Top 10 Ways for Mastering the Art of Recognition Writing
The art of writing a thank you letter or note of recognition is quickly becoming extinct. Here are ways to make your letters and notes keepers.

What Pigeons Can Teach You About Your Incentive Program
If you deliver incentives and rewards without fairness and consistency, you will wind up with something akin to a pigeon laboratory gone berserk.

Top 10 Idea Provokers for Employee Appreciation Day
March 5 is Employee Appreciation Day. Celebrate your employees on that day, but don't just make that your only employee recognition affair of the year. Instead, use it as a jumping-off point for a daily and year-round recognition strategy.

Top 10 Ways to Engage Employees in 2010
Telling your employees thanks for a job well done is still tops when it comes to engaging staff, keeping employee morale high, and leaving workers motivated. For them, feeling appreciated creates a sense of purpose that is necessary for engagement.

Mad About Incentives Meets Science Behind Incentives: Behavior-Based Safety Awards—Why They Shouldn't Stand Alone
In their seventh collaborative article, Incentive columnists Ley Borlo (Mad About Incentives) and Joshua Klapow (Science Behind Incentives) look at the incentive and recognition award industry from the perspectives of traditional industry practices and the behavioral sciences.

Incentive/IMRA Sales Excellence Awards Winners Announced
Incentive magazine announced the winners of its 15th annual Sales Excellence Awards earlier this week, celebrating the best and most successful independent representative firms in the industry.