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Author and consultant Chester Elton remains a big supporter of recognition, but believes it is of little value unless it supports a clear culture, mission, vision, values and organizational objectives. He says the new focus on people coming from investors, talented employees and consumers will accelerate the focus on a strategic approach to people and potentially transform the traditional recognition business.... [ read more ]

This annual gift card conference focuses on how to combine monetary, social and loyalty transactions into a single, cohesive strategy that maximizes the customer experience. Attendees include retailers and service providers dedicated to innovation. Its agenda is more evidence that the focus on experience and 360-degree engagement is growing. ... [ read more ]

Edition 4 provides a complete guide to how to engage people across the enterprise based on ISO 10018 Quality People Management standards and includes multiple chapters on rewards, recognition, loyalty, wellness, travel incentive programs and almost all areas of engagement. ... [ read more ]

Comvest Partners, based in West Palm Beach, FL, has acquired Engage2Excel (E2E), a provider of employee recognition, sales incentives, talent acquisition and consumer loyalty solutions and services, as well as its subsidiary, Hinda Incentives, a master fulfillment company based in Chicago.... [ read more ]

Poorly designed incentive and recognition programs can have a powerful negative impact on employees and customers, as United Airlines has learned. Because the topic of engagement is rarely taught ... [ read more ]

The Women in Travel (WINiT) Annual Summit will take place April 28-29 in New York City at the Sheraton Times Square. This event offers a unique ... [ read more ]

With most business professionals having almost no formal training in incentive, recognition, or loyalty design-let alone in many of the key tactics of engagement-should they seek out solution providers who follow their direction or who challenge their assumptions? ... [ read more ]

One snippet from a Seinfeld episode sums up the best practices of reward selection, presentation, and design in the RRN's The Art & Science of Rewards and Recognition e-book. ... [ read more ]

The Incentive Research Foundation (IRF) recently announced its full schedule of monthly research releases and educational programming for 2018.... [ read more ]

Based on extensive research on rewards and recognition and the framework outlined in ISO 9001 and ISO 10018 Quality People Management standards, most current incentive, recognition and loyalty programs fall short in terms of design and implementation. ... [ read more ]