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Mel
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Laying the ground work for a successful Incentive Program
Service Awards
How To Pull Off A Company Picnic
Why
invest in Incentive Programming?
Baby Boomers are retiring! Thats the short answer.
Every year for the next 30 years, Baby Boomers will be retiring en masse while the numbers of Americans entering the labor market will not be enough to replace those who are retiring. According a 2000 Bureau of Labor Statistics study, there could be a shortage of four million workers by 2006, and by 2010 there could be 10 million more jobs available than there are employees to fill them in the US. A labor shortage of those dimensions will cause the cost of aquiring new employees to skyrocket. As a result, more and more companies are turning to "employee retention and morale building incentive programs." Here are just some of the incentive applications around which employee-focused retention and morale building programs are being developed.
Baby Boomers are retiring! Thats the short answer.
Every year for the next 30 years, Baby Boomers will be retiring en masse while the numbers of Americans entering the labor market will not be enough to replace those who are retiring. According a 2000 Bureau of Labor Statistics study, there could be a shortage of four million workers by 2006, and by 2010 there could be 10 million more jobs available than there are employees to fill them in the US. A labor shortage of those dimensions will cause the cost of aquiring new employees to skyrocket. As a result, more and more companies are turning to "employee retention and morale building incentive programs." Here are just some of the incentive applications around which employee-focused retention and morale building programs are being developed.
- Improve Safety / Reduce Accidents
- Peer-to-Peer Employee Recognition
- Employee Recognition and Rewards Programs
- Generate Cost Savings Ideas
- Years of Service Programs
- Holiday Gift Programs
- Birthday Gift Programs
- Quality / Productivity Improvement Programs
- Employee Wellness Programs
- Employee Referral Programs [for bringing in new hires]
Developing
and Managing Employee-focused retention and morale building programs
SERVICE AWARD PROGRAMS
Reflections is an elegant, cost-effective, timesaving Service Award Program featuring 14 collections of traditional, contemporary, and lifestyle award selections. Reflections is a packaged solution for delivering a quality Service Award Program with flecibility to fit your culture, schedule, and budget.
REFELECTIONS KITS: includes a personalized Certificate of Appreciation, four-color Award Selection Sheets, a Reflection Order Certificate, and the option to include one client supplied message or letter. All award materials are inserted into an elegant presentation folder and shipped as directed. The Reflections Service Awards Kits are $2.00 each plus actual shipping charges.
AWARD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: AMS is designed to support the award fulfillment and administration requirements for a Reflections Service Award Program. AMS takes the administrative worries from you while maximizing the results of the program.
AMS provides affordable management, programming, and processing of your Service Award Program. The system is designed to support a complete Service Award Program based on an employee database and includes order validation, management reporting, as well as packaging, assembling and shipping of the kits. The award management fee schedule ranges from $5.00 per recipient for programs of less than 250 to $1.10 per recipient for programs for 5,000 and up.
REFLECTIONS ON LINE: Reflections also offers an alternative to a traditional paper-based service award program with Reflections On Line. The service allows participants to view selected Reflections merchandise and order their award via the internet. This web-based program can be used with or without the Award Management System. There is a $2,000.00 set up fee for the custom Reflections Online web site. This includes a client logo, display of the selected Reflections merchandise, and one additinal page for any other message the client would like to display such as a letter from the president or of appreciation.
WHAT DOES A REFLECTIONS SERVICE AWARD PROGRAM OFFER?
- A corporate wide all employee program must be derived form specific goals which can be clearly measured and effectively communicated.
- The program must be "packaged" or positioned in a clear, concise, and memorable format.
- Senior management support is essential, however "buy-in", commitment and support must come from all lecels of management.
- Specific program initiatives must produce measurable results that directly impact the bottom line and deliver substanital ROI.
- All elements of a corporate wide all employee performance program must be linked to the achievement of specific and clearly defined goals.
- Participating employees must be presented with timely awards at a value commensurate with their efforts and contributions. A base award earning opportunity should form the foundation of the program and be linked to achievement of corporate goals. In addition, instant award and discretionary award opportunities should be present to generate ongoing enthusiasm and reinforce the overall importance of the program.
- The program should be clearly, effectively, and frequently promoted in order to build awareness and maintain enthusiasm and excitement.
SERVICE AWARD PROGRAMS
Reflections is an elegant, cost-effective, timesaving Service Award Program featuring 14 collections of traditional, contemporary, and lifestyle award selections. Reflections is a packaged solution for delivering a quality Service Award Program with flecibility to fit your culture, schedule, and budget.
