Profiles

This article is based on my over two decades of experience in the employee engagement and recognition space, including interviews with hundreds of recognition and human resources executives over those years. Why is it that most companies balk at even paying $1 a seat for recognition technology and refuse to pay for expert program design and measurement, when they think little of paying top dollar for customer relationship management (CRM) technology and implementation experts?... [ read more ]

How will the new EU Corporate Sustainability and Reporting Directive and increased focus on people in sustainability affect the MICE market? This recent SITE webinar provides answers. ... [ read more ]

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This interview with Citizen Watch America executives is part of a new series of RRN articles with leading brands active in the Incentive, Rewards, and Recognition market, to learn why they are committed to a market overlooked by so many.... [ read more ]

While most master fulfillment companies in the IRR (Incentive, Rewards, and Recognition) business focus only on brands, Ree Wysong's GGIWW Luxury Brands provides a complete suite of brand solutions for the promotional products industry to support its growing family of distributor partners. ... [ read more ]

Pulse Experiential Travel has spent decades building a network of extraordinary event and vacation experiences at multiple price points, so why doesn't the founder describe it as a travel company? The answer, he says, is return on investment. ... [ read more ]

This short video feature on the Ray-Ban brand for the corporate market is presented by the Brand Media Coalition of the Enterprise Engagement Alliance at TheEEA.org to help solution providers and their clients select the right brands and products for their own brand, culture, values, audience, and program objectives.... [ read more ]

RRN recently submitted questions to Incentive Marketing Association Europe President Sean Wilkinson on the role of the IMA international chapters. ... [ read more ]

No one could be happier with the return of travel than Lorandus Founder and Chief Inspiration Officer Stephen Cook, who, with over 30 years in the business, thought he had saw it all. While his company's clients in his home country of Canada remain more cautious to travel, the US market is actively opening, and he expects a return to growth in his traditional motivational events business. Nonetheless, Cook believes the pandemic created unique opportunities for multi-media engagement that go beyond the live event to help clients engage their key audiences year-round. ... [ read more ]

The former owner of a promotional and incentive agency in Michigan who eventually became Chairman of the Promotional Products Association, and who is now the Executive Director of the Michigan Promotional Professionals Association, Paul Kiewiet probably knows as much about the industry as anyone. Despite major challenges, he sees a bright future for those distributors who can move away from selling products to solving problems.... [ read more ]