Awards Network offers employee recognition award programs to match your goals and expectations. Our recognition programs can be used for years of service awards, peer to peer recognition awards, employee of the month awards, safety recognition awards, employee referral awards, perfect attendance awards, outstanding performance gifts, volunteer recognition awards, birthday gifts, on the spot recognition awards or for other recognition award events and are a perfect solution for employee award ceremonies.

Whether you are planning a print recognition program, an online recognition program or a combination of print and online recognition components, Awards Network offers both paper-based and online recognition program solutions. Recognition websites offer username and password based access to employees who are awarded recognition gifts and allow employees to learn about the recognition program and place an order online. Recognition packages can be customized and personalized for your award program recipients and can be personally presented or individually shipped to recipients' homes.

Recognition Award Program Setup Checklist 

1. Establish the Recognition Program Budget
   
   Knowing the total budget amount allotted and a good estimate of the number of recognition awards that will be given each year, one can calculate the per person dollar value to safely spend on each recognition gift. It is essential to establish a set value for the recognition program's awards to ensure each recipient is receiving equal recognition for any given award.
2. Make Recognition Award Program Goals Relevant and Attainable
   
   By aligning the goals of the organization with the recognition program objectives, you can ensure the employee award program is working to help achieve company goals. For example, if an organization was looking to increase employee engagement, it could recognize and reward employees for outstanding performances and for reaching milestone anniversaries.
3. Decide whether the recognition program should be in print, online or both
   
   Depending on employee preferences, recognition awards can be printed and personally presented or employees can access the program through a recognition program website. Regardless of the type of recognition program you decide to implement, Awards Network recognition award programs always include mail-in and online redemption options.
   
   A successful employee recognition program is flexible enough to meet the needs of any demographic and can also ensure ease of use for companies with employees working in different locations, in the field or from home. By combining print and online recognition program components and offering recipients redemption via mail or online, a company can rest assured that employees have easy access to the recognition program.
4. Plan the Award Presentation
   
   The size and structure of an organization usually determines how employee awards are presented. Annual award events are one recognition presentation idea that is more formal and allows company leaders to provide public recognition to employees. Alternatively, if a large gathering is not feasible, companies may decide to have a supervisor personally present the employee's award or to individually mail recognition awards to employees' homes. If the employee service award program is set up to award for many different achievements, a variety of presentation techniques, depending on each award's level of formality and/or frequency, may be incorporated.
5. Follow up on Recognition Program Success
   
   Reporting capabilities need to be discussed to ensure that management can track the progress and acknowledge successes stemming from the employee award program. At the end of a year or the program itself, quantifiable results should be available to substantiate the employee recognition program budget. Awards Network recognition programs include complimentary recognition program status reports which include all of the redemption details.

Recognition Award Program Tips

• Gather feedback on employee recognition expectations and throughout the recognition program
• Have a written strategy for the goals of the employee recognition program
• Take employee demographics into consideration when planning your print or online recognition program
• Celebrate years of service milestones with public praise and employee recognition
• Accompany public employee recognition with a recognition gift
• Communicate the recognition program through different media to engage employees
• Receive regular reports and re-evaluate the employee recognition program at least annually

Ready to learn how Awards Network can help you recognize employees? Contact us to find out more about how our customized recognition program solutions can meet your recognition award needs.

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