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Awards are made to inspire and recognize those who deserve it. However, few awards actually do inspire passion, excitement, and pride from their recipients or those around them. Especially since awards are regressing from unique and high-quality to cheap and easy to get.

Nowadays, awards are ordered from a catalog – filled to the brim with glass, acrylic, or trophy cup pieces varying in size, color, and price. Clients place orders and forget about them until the day of the event. The awards are given away, and then the cycle starts over again.

What does it matter what the recipients do with their awards? They can show it off or throw it away – who cares – as long as they keep doing what you want, you’ll keep giving them these awards.

Ouch.

Unfortunately, that’s become a common mindset of many corporate companies - just keep buying the same-old stuff because it works.

Today is Employee Appreciation Day!

Although today is a little late for anything big, you may have time to pick up a cake on the way into work. And to some, those who are appreciation-starved and absolutely deprived, that might be enough. But I doubt it.

According to Achievers, up to 64% of employees may leave their jobs in 2020. And 82% of employees wish they received more recognition for their work.

Do you remember what it was like when you believed in the Tooth Fairy? You likely would excitedly place your tooth under your pillow, then force yourself to go to sleep.

When you’d wake, you would immediately check under your pillow to see what the tooth fairy left for you.

Those emotions of excitement and surprise were a unique experience. But you don’t have to leave those early school days and childhood beliefs – no, you can bring those emotions to life for your hard-working employees.

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Employees are the true lifeblood of all companies. They are what keeps your company running, even when you are away.

And when your employees are happy, you can’t help but notice the difference. From happier customers to increased efficiency, there are countless ways that employee engagement and employee happiness affects businesses.

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The holidays are here, and I’ve been listening to a variety of holiday music for weeks.

My favorite are the classics, like Bing Crosby, Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, and Dean Martin.

But as I’m on a Bing Crosby playlist, a song popped up that I haven’t heard in a while: Accentuate the Positive.

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Your business took countless hours, decisions, and people to make it where it is today. So now that you’ve hit one of the big milestones (and they tend to come faster than you realize), what do you do to celebrate?

Yes, you should do something to mark this special occasion – you, your employees, and your stakeholders deserve to commemorate it.

But what in the world should you do?

Throw a party?

Take your executive team to an exotic location?

Give everyone in the company branded gifts?

There are plenty of options out there, so we’ve put a list of the 9 most popular we’ve seen as a corporate recognition company.

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Every business event requires planning – from the laid-back lunch meeting to the opulent corporate awards ceremony.

Quick turn-around events usually require minimal planning: just book the meeting space, order lunch, invite attendees, and ensure the room is stocked and ready.

However, once you launch from those minor events or meetings, more intricate and detailed planning is required. So for those events that take more planning, you create a checklist on what you need – venue, catering, décor, and countless other items.

However, where are the awards on that list? Near the bottom, right?

Unfortunately, that’s pretty typical. But let me ask you this – what is the event for? If you have awards, then that’s likely the focus of the night.

So why would you want to leave the awards until the last minute, meaning that you will have a rush job and stuck with whatever you can get? Or worse.

That’s a nightmare for any event planner.

Thus, here are some tips to help avoid disaster and create an experience that will leave everyone delighted.

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So, when you think of an honor wall, what do you imagine?

Do you envision universities, hospitals, or churches honoring their donors?

Do you think of Fortune 500 companies showing off their top salespeople?

Do you picture organizations and companies displaying their board members?

All of those are common and highly popular versions of honor walls.

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When building an awards program, it can feel overwhelming. However, you know that having a well planned and effective recognition program increases value, desirability, employee retention, and much more. 

So where do you start when building an effective awards program?

Since every organization is different, we will provide a series of questions to help get a program started, then you can grow and develop your program as needed.

These questions will assist you in defining and refining the program, which will make writing out the framework and overall program plan a breeze.

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At Bruce Fox, we have a wide variety of services that we provide, but one such service that has increasingly become more popular and utilized is our Fulfillment service.

A Summary of Our Fulfillment Services

Need the product to be 100% made in the USA? We can do it – right here in our New Albany, Indiana facility.

Need something shipped from overseas and stored here? We can do that, too.

Our Capabilities Include:

• On-site, dedicated warehousing facilities which allows us to manage and maintain your inventory.
• Utilize a stock and release method to take advantage of quantity pricing for custom products.
• Most release requests, or “callouts,” are typically shipped within five business days; many in 48 hours or less.