Detroit, MI – December 14, 2011 – One of Detroit’s fastest growing service providers, RBD Creative, is announcing the hiring of Liza Mondro. Mondro joins the RBD Creative team as their Manager of Client Services and will be interacting with prospective and existing clients to ensure projects are on-time and on-budget as the company continues to grow. “I am very proud of the team we have built,”...
West Des Moines, Iowa – Oct. 11, 2011 – Always looking for better ways to serve its customers, ITAGroup has launched a new, state-of-the-art catalog platform. The new Outstanding Awards® online award catalog is more intuitive, features quick links to the most in-demand information and includes advanced search functionality. “Our goal with the new design is to make our catalog faster and easier to...
CHICAGO & TORONTO – Oct. 3, 2011 – One year ago, loyalty, recognition and performance companies discovered a more efficient way to source millions of rewards for their customers in North America and around the world. Today, Carlton Group’s Global Reward Solutions (GRS) announced that it has added 17 more in-country reward solutions with 5,000 to 100,000-plus SKUs per market to its...
Sept. 29, 2011 – Dearborn, MI – At the annual Metro Detroit’s 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For luncheon held today at the Dearborn Inn Marriott, not only were 101 companies honored, but 11 Elite winners were also honored, representing 11 different award categories. The different categories include: Communication, Community Initiatives, Compensation and Benefits, Diversity and...
NAPERVILLE, Ill., Sept. 28, 2011 – An improving economy will make it more important than ever for companies to build a culture based on innovation and employee engagement, or risk losing out on future opportunities, according to a new white paper published by the Performance Improvement Council (PIC) titled, “People Power Sets the Pace for Innovation.” “The massive employment reductions over the...
Falls Church, VA – Sept 27, 2011 – Incentive Legislation Campaign (ILC) representatives held another round of meetings with targeted members of Congress and their advisors during a September 20 visit to Capitol Hill conducted as part of the proactive campaign to educate and inform legislators about the value of incentives in corporate safety programs and service awards. The group advocates...
St. Louis – Sept. 26, 2011 – The widely held belief that cash incentive awards are always the most effective employee motivator has been questioned in a new research review conducted by the Incentive Research Foundation (IRF) and the Incentive Federation. Examining a wide variety of studies in various industries, the audit found that non-cash awards can actually capture an employee’s imagination...
CHICAGO –Sept. 26, 2011 – Four companies, each with their own distinct business challenges, creatively used incentive campaigns to achieve successful results, winning the Incentive Marketing Association’s (IMA) 2011 Circle of Excellence Awards, to be presented Oct. 5, 2011 at the annual Motivation Show at Chicago’s McCormick Place. This year’s award winners are Dex Imaging, Tampa Florida; Travel...
Frankenmuth, MI – August 29, 2011 – Move over Labor Day and “Back to School,” September is all about “National Chicken Month.” The Bavarian Inn Restaurant invites diners to celebrate the entire month by offering more than 40 delicious chicken dishes in its main dining room and Roof Garden. That’s not all. The Bavarian Inn Restaurant is also hosting games and contests that get the entire family...
St. Louis – Aug. 29, 2011 – How can employers and governments encourage individuals to practice healthier behaviors? How can companies get their workers to stop smoking, watch what they eat, consume less alcohol, take their medicine and change their diet? One of the most promising methods is to offer incentives within corporate sponsored wellness programs, according to a new study from the...