For the colleague or family member organising it
A send-off has two guest lists that never met: the team and the family. Put the time, the venue, and the programme on one page, and let both groups reply to the same place.
A retirement party is two guest lists pretending to be one — the people Henrik worked beside for thirty years, and the friends and family who were there long before the job. A work group chat can't reach the second list; a family thread can't reach the first. A single invitation page does both, and everyone confirms to the same place.
Corporate send-offs don't have a dedicated design in My Joyfullday yet, so you start from the nearest celebration setup and write your own plan onto it. The general tools are exactly what a mixed list needs: a shareable page, replies tracked against names, plus-ones, reminders, and a password to keep a surprise quiet until the day.
Work colleagues, old friends, and family all confirm against their own name on one page. You can see how each group is answering and adjust the room or the food before the day, rather than discovering at the door that half the department is coming with partners.
Speeches, a toast, cake, and a gift presentation only work if people know when they happen. Set out how the evening runs, and time it around work — an after-work finish needs a start people can reach without losing the last train home.
When the team is collecting towards something — a trip, a watch, the camper van — the page can say what the collection is for and how the organiser is handling it. Guests can leave a message for the retiree on the wishes page so the card isn't blank.
Write it so a colleague who barely knew the person feels welcome, and a friend from twenty years ago knows where to be.
Thirty years, one good run. We're celebrating Henrik's retirement on Thursday 18 September, 5:30pm onwards at the Oak Room — colleagues, friends, and family all welcome.
A welcome drink at 5:30, two or three short speeches around 6:30, then the gift and the toast before cake.
The team is collecting towards the camper van Henrik's been mentioning for a decade. There's no obligation — your presence and a story to tell him are plenty.
Please keep this page to yourself until the 18th. It's protected with a password so the secret travels no further than this list.
Enough detail that neither the work side nor the family side has to ask you twice.
How it works
Start the event in the app or tell Jitabi on WhatsApp who's retiring, when, and where. There's no corporate design, so pick the closest celebration type and rewrite the headline as the send-off you're planning.
Add the running order — speeches, toast, cake, the gift — and set a start colleagues can reach after they log off. Timings on the page stop the "is it before or after five?" question.
Let everyone confirm against their name and add a partner within your limit. Note what the collection is for, and open the wishes page so people can leave a message for the retiree.
Share the single link to the team and the family group alike. If it's a surprise, set a password and hand it out to the guests you trust, then let reminders reach whoever stays quiet.
Questions
No dedicated corporate design exists yet — that occasion type is still marked as coming soon. You begin from the nearest celebration setup and change the wording. The shareable page, tracked replies, plus-ones, reminders, and password gate all carry across to a retirement send-off.
Send the same link to both groups. Each person replies against their own name, so you see the department and the family answering in one place, and you can read the running total for the venue without stitching two spreadsheets together.
My Joyfullday doesn't take payments for you, so run the collection through your own arrangement — the organiser's account or a desk collection. What the page does is explain what the gift-fund is for, and it gives guests a wishes space to leave a message.
Set the page against a real working day. A start soon after five lets people come straight from the office, and a clear running order — speeches before cake — tells everyone when they can slip away if they have to.
Protect the page with a password and share it only with guests who'll stay quiet. The retiree sees nothing until the day, and invited guests open the same page once you've passed them the code.
Get Started
Put the time, the programme, and the gift note on one page, and let colleagues and old friends reply to it in seconds. Start free, and upgrade as the list grows.