REFELECTIONS KITS: includes a personalized Certificate of Appreciation, four-color Award Selection Sheets, a Reflection Order Certificate, and the option to include one client supplied message or letter. All award materials are inserted into an elegant presentation folder and shipped as directed. The Reflections Service Awards Kits are $2.00 each plus actual shipping charges.
AWARD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: AMS is designed to support the award fulfillment and administration requirements for a Reflections Service Award Program. AMS takes the administrative worries from you while maximizing the results of the program.
AMS provides affordable management, programming, and processing of your Service Award Program. The system is designed to support a complete Service Award Program based on an employee database and includes order validation, management reporting, as well as packaging, assembling and shipping of the kits. The award management fee schedule ranges from $5.00 per recipient for programs of less than 250 to $1.10 per recipient for programs for 5,000 and up.
REFLECTIONS ON LINE: Reflections also offers an alternative to a traditional paper-based service award program with Reflections On Line. The service allows participants to view selected Reflections merchandise and order their award via the internet. This web-based program can be used with or without the Award Management System. There is a $2,000.00 set up fee for the custom Reflections Online web site. This includes a client logo, display of the selected Reflections merchandise, and one additinal page for any other message the client would like to display such as a letter from the president or of appreciation.
WHAT DOES A REFLECTIONS SERVICE AWARD PROGRAM OFFER?
- Flexibility
- Awards of Distinction
- Presentation Elegance
- Award Management System
- Reflections Online Option
How to Pull Off a Company Picnic
Get Employees our for Food, Fun, and Sun this summer!
Get Employees our for Food, Fun, and Sun this summer!
These
five tips will help you keep your cool and plan a hot event this summer:
Step One: Pick a Theme. From a Country Hoedown to a Summer Boardwalk, a theme makes all the other steps easier. You can pick the menu, the gifts, the venue, the music and the activities all from a coordinating theme.
Step Two: Determine how much you want to spend per person. This is the most important step of the process because it will determine whether you get box lunches or an all-you cna eat buffet. It also determines the venue, the gift values, and what kind of entertainment, if any.
Step Three: Pick the Venue. Determine how many people will be attending and see what type of venue can accommodate your needs. Options will range from a State Park to a Water Park to your parking lot. Also be aware of how many children will be attending, if any. If there are, you will want to be somewhere that has entertainment options for them. Also, think about planning for inclement weather by having a rain date.
Step Four: Plan Food, Games and Entertainment. Make a list of what employees should bring to the picnic, or get in touch with caterers and arrange the menu. If you want to have entertainment like a band or DJ, make sure that they have musical selections that tie in with the picnic's theme. If you are going with a theme, think about purchasing decorations. Think about theming the food as well.
Step Five: Choose your promotional ideas and gifts. Work them into the theme and be creative. For a beach theme, you cna choose beach towels or visors.
Some must haves... T-shirts, Sunscreen, Caps, Flyers, Plastic Drinking Cups, logo'd Beach Balls, kids love Bubbles.
Incentive Ideas: If you need to attract reluctant employees to the event, try a pre-incentive raffle like a cooler stuffed with food items. The winner has to pick it up at the event.
E-mail: melprestamo@brownandbigelow.com
Step One: Pick a Theme. From a Country Hoedown to a Summer Boardwalk, a theme makes all the other steps easier. You can pick the menu, the gifts, the venue, the music and the activities all from a coordinating theme.
Step Two: Determine how much you want to spend per person. This is the most important step of the process because it will determine whether you get box lunches or an all-you cna eat buffet. It also determines the venue, the gift values, and what kind of entertainment, if any.
Step Three: Pick the Venue. Determine how many people will be attending and see what type of venue can accommodate your needs. Options will range from a State Park to a Water Park to your parking lot. Also be aware of how many children will be attending, if any. If there are, you will want to be somewhere that has entertainment options for them. Also, think about planning for inclement weather by having a rain date.
Step Four: Plan Food, Games and Entertainment. Make a list of what employees should bring to the picnic, or get in touch with caterers and arrange the menu. If you want to have entertainment like a band or DJ, make sure that they have musical selections that tie in with the picnic's theme. If you are going with a theme, think about purchasing decorations. Think about theming the food as well.
Step Five: Choose your promotional ideas and gifts. Work them into the theme and be creative. For a beach theme, you cna choose beach towels or visors.
Some must haves... T-shirts, Sunscreen, Caps, Flyers, Plastic Drinking Cups, logo'd Beach Balls, kids love Bubbles.
Incentive Ideas: If you need to attract reluctant employees to the event, try a pre-incentive raffle like a cooler stuffed with food items. The winner has to pick it up at the event.
E-mail: melprestamo@brownandbigelow.com