Less than a third of the respondents to our annual incentive trends survey say that 2006 budgets for group travel incentives will increase over 2005. That leaves the majority of respondents looking at decreased (18 percent) or stagnant (47 percent...
Many companies miss the mark with employee incentives when they fail to match their motives with the right rewards. The goal of new research from the Forum for People Performance Management and Measurement at Northwestern University is to develop...
A new must-read has rolled off the presses at Meeting Professionals International. The third position paper from its Global Corporate Circle of Excellence tackles planner-supplier relationships in a strategic meeting management environment — that...
SMALL BUSINESSES represent some 3.5 million enterprises across the United States. Recognition can be a competitive advantage for small companies, yet they often overlook some of the most important things they can do, thinking they just don't have...
INCENTIVE WINNERS SHARE SEVERAL TRAITS: They are bright, energetic, confident go-getters, so they do not like to sit in their seats very long. This is not the time to choose a talking head at a podium...
THIS YEAR'S MOTIVATION SHOW, to be held September 27-29 at McCormick Place South in Chicago, has kicked its seminar and workshop program “up another level,” according to show spokesman Wayne Dunham, who says more than 50 different sessions are...
A RECENT SURVEY of incentive planners by the Incentive Federation shows that about one in four respondents runs an online incentive program — a significant gain of 19 percent from the last survey, completed in 2003. Larger companies have been the...
An incentive program needs to offer a minimum of 3 percent to 5 percent of each participant's annual compensation to get their attention. So an employee who earns $50,000 a year needs at least $1,500 to $3,000 in incentives to drive his or her...