New Study: Mix of Motivators Drives Performance
Jul 01, 2005
NEW RESEARCH from the Society for Human Resource Management (www.shrm.org) has found that a mix of nonmonetary and monetary awards is most effective at improving employee morale. For top performers, more than half of the 459 responding human...
When Golf Is a Bus Ride Away
Jul 01, 2005
When Insurance Agency Marketing Services of Omaha, Neb. decided to return to Las Vegas this October for its second annual incentive program, Paula Kelly knew she wanted to hold the meeting at the new $630 million Wynn Las Vegas. Kelly, vice...
BOB NELSON'S HIERARCHY OF WANTS
Jul 01, 2005
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Get Them Into the Act
Jun 01, 2005
IMMERSITRON VIRTUAL REALITY UNIT — The unit lets up to 120 participants per hour engage in virtual sports or fantasy battles using green screen technology. Because there are no headsets, guests don't have to worry about mussing up their hair or...
Thanks, But No Thanks
Jun 01, 2005
THE PRESS RELEASE came across my desk attached to a perky note from a PR person. “Thought this would be of great interest to your readers!” she enthused. The announcement: “VRRROOOM! MEETING PLANNERS GET REVVED UP OVER [X HOTEL'S] JAGUAR GIVEAWAY...
I WISH YOU WOULD JUST
Jun 01, 2005
DID YOU EVER HAVE a great idea for your own business that you just had to pursue? Todd McDonald of ATW Training & Consulting Inc., Urbandale, Iowa, did. Years ago, Todd would talk about his idea all the time: “What if we were to ask employees...
BOOKING BIG NAMES
Jun 01, 2005
WHEN THE HOME DEPOT celebrated its 20th anniversary, the company wanted nothing less than to knock the socks off the 2,000 store and regional managers. So they decided to hire a big-name performer — and to keep that name a surprise...
Show of Support
Jun 01, 2005
WHEN A KILLER TSUNAMI devastated Southeast Asia in December, American Express, which has a large division in Thailand, immediately made a cash donation to the Red Cross. The next week, Ed Gilligan, group president of global corporate services...
FROM PAU TO PERFORMANCE DRIVING: Incentive Ideas from IMEX
Jun 01, 2005
THIS YEAR'S Worldwide Exhibition for Incentive Travel, Meetings & Events, or IMEX, held in May in Frankfurt, was the place to get new ideas for sites and venues for incentive travel programs. Here are our top five...
Plan a Family-Focused Incentive Trip
Jun 01, 2005
F FUN: Your goal is to create fun family time, as well as to stimulate the children's understanding of all that the company does for their family. A ACCESS: Access to their parents is important to children of top producers, who travel often, so...
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