Category: Employee Recognition Ideas
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5 Ways to Make National Volunteer Week Special
Whether you work at a non-profit organization that works with volunteers who help to improve the community, or you are a teacher in a classroom who relies on parent volunteers, it’s important to remember those special people who are dedicating their time to your cause. National Volunteer Week takes place this year from April 21…
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Employee Prizes Under $10 Motivate and Award Great Employees
It’s important to recognize your employees and let them know when they’re doing a good job. Employees who only receive negative feedback (or none at all) are more likely to quit and more likely to suffer from low morale, both of which can hurt your business and your chances of success. You can recognize hard-working…
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Host Your Own Office Dundies –Ten Employee Recognition Awards
If you’ve ever watched the hit TV series The Office, you will remember the infamous Dundie episodes, where boss Michael Scott gives out employee recognition awards to his staff. He does this through made-up songs, horrifyingly embarrassing remarks, and inappropriate skits. Though entertaining to watch, you could imagine how it could be rough to sit…
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March 1st is Employee Appreciation Day–Honor Your Rock Stars!
It’s almost the first Friday in March – are you forgetting something? Nope, it’s not your anniversary – phew! – or your youngest kid’s birthday, but it is one of the most important holidays of the year: Employee Appreciation Day! And that’s one holiday you don’t want to forget! After all, the success of your business…
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Employee Anniversary Gifts to Start the New Year
Start the new year off right by beginning the tradition of getting your employees a little something to mark their anniversary with the company. Beginning January 1, send the message that you care and that you appreciate their hard work by presenting employees with a gift on their date of hire anniversary. Employee anniversary gifts…
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Writing a Thank You Note at Christmas
In a world where technology rules and handwritten notes are practically non-existent, there is one handwritten note that will never go out of style or become obsolete–the handwritten thank you note. There is absolutely no acceptable replacement to writing a thank you note to show your appreciation for a gift you received or a kind gesture…
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Employee Recognition Gifts at the Holidays or Year’s End
When you own or manage a company, whether large or small, it’s absolutely crucial to recognize employees for their hard work. Studies have proven that showing employee appreciation boosts morale and increases productivity, and it certainly doesn’t take an expert to confirm that when people work hard, they appreciate a pat on the back. It…
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Do’s & Don’ts for Employee Christmas Gifts
Have you been assigned the task of helping the boss choose employee Christmas gifts this year, or are you the boss and need to begin the process of selecting nice, affordable gifts for your employees. If you’re on a budget, you may be able to spend a certain amount on each employee, but even if…
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Fall Themed Certificates for Seasonal Awards
PaperDirect has a number of seasonal designs to make award certificates appropriate for the time of year. Fall themed certificates are designed with the lovely, earthy colors of Autumn such as shades of yellow, orange, brown, red and copper. When making fall themed certificates for students, employees, or family members, be sure to use quality…
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Motivational Pins Are Cost Effective Student Rewards
Students of all ages (no matter how “cool” they are) appreciate being acknowledged for doing a good job or for improving upon something like behavior, perfect attendance or grades. While certificate awards are definitely morale boosters and plaques and trophies look great on the wall or shelf, there really isn’t any way a student can…
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Motivational Gifts Perfect For Summer and Gift-giving Tips
With summer upon us, it’s time for employers to start thinking about motivational gifts for employees, and if you’re the office manager who has been assigned this task, PaperDirect has some ideas that may make your job just a little bit easier this summer. For employees fortunate enough to have a boss that shows his/her…
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Ways to Tell Your Teachers How Much They Mean To You
Being a school teacher is one of the toughest, most admirable professions one can choose. It’s an often thankless job that requires hours and hours of work after the school day is over, evening meetings, event chaperoning, and sometimes even weekend work grading papers and preparing for the following week’s lessons. If you are a…
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9 Goofy Awards for Team Building
If you like the sitcom “The Office,” you may remember “The Dundies” that Michael Scott (played by Steve Carell) awarded to his Dunder Mifflin employees during a ceremony at the local Chili’s restaurant. Remember Pam’s “Whitest Sneakers” award? While Carell’s character did not use the best judgment when it came time to present goofy awards…
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Employee Anniversary Recognition–Appropriate Gifts
Recognition of employees is something that supervisors, owners, and CEO’s must make time and effort for. Why? Because studies have shown that when employees feel appreciated and valuable, they tend to be more productive and are more vested in their company’s success. When it comes to employee anniversary recognition gifts, even those that are not…
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Field Day Sports Certificates
Who doesn’t remember your school’s “field day” toward the end of the school year–the day the whole school competed in a variety of outdoor competitions like the egg toss, three-legged race and relay races? If your principal were cool enough, you may have even gotten to have a dunking booth with your teachers in the hot…
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Employee Anniversary Recognition: Let Your Staff Know You Care
All employees remember the day they were hired, and it is important to acknowledge an employee’s dedication and service to you and your company on their anniversary. If you are an office manager who has been asked to come up with some employee anniversary recognition ideas, or if you own a business and need some ideas…
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Steps to Develop Employee Reward Programs
For employee reward programs to be meaningful to both the award recipient and others in the department, they should be tied to the department’s goals, mission, or values. As an owner or manager who must develop an employee reward program, you can determine the goals and purpose of the program yourself, or you can ask…
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Employee Motivation Ideas for the New Year
The start of the new year can be a slow time for many companies, especially retail companies (post-holiday down slide) and other types of businesses involved in sales. Businesses often tighten their belts after the holidays, and your sales staff may be lacking motivation to pursue new leads. To get things moving and keep your…
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Thoughtful Student Recognition Ideas
Regardless of what grade students are in, they all want some type of positive reinforcement when they do something well or improve on something they have been struggling with in the past. Whether it’s good behavior, improved behavior or good grades, teachers must show each and every student that they are valued and appreciated. Even…
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Employee Rewards and Recognition at the Holidays
Will you get a Christmas bonus this year? Have you ever gotten a holiday bonus at your job? If you’re the boss, are you giving holiday bonuses this year? If you’re not the boss, have you been recognized or rewarded in some other way besides monetarily during the holiday season at other jobs or in…