopen-business/), Appreciations can help you connect, celebrate wins, and bring a little joy to your workday—from anywhere. ## Keep your team connected and make work more fun With Appreciations, you can celebrate a team member’s accomplishments and provide encouragement on anything in Asana—from completed tasks and milestones to [status updates](https://blog.asana.com/2020/05/introducing-status-for-remote-work/). To share an appreciation: - Open a task and scroll down to the comment bar - Click on the star icon next to the @ mention and emoji signs - Choose an appreciation from the Appreciations menu Like a regular task comment, collaborators will get a notification that you shared an appreciation. See it in action below: ## When to use Appreciations Maybe you want to celebrate how difficult the task was, and your awe that it was completed.  Perhaps you want to spread the love since so many people collaborated to do great work.  Or maybe you want to go all out with a yeti riding a unicorn and holding a task complete banner (yes, we have that too).  ## Celebrate wins of all sizes with Appreciations A little encouragement and appreciation can go a long way, especially when [your team is feeling less connected than usual](https://asana.com/resources/real-talk-working-from-home). With Appreciations, you can help raise your team members up when they need it. Try Appreciations out today, and share the love. Special thanks to the Asana product team - [Asana Spring 2026 Release: Get more done, faster with AI that works with your entire team](/inside-asana/spring-release-2026) Product #### Content writer The Spring Release is here, and it's built around a problem every leadership team is wrestling with right now: most teams are already using AI, but organizational productivity isn ... - [Asana Winter 2026 Release: Reduce time from planning to delivery with customizable automations and prebuilt AI Teammates](/inside-asana/winter-release-2026) Product #### Content writer The Winter Release is here with a mission to help teams reduce the time that it takes to move from planning to delivery with customizable automations and prebuilt AI Teammates. We ... - [Asana Fall 2025 Release: Unlock your team's full potential with collaborative AI Teammates and smarter resource management](/inside-asana/fall-release-2025) Product #### Content writer We're excited to introduce Asana's Fall 2025 Release, designed to help your team achieve more with collaborative AI teammates and intelligent resource management. This release bri ... - [Asana + Amazon Q Business Integration Powers AI Workflows With Unified Third-Party App Data](/inside-asana/asana-and-amazon-q) Product #### Content writer Employees waste valuable time jumping between applications to find information and context needed to move work forward. Meanwhile, AI systems can't deliver reliable outputs becaus ... - [New: Show your appreciation in Asana](/inside-asana/appreciations) Product Showing appreciation for a team member’s hard work is one of the easiest ways to make them feel seen and valued. That’s why we’re excited to announce the launch of in-product Appr ... - [Product](/inside-asana/product)