Recognition Resource Center The place for recognition ideas, tips and best practices that make a difference.

All Resource Articles Recognition is part of a strategic business plan. Make a strong case for recognition in your organization with valuable information written by trained and experienced recognition professionals. Over 25 years recognition experience Written by Certified Recognition Professionals Practicing recognition professionals

10 Easy Employee Recognition Tips to Keep Recognition a Priority
Keep employee recognition a priority all year long with these helpful employee recognition tips you can use everyday.
View Article

10 Strategies to Propel Your Employee Recognition Program Full-Speed Ahead
Suggestions to improve your employee recognition program and recognition theme.
View Article

101 Ways to Praise
Our 101 Ways to Praise list is a great resource to help you always find the right word to say 'thank you' or 'great job.'
View Article

50 Reasons to Recognize
Our list of 50 reasons to recognize is a great guide to help managers learn what everyday behaviors should be recognized.
View Article

6 Ways to Make Your Employee Christmas Gifts Memorable
Learn how to make your employee Christmas gifts memorable and pick up great employee Christmas gift ideas.
View Article

A Players, B Players, and C Players: Appreciating the Differences
Learn how to motivate and appreciate the A players, B players, and C players in your organization.
View Article

A Quick-Start Program to Recognize Employees
Tips for a quick-start program to help your organization recognize emplyoees and being rewarding them today!
View Article

Award Certificates can be Cool and Boost Employee Morale
Award Certificates are an affordable way to give recognition to the entire team. Spice up your award certificates with these contemporary employee recognition ideas.
View Article

Baudville Themes Especially Fitting for Gifts for Doctors
Recognizing the hard work and dedicated efforts of doctors can be a challenge. You want to give appropriate gifts for doctors, but what do you give the professionals who “have it all”?
View Article

Celebrate A Corporate Milestone in a Unique Way
When it comes to honoring a significant corporate milestone, the only limit you have is your imagination.
View Article

Celebrate National Doctor Day!
National Doctor Day was created as a national observance to show appreciation to your doctors - so don't miss out!
View Article

Character Lapel Pin Awards
To honor various individual or team accomplishments and contributions, award a meaningful Character Pin. Here's how!
View Article

Corporate Holiday Gift Giving Made Easy
Selecting the right corporate holiday gift for every team member can be a challenge. Here are 8 great corporate holiday gift ideas that will cover every person on your list.
View Article

Customer Service Appreciation Ideas
For customer service appreciation ideas, we went directly to Baudville’s stellar Customer Service Representatives and asked them about meaningful and motivating recognition they have received in the past.
View Article

Customer Service Appreciation Week Tips
Below are some ideas that can be easily incorporated into customer service appreciation week celebrations.
View Article

Customer Service Gifts Increase Motivation and Sales
Because your customer service staff serves as the face of the company, make sure you're recognizing them on a regular basis with customer service gifts.
View Article

DIRECTV's Recognition of Customer Service Excellence Pays Off
Recognizing customer service excellence can increase your bottom line and customer satisfaction, as DIRECTV has found.
View Article

Doing it Daily with Recognition Ecard Program
 A recognition ecard program can be a great complement to already established peer and daily recognition programs.
View Article

Ecards a Solution for Offsite Employee Recognition
Don't let offsite employee recognition suffer because of the distance between you and the employee. Recognition ecards are an effective way to appreciate offsite employees.
View Article

Employee Appreciation Day Prizes Are Flexible, Personalized Rewards
Employee Appreciation Day prizes motivate employees to participate in planned activities and increase enthusiasm for events.
View Article

Employee Appreciation Day Team Activity Encourages Fun and Friendly Competition
An Employee Appreciation Day team activity can encourage camaraderie, friendly and fun competition for your whole team. Here are a few ideas to consider for your planning.
View Article

Employee Appreciation Matters Now More than Ever
The holidays are a time for expressing employee appreciation. Use these valuable ideas for motivational employee appreciation.
View Article

Employee Awards Set Tone for New Year
Tips for employee awards that will have a grand impression on your team and the recipient.
View Article

Employee Holiday Gifts Express Value of Appreciation
Let employees know you appreciated all the hard work and effort they put into the past year by giving employee holiday gifts.
View Article

Employee Recognition Awards and Reasons to Recognize in 2009
There are many reasons to give employee recognition awards in 2009. Get ideas and tips on employee recognition awards!
View Article

Employee Recognition Messages: Tips to Showcase Your Employees' Hard Work
Suggestions for energizing your recognition program and keeping your employee recognition message clear and rewarding.
View Article

Excellence Certificate Recognizes Individual Performance
Recognize and reinforce individual performances with excellence certificates.
View Article

Five Tips for Recognizing with Award Certificates
Learn how to recognize outstanding achievements with a special certificate.
View Article

Formal Recognition: An Important Piece of the Recognition Puzzle
Formal recognition is what staff strives for year-round. It is often the most prestigious recognition you can achieve at an organization.
View Article

Give Positive Employee Feedback with your own Positive Words
The following is a sample list of possible short, positive employee feedback messages that could be handwritten or spoken. Tailor your own personal message to suit the people and performance goals in your organization.
View Article

Gold Star for Excellence Awards
To create an environment where central office staff in a school district give excellence awards to people doing things right, implement this recognition award.
View Article

Helping Hands Volunteer Award
To honor an individual who goes above and beyond what is normally expected.
View Article

Hospital Implements Employee Appreciation Ideas for Successful Week-Long Celebrations
Learn from a leading Memphis, Tennessee, hospital which had more than enough great employee appreciation ideas to fill an entire week of events and celebrations.
View Article

How To Write a Recognition Ecard
ePraise, Baudville's free recognition ecard service, is a great way to provide instant recognition to co-workers. Here are some tips for writing meaningful recognition ecards.
View Article

Improve Team Morale, Reduce Planning Time with an Employee Appreciation Day Theme
Incorporating an Employee Appreciation Day theme in your event planning reduces the amount of work required of the event coordinator and is more effective at improving team morale. Use our suggestions or choose your own Employee Appreciation Day theme for this year!
View Article

Investing in Recognition Rewards
Recognition rewards are powerful motivators that can bring results and change to your organization, but you have to use them correctly. Learn how one healthcare environment used education about recognition rewards to improve its culture.
View Article

Meeting Behavior Leaves an Impression
Your meeting behavior communicates a lot. Be prepared and on time to leave a great impression.
View Article

Mission: Employee Recognition Programs
Rewarding a good behavior reinforces it and makes it more likely to be repeated. Employee recognition programs can help your organization reinforce desired behaviors.
View Article

National Nurses Week is May 6-12!
National Nurses Week is an ideal time to recognize the hard working staff members who make your healthcare organization a great place. This is the week to really let nurses know you appreciate their efforts all year round. Here are a few ideas to make it a memorable week!
View Article

National Volunteer Appreciation Week Tips
Seven tips and ideas for a fun and memorable national volunteer appreciation week.
View Article

Peer Recognition Efforts that Work at Work
Learn tips for peer-to-peer recognition efforts that allow employees to recognize each other's accomplishments.
View Article

Personal Recognition and Incentives
Stimulate outward performance and fuel inner drive with personal recognition and incentives in your organization.
View Article

Popular Employee Appreciation Day Gifts
Employers and managers can make a lasting impression on employees by giving an Employee Appreciation Day gift when they celebrate the annual recognition holiday.
View Article

Presenting a Memorable Customer Service Award
To recognize customer service representatives for customer service excellence and to reinforce desired behavior, try using a Character Pin as a Customer Service Award.
View Article

Presenting a Recognition Award
When you are presenting an employee recognition award, remember that this may be the one opportunity in a lifetime that the recipient is recognized by his or her employer.
View Article

Recognition Tools Recognize Team Members Regularly
Learn valuable ideas for recognition tools that make recognition easy in any organization.
View Article

Serve Those who Serve Others during National Customer Service Week
Every year during the first full week of October, thousands of customer service professionals are celebrated to recognize the crucial role they play in workplaces across the country.
View Article

Sincerity and Fun Key to Successful Employee Appreciation Day Ideas
Bring some fun to work and give employees meaningful recognition with these Employee Appreciation Day ideas.
View Article

Start a Corporate Recognition Program with Baudville Themes
Recognition can get started in your organization quickly and effectively! Our corporate recognition program experts have created branded themes so that you can have a corporate recognition program up and running in no time at all!
View Article

Student Awards, Student Rewards and Student Recognition
There are a number of studies that support the value of student rewards and student recognition. Find out why this is an important part of education today.
View Article

Student Recognition Builds School Spirit
The practice of student recognition can be a very powerful influence on building school spirit.
View Article

Tailoring Recognition to the Recipient
For recognition to be most effective, you must tailor its delivery to the recipient.
View Article

Teacher Appreciation Week Ideas
Teacher Appreciation Week is an annual event which honors the men and women who are dedicated to the education of our children. However, annual recognition events can sometimes become stale as the same events and gifts are used repeatedly.
View Article

Teacher Appreciation Week is May 3-9!
Teacher Appreciation Week is an ideal time to recognize staff members who make school a great place. This is the week to really let your teachers and staff shine! Here are a few ideas to make it a memorable week!
View Article

Teacher Appreciation Week Tips
Fun ideas that can transform your teacher appreciation week!
View Article

The 3-to-1 Rule to Recognizing Employee Performance
Unsure of when to write a thank you card and win to give a gift? This article shares the 3-to-1 Rule to reward employee performance appropriately.
View Article

The Four Key Qualities of an Effective Employee Recognition Message
An effective recognition message is key to a successful employee recognition program.
View Article

This is Going in your Employee Evaluation File!
Fill your employee evaluation files with positive employee write up comments.
View Article

Top Holiday Employee Gifts for 2009
The holidays are on their way, and you want to recognize the efforts of your team with employee gifts this holiday season, but your budget is smaller than ever. Thankfully, recognizing your employees doesn’t have to be extravagant or break the bank in order to be meaningful.
View Article

Why You Should Celebrate Employee Appreciation Day
The great thing about Employee Appreciation Day is that it includes everyone.
View Article